MojoLizard.com by Jerry J. Davis » Snakes

Frog rescues another frog from a snake

Jerry — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:11:42 +0000

This is a little long, but quite dramatic, and another frog actually does help rescue this frog from the snake!

Snake on car, people freak, snake dies

Jerry — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:07:42 +0000

I only have two comments about this video:

1) That wasn’t a water moccasin. You can tell by the head that it wasn’t a poisonous snake.

2) Even if it had been poisonous, it’s still a vital part of the ecosystem, and all the driver had to do is pull over and let it crawl safely off the car.

But these people were terrified, so you couldn’t expect them to act rationally. And why were they terrified? Because of the lack of education about snakes.

Sad.

Giant “Alien” Snakes Are Invading?

Jerry — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:57:23 +0000

(Read Article on PawNation)

This somewhat misleading title on PawNation links to a rather interesting article on problems caused by letting exotic pets go into the wild.

This is actually old news. But it’s a really good picture.

Personally, if I were a kid right now, I’d be excited about the prospect of going out to catch these babies in the wild. What an awesome snake!

Rattlesnake

Jerry — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:11:05 +0000

Mountain lake shore
In afternoon shade
I leap from bow into grass
Thick white rope in my hands
To tie a good knot
That will keep the boat
From drifting

In the green grass
Over by a log
We notice black and white rings
“A kingsnake” says my friend
He bends down to grab
A tail where I see
A rattle

I yank him back
He does not believe
So I carefully handle
Scales rough and beautiful
Holding it eye level
It shows us its fangs
Of venom

From Poetry by Jerry J. Davis

Snake Eats Dog

Jerry — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:03:18 +0000

Well, this is one way to deal with a yappy little dog…

This 10 foot wild python saw Patty Buntine’s Maltese terrier cross-breed, named Bindi, as food.

As you can tell by the terrier-sized lump in the snake’s tummy.

The dog’s owner is sad but not vindictive. The snake gets to live, and in fact will be returned to the wild.

You can read the full story here: Aussie Python Swallows Small Dog

Brown Snake Devouring Fish

Jerry — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:56:30 +0000

DSC_0452 Snake Devouring Fish

Originally uploaded by FLYINGFEET (~Hart~)

I stumbled across this on Flickr…

Never seen a snake eating a goldfish before, at least not in the wild.

Bullsnake in Downtown Davenport, Iowa

Jerry — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:06:29 +0000

A friend sent me these cell phone pictures on Halloween, after running into this snake in downtown Davenport in a parking garage.

I think it’s a juvenile bull snake.

George Orwell Blogs About Catching Snake

Jerry — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:45:55 +0000

Yes, you heard right. George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm, is blogging from the great beyond.

Actually, it’s the organization who runs The Orwell Prize that’s doing the blogging, publishing Orwell’s diaries exactly 70 years from the day each entry was written.

And in the very first post, George describes catching a snake.

Rough Green Snake…?

Jerry — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:36:19 +0000

Delilah writes: "Do you know much about snakes? We saw a skinny 2′ green one."

That snake looks like what we used to call a ‘vine snake’ and they’re harmless. It looks to be, officially, a "Rough Green Snake" (Opheodrys aestivus). That’s my guess based upon the area where you found it, otherwise I’d eyeball it as a Smooth Green Snake.

Python Ordered on a No Golf Ball Diet

Jerry — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:46:21 +0000

I’ve heard that snakes will swallow strange things, like, oh, alligators, and I personally saw a little garter snake trying to eat a sparrow way too large for it to ever successfully swallow.

Here, however, is a National Geographic article about a Australian Carpet Python who has a taste for golf balls: Python Undergoes Golf Ball-ectomy