I caught one!!! A Yellow Bellied Water Snake.
Or a Plain Bellied Water Snake. Depends on who you talk to.
This snake is NON VENOMOUS!!!
Last minute today around sunset I had a hunch. A hunch that said down by the pond I would find a snake. Sure enough I was right! Down by the pond we have a dinghy. Under the dinghy there he was, a nice sized water snake. I'm guessing he was about two and a half to three foot long or so.
The Ozarks are the home for about seven or eight different species of harmless NON VENOMOUS water snakes. The Yellow Bellied Water Snakes have a plain solid yellow belly. Their backs are a solid brown to a dark brown without any markings. No diamonds, stripes, bands, or other colors, just a solid brown back.
Even though this snake was a mean one, he calmed down rather quickly after handling him a few minutes. He only managed to bite me a few times. On my wrist, hand, and finger. Believe me it didn't hurt. I get bit by these damn things all the time. It only looks like it hurt.
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You can check out this nice sized Northern Water snake I caught a few months ago here:
https://steemit.com/animals/@hippie-witha-gun/caught-my-first-water-snake-this-year
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I've never understood why people think snakes are a bad thing. I've always enjoyed watching critters do their thing. Everything has a purpose.
Me neither! Snakes are awesome! People who hate snakes suck. Another reason why I'm such a nihilistic misanthropist. Which is good because like 99.9% of the population hate snakes. And I don't like people. I find that if you walk around with a snake around your neck, people tend to leave you alone. GOOD! One way to keep these tide pod eaters away from you. A genius person thinks ingeniously. The snake is mightier then the gun!
Thank God we don't have any snakes here. That one is fine I'm sure but I wouldn't like to have the things all over the place.
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Yeah you can thank St. Patrick for not having any snakes there in Ireland.
He made a decent job of the place alright. We had enough things in the country to get rid of without having snakes to be dealing with too.
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That's alright, he can send me all the snakes he wants too HA HA.
That’s so cool!
They are cool!!! Snakes are awesome!
howdy Rainbow Man! ya'll have enough snakes over there? I don't care too much for em but at least that one wasn't venomous! great job on finding him.
Yeah he was a pretty snake for a water snake. I liked his solid chocolate brown color. I didn't have time really to be messing with him or else I would of gotten more pictures. I had just enough time to get these and then let him go back down at the pond. It was fun catching him though.
howdy there Rainbow Man..hey I thought the photos were great, especially the bites! lol. I know, small price to pay for catching a snake!
It doesn't hurt. Eventually I plan on making a video catching a big mean water snake that bites the Hell out of me. It should be a funny video. It will eventually happen if I come across more water snakes.
hahaha! that sounds crazy nuts Rainbow Man but I guess that's why it will be funny!
I truly have no fear of snakes. It doesn't hurt when they bite. So I just grab them and let them bite the Hell out of me. It freaks people out but I'm amused by it. The water snakes are the meanest so they would make a great video.
haha! wow Rainbow Man, so you're going to make this video with you getting bit like 15 times! lol. well that DOES sound entertaining, maybe a little cringe worthy!
If I had more time I would of made a video with that water snake I caught. He did bite me a few times. But I need to find me one that is bigger and meaner. That one there calmed down to quickly after catching him.
I must admit I'm not a fan of snakes but it is important to learn which are poisonous and which ones are good. Thank you for sharing!
No problem Sugarcreek. Glad you liked. If I had more time yesterday I would of got more pictures of him. It was so late in the day that I found him I didn't have much time. It was fun catching him.
You are the Snake Man lately. Nice yellow body so we shall call it a yellow bellied water snake. You ever eat any of the snakes you catch?
HA HA no I don't eat any reptilians. Although I am from Florida and down there they love eating reptilians. They eat it all from Gators to Soft Shell turtle.
Have you seen the snakes @papa-pepper has been catching lately? He caught a cute little Pygmy Rattlesnake two days ago. I still have yet to catch a rattlesnake.
Yeah I did see it. He's a snake whisperer that's for sure.
Hey, did that water in the back end up being natural spring or are you still unsure? I may have missed an update to that. I hope so. How cool is that!
I'm not a 100% but we did go out "witching" for water around the creek near the house and the copper wires we were using crossed each other all around that area. So I would say yes. We have water all around there. So we might be putting a well in. We will see, we don't know yet what we are going to do yet. For now I'm going to say yes that is indeed a spring.
Awesome surprise indeed. I'm thrilled for ya.
I think this weekend I'm going to make a video "witching" for water like we did the other day. I'm going to go over the spots we found. I think it would make a great informative educational video for homesteading.
I think so too! I would watch it. 🍺
Oh wow, what a beautiful little snake! I like the solid brown/yellow colours.
Yeah it was pretty for a brown snake. I had fun catching him.
Thanks for sacrificing yourself for Steemit. :-)
HA HA your welcome Mike. Me and Papa Pepper. Have you been seeing the snakes he has been catching?
Yeah... his girls amaze me how they handle all the critters. :-)