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Copperhead          Uncle AJ's Rolex, Wrist Watch & Nature Forum Forum Index -> Wildlife photos View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Letsgodiving Old hand Status: Mike Joined: 23 Nov 2008 Posts: 240 Location: Richmond, VA, USA Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:15 pm    Post subject: Copperhead I ran into this guy yesterday while hiking. I would guess he was approximately 20 inches or so. He was sunning himself in the middle of the trail and I was looking for Osprey which aren't exactly ground dwellers so I'm glad I just happened to spot him before stepping on him. From what I've read they aren't very deadly so I feel better now but I was keeping an eye on the trail a little more after running into him. Back to top uncle aj Keeper of lost marbles Status: Adrian Favourite Watch: TT GMT Ceramic Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 5015 Location: Work, Saudi Arabia..Home Bolton, England Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 2:14 am    Post subject: Snakes alive, that was a lucky escape!!   _________________ I'd feel lost without my GPS Uncle AJ's, an equal opportunity dictatorship. It wasn't a dress!! Back to top Tools Keeper of lost marbles Status: Larry Favourite Watch: GMT Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 2567 Location: The Desert Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 3:29 am    Post subject: He seems to have posed well for you............ _________________ ............... Back to top Brushpup Old hand Status: Patrick Joined: 10 Jan 2009 Posts: 176 Location: W. TX Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:37 am    Post subject: Great shots! Its true........most healthy adults can survive a bite, but I don't want to find out. _________________ #60 Back to top Carolina Super poster Status: Joined: 28 Jun 2008 Posts: 2436 Location: North Carolina Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:16 pm    Post subject: Wow! That guy is giving me chills!   _________________ #42   Still looking for my marbles... Back to top Lisa Super poster Status: Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Posts: 2281 Location: Oklahoma City Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:51 pm    Post subject: I'm surprised he held still for you long enough to get the pics.  How close were you? _________________ "The brain is easily the least intelligent organ in the body." -- Dave Barry Back to top Letsgodiving Old hand Status: Mike Joined: 23 Nov 2008 Posts: 240 Location: Richmond, VA, USA Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:13 pm    Post subject: Lisa wrote: I'm surprised he held still for you long enough to get the pics.  How close were you? I would say I was about 4-5ft. That's where the zoom comes in handy.  When I first walked up to him he started to move off the trail and I knelt down in front of him to take a shot and he stopped and stayed basically still for the next few minutes while I did my thing. I probably watched him for 5 mins or so and when I left he was still sitting there. Maybe he knows no one will mess with him.   Back to top gmh1013 Old hand Status: Gregg Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 150 Location: In transit Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:50 pm    Post subject: No not like a Mojave green rattler but I would still hate to be bit by one....My friend was bit by a baby rattler in high school in his garage and said it felt like he put his hand on a stove top burner and left it there.....worst pain you could experice. Back to top Tools Keeper of lost marbles Status: Larry Favourite Watch: GMT Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 2567 Location: The Desert Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:40 pm    Post subject: We have Mojave greens and Diamond backs around here....... although with so many people moved in, yo have to go out away from the city.... I usually don't hang around long enough to take a photo though..... maybe next time....... _________________ ............... Back to top gmh1013 Old hand Status: Gregg Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 150 Location: In transit Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:45 pm    Post subject: Tools wrote: We have Mojave greens and Diamond backs around here....... although with so many people moved in, yo have to go out away from the city.... I usually don't hang around long enough to take a photo though..... maybe next time....... Never see any Mojave greens on PHX area think they only up in high desert maybe Wickenburg area before you start seeing them. I know Kingman has them because I was getting in a truck and almost got it by one back when I was a teenager. They are the North American Cobra as far as poison goes... I remember reading in PHX newpaper about some 50 year old on a 4 wheeler that was struck on the ankle by one and died the next day. Back to top Rockrolex Old hand Status: Ed Joined: 29 Aug 2009 Posts: 327 Location: Nation's Capital Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:42 pm    Post subject: Did I ever tell you, I hate snakes, Mike?  Yuk.   _________________ When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Yogi Berra Back to top Ash Old hand Status: Joined: 28 Jun 2008 Posts: 117 Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:11 pm    Post subject: It would have been so hard for me to not try to take him home! Back to top Lion Super poster Status: Leo Favourite Watch: GMT-PEPSI Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 1880 Location: Park forest, Il. Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:51 pm    Post subject: I'm not real partial to poisonous snakes and saw one of the rattlers on the bicycle trail this year. Needless to say every time I passed that area afterwards I was nervous!!! _________________ Life is not a dress rehearsal!!! 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