Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[gregmonsta]

Strictly speaking, light is light and dark is less light.

Too true you'd have a better grasp sitting further North than me. Bet you have words for all shades of darkness

[Stefan-A]

Too true you'd have a better grasp sitting further North than me. Bet you have words for all shades of darkness

Nope, just the two. Certain parts of the year we don't even have any use for half of them.

[mustang]

Clarification, please. Some rear fanged snakes do have potent venom.

but its also harder for them to envenomate you...your body's got tho be pretty far down the their mouth-throat-ish area

[mustang]

Venom is venom and must be treated with respect. I know of one incident in San Diego of kids that were handling ringneck snakes and allowing them to chew on their fingers. Those kids ended up in the hospital. Not that there was any danger of them dying but the venom had some serious consequences to their hands. Ringneck snakes in San Diego feed primarily on small lizards (and their eggs) and neonate snakes and so they have quite potent venom. They are quite capable of killing or paralyzing even a baby king snake since they are not immune to ringneck venom, and it takes far less venom than a rattlesnake uses on it's prey.

The only thing that makes rear fanged snakes any less dangerous than other venomous snakes is the difficulty in effectively delivering the venom, and the fact that they do not usually use venom as a defense. Instead they release it as a feeding response only, as a general rule.

ya they let them CHEW on their hands. key word chew

[Stefan-A]

but its also harder for them to envenomate you...your body's got tho be pretty far down the their mouth-throat-ish area

Just past the eye, actually. Or the way snakes open their jaws, it's just about beneath the eye. It may not be quite as easy for a boomslang, for example, to envenomate you, as it is for a puffadder, but it's easy enough that it's reason to be cautious around them. It's also my understanding that there's not very effective antivenom available for many of the rear-fanged colubrids.

ya they let them CHEW on their hands. key word chew

"Chew" also covers cases where snakes bite and won't let go. Which is something some of the venomous colubrids will do.

[drache]

we had another little duster last night



and no, those cars have not been sitting there since last time - they'd all been moved since


Mikhaila's got her wish - no school today

[guidofatherof5]

The east is getting hammered this Winter season.
Looks like your yard is filling up.
Be safe.
Mikhaila, grab a shovel and get busy

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, I've been pay attention. I noticed the east was getting pounded again!

Great photos Rhea! Thanks for sharing!

We had a "slightly" different day over the last 4 or 5 days in the Pacific Northwest. Sunny and 60-64 degrees! I went to the beach today (Oregon Coast) and it was beautiful! Running around in T-shirts! I'll post pics and video in another thread.

[Mommy2many]

Ok, Here in Connecticut, my Husband had to shovel the roof. It's now a necessity and not a novelty here in the North East. We had another foot of snow on Thursday and the water started to leak into the house today from the roof. It took my Husband over 5 hours to clear our roof (sq ft 1156 of house) It was heavy and icy. We are expecting another significant snowfall on Tuesday or Wednesday again. I expect that means at least another 6" or more. We have surpassed the snowiest month ever recorded and are now trying for the most snowfall on record (ever) That was 1995-1996, a 115" of snow. That was the last time we shoveled our roof, by the way! We still have February to go thru and we may just make it! I'll try & post pics tomorrow. We have snow almost up to our picture window, so at least 4' in my yard! Can't see the mailboxes and can't see at the end of the roads to head out into traffic. Very dangerous these days.

[guidofatherof5]

Sounds like your husband deserves a nice bowl of soup and a back rub.
From you of course