Snake myths

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Snow snakes. when i was little and i wanted to play in the snow and my parents didnt want me to, they would remind me that the snow snakes were lurking.

[Zephyr]

The one that really gets me is when people say we have giant water moccasins in the great lakes...

[reptileparadise]

Don't forget hoop snakes... they put their tail in their mouth, form a ring, and roll downhill.

I just recently saw a snake eat itself! He didn't roll down a hill, but it defenitly comes close!
I'll browse the net for a picture...

[Stefan-A]

Don't forget hoop snakes... they put their tail in their mouth, form a ring, and roll downhill.

I think it was this myth that actually has a factual basis of sorts. The snake wouldn't put its tail in its mouth or roll down hill, but I think it went something along the lines of the snake moving in a way that made it look like it rolled horisontally. And you'll never guess what snake it is.

I looked for sources for a while, this is the best I could come up with:
http://www.verveen.eu/2007%20Lacerta...le%20Dance.pdf
At least the summary is in English. And I hope it's not an April Fool's joke.

[reptileparadise]

How nice of you to search for some dutch articles

Here's what I was talking about...Crazy mouse eating beasties!
(sorry about the link to the other forum...I cheat on you guys...)
Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred :: View topic - My snake is Eating himself???=

[Zephyr]

Hmm... If it's not, it's pretty intriguing.

[jeanette]

this is something ive never heard of happening in the wild, could the "self eating thing" come from a captivity problem?

[MayorOgden]

My neighbor's girls thought that the snake would be slimy when I showed it to them. I think it's funny people think that they are slimy like worms.

[drache]

yeah
snakes being slimy has got to be one of the most wide-spread and persistent myth
most people are surprised when they first touch a snake

thanks for the hoop snake link, Stefan
that's pretty cool
I like the salamanders too with the Escher drawings
I'll have to read that whole thing

[adamanteus]

Here's one.....
There are Adders in Wales... Ha! Yeah, right!