The Nature Photography Thread

[ConcinusMan]

'a hunting we will go
a hunting we will go
oh i just cant wait for deer sea-Z-son!

Funny, later these elk walked right up to us, close enough to reach out and touch them. They're used to people and aren't afraid. I am told they only forage here in the spring. By the time they are in season, they won't be seen here or in the open at all.

[MasSalvaje]

So I send also some pictures from my last holidays, I have maked a round Trip in the united states.
We was 3, my wife Regina, my doughter Yvonne and I.
Our landing and starting place was Denver Colorado, east of the Rockys.
Our first stage took us through the mountains to western Colorado / eastern Utah and we have visited some nice places in the Valley of the upper Colorado River.
Unfortunately we did not find any snakes, and certainly no garters, but very nice other reptiles.
See some pictures:

Best wishes, Robert

Very nice Robert! Those are two of the coolest lizards there are! Add in Dipsosaurus dorsalis and you have my top three! Very cool habitat shots also. I may just be biased but Utah has the best of the best when in comes to habitat.

-Thomas

[Selkielass]

'a hunting we will go
a hunting we will go
oh i just cant wait for deer sea-Z-son!

My dad's promised to share venison with me again this year- I sure hope he finds one!

[guidofatherof5]

Iowa has more than enough. Come take a few of ours.

[mustang]

Iowa has more than enough. Come take a few of ours.

pay for my ticket and housing ill pay for the procession!

[mustang]

in one of the snake books i saw a pic of a venomous snake that looked like a garter snake....after more research on it i figured out it looks like a lot of different snakes it has a varied pattern ill see if i can get the pic out of the book and post it....the snake is called a "boom slang"

[guidofatherof5]

in one of the snake books i saw a pic of a venomous snake that looked like a garter snake....after more research on it i figured out it looks like a lot of different snakes it has a varied pattern ill see if i can get the pic out of the book and post it....the snake is called a "boom slang"

Something like this Boomslang(Dispholidus typus)
Boomslang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Selkielass]

Soo pretty!
I've heard they were moderately popular as pets before the fact that they were terribly venomous was discovered. (People thought they were harmless for years as I understand it.) Is this true or an urban myth?

[Stefan-A]

Can't confirm that they were ever popular as pets, but they were definitely thought to be harmless, until a herpetologist died from a bite.

[mustang]

one of the patterns made it look like a garter and another one made it look like a ribbon snake