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| The stuff of nightmares: Rattlesnake is spotted SWIMMING in an Arizona lake |
| 2017-06-05 |
 The reptile was captured gliding across the water at Lake Pleasant in Arizona on FridayThe Arizona Game and Fish Department says swimming snakes are not that uncommon Experts say that potential reasons include escaping a predator, looking for a mate, going to new habitat, or cooling off |
| Posted by:Anomalous Sources |
| #17 TW, here's an interesting item: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/06/30/Fence-climbing-alligator-caught-on-camera-at-Florida-country-club/4481467310134/ |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-06-05 18:42 |
| #16 Once when snorkelling in Fiji, I started to follow a sea snake (almost all are extremely venomous). It then turned around and started following me. Close to the dumbest thing I ever did, as I was alone and a few hundred yards from shore. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-06-05 17:56 |
| #15 #13 So the reasons they swim are the same reason people swim? No, the snake doesn't know you're NOT supposed to pee in the pool. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2017-06-05 17:09 |
| #14 The family was swimming in a creek up in the Smokies and a snake went by in the water--it wasn't so much swimming as it was being carried downstream by the current--might have been a Copperhead; I didn't get a good look. I have also seen what was probably a Black Snake climb a large pine tree in our yard after an extended hard rain. A few years ago a construction worker working just over the ridge got bitten by a Copperhead here in the city. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-05 16:13 |
| #13 So the reasons they swim are the same reason people swim? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-06-05 16:01 |
| #12 I am much more at home on this thread than the man-doilies, even with the tree-gators. Snakes can swim, its just that moccasins are the jerk at the pool who goes around splashing people. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-06-05 15:54 |
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| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-06-05 12:07 |
| #10 alligators climb trees. I've seen at least 6 footers on tree limbs. Wait -- what?? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-06-05 12:05 |
| #9 All snakes can swim. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-06-05 10:47 |
| #8 Most any snake will swim at need. You really want to be careful in the water after a tropical storm, flooding flushes everything out of the ground. Oh, BTW, alligators climb trees. I've seen at least 6 footers on tree limbs. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-06-05 10:20 |
| #7 Not unknown for rattlers to swim. And yes, cotton mouths are nasty and did chase me and another guy at Ft. Campbell. We would take e-tools in case they got real ornry. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-06-05 09:59 |
| #6 Seen to fang and eat bluegills Don't disagree but aren't bluegills a bit 'flat' and 'pokey' for that, Skidmark? I suppose the small 'silver dollar' ones might be possible for a larger snake. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-06-05 08:05 |
| #5 Maybe the Rio Grand could be made a rattlesnake-friendly river. Might not need to build a wall in those sections of the border. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-05 08:01 |
| #4 Nah, rattlesnakes are cool, copperheads always run away, but water moccasins... Nasty. Seen them actually chase someone... |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-06-05 03:44 |
| #3 Seen to fang and eat bluegills. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-06-05 01:10 |
| #2 They forgot gerbil worming. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-06-05 01:00 |
| #1 potential reasons include escaping a predator, looking for a mate, going to new habitat, or cooling off And improper disposal of toxic waste. We seen this movie. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-06-05 00:28 |