Snakes on a Sandbar

Forrest · Since 21 Jun 2005 2951 Posts Hood River Hick

There are snakes in the kiddie pool, beware! Besides not kiting in shallow water, don't kite in the kiddie pool if you can't survive a bike from a baby rattle snake.

Nak · Since 19 May 2005 2133 Posts Camas XTreme Poster

KidCorporate · Since 10 Jul 2007 539 Posts Addicted

Mmmmmm, tastes like chewy chicken!

Reaper356 · Since 10 Dec 2006 662 Posts Salem / NewPort Oregon Addicted

Cute ...

Pepi · Thu May 15, 2008 10:14 pm

Not good. Baby rattlers are way more venomous than adult rattlers due to their inability to control the amount of venom they release when biting.

Forrest - Did the snake have a heart shaped head, or did they just look like a rattler?

Pepi

Kraemer · Since 24 Apr 2006 1488 Posts S.S. Unicorn Captain

thats no rattle snake Confused

kyle.vh · Since 11 Jul 2007 691 Posts city of angels Addicted

When I was a senior in college, I tracked a bunch of rattlers' for a biology project. Those are not rattlers, just fyi. They look like garter snakes to me. Many snakes will vibrate their tails in imitation. Baby rattlers do have rattles, plus a distinct viper profile, not streamlined. Hope you were nice to them.
I think you were joking Smile

Moto · Since 03 Sep 2006 2114 Posts Still a Moto Mouth

Snake skin harness would look pretty sweet - or maybe some snake skin board shorts.

blowhard · Fri May 16, 2008 6:53 am

commomly called Bull snakes
They eat rattlers

wakeup · Since 11 Sep 2005 184 Posts always Stoked

it did have a diamond shaped head but no rattle
don't recall who said it was a rattler, but i assumed they new what they were talking about

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 1815 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

bulae99 · Since 12 Jul 2006 1021 Posts It's important to have a good Instructor

I'll tell you where you need to be aware of rattles is at 3 mile. I almost got snapped by a baby there last year. Went to set my sail down and the bush started making that very funny and scary sound. Very Happy

Forrest · Since 21 Jun 2005 2951 Posts Hood River Hick

It was definitely an aggressive snake with a diamond/heart shaped head. I think we all just assumed it was a rattlesnake but didn't have a rattle cause it was young.

We were joking about the kiddie pool thing, and pretty sure this guy had an unlucky swim that brought it out to the river.

DROCK999 · Since 31 May 2007 515 Posts Left Coast Addicted

I hate snakes

Mark · Fri May 16, 2008 9:33 am

Saw a bigger one of those last tuesday on the trail down from the parking lot. Didn't have a rattler. ( I avoid anyway!!)

Except for the rattler we found in Texas... I wanted to see how fast the rattler was. I got a long stick and put it in front of the snake. The game was to see if I could move the stick before he struck. NO WAY. That snake was lightning fast. That's when I decided to move on to the fire ant mound. Gotta love texas!