Snakes on a Sandbar

Forrest · Since 21 Jun 2005 2005 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 1341 Posts Camas XTreme Poster

KidCorporate · Since 10 Jul 2007 460 Posts Obsessed

Mmmmmm, tastes like chewy chicken!

Reaper356 · Since 10 Dec 2006 565 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 1053 Posts Hand Drawn Unicorn Captain

thats no rattle snake Confused

kyle.vh · Since 11 Jul 2007 524 Posts pdx 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

terremoto · Thu May 15, 2008 11:32 pm

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 117 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 · Fri May 16, 2008 7:43 am

bulae99 · Fri May 16, 2008 9:14 am **That's not a rattler, it's a garter snake**

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 2005 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 310 Posts Eugene/ Corvallis Obsessed

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!