Official Ginnie Springs Megadive Thread

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Sounds like you all had a great time. Sorry we couldnt be there.

Please dont tell my wife regarding the snakes, even if they arent poisonous, knowing they are by the river close to the campsite would just freak her out - we know there are gators, snakes and spiders etc all over florida - she just prefers not getting up close to them! :wink:

Fall trip also looks out for us as we'll just have had the baby earlier that month and be getting used to all of that!
 
Yepper.
As Bugman pointed out, what you have there is a Florida Brown Snake.
The brown snake is one of those oddities that has the spade head, but isn't venomous.
One of the easy ways for me to tell the diff now is: If the Marks on it's side and back are seperate from each other, then it's a water snake.
If the marks go from one side of the belly, across the back, and back down to the opposit side of the belly, then you've got a moccasan.
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You can also see a very thin and light line going from it's nose, across the top of the eye, and to the back of the head.
This is a young one, and the shade of their bodies can be different, but that's the gist of it.

Sorry if this turned into a bit of a wildlife class :lotsalove: but I think it's important to be able to recognize the dangerous ones. Especially considering where we have our play time :D

Jarred
 
Yepper.
As Bugman pointed out, what you have there is a Florida Brown Snake.
The brown snake is one of those oddities that has the spade head, but isn't venomous.
One of the easy ways for me to tell the diff now is: If the Marks on it's side and back are seperate from each other, then it's a water snake.
If the marks go from one side of the belly, across the back, and back down to the opposit side of the belly, then you've got a moccasan.
07ka17.JPG

You can also see a very thin and light line going from it's nose, across the top of the eye, and to the back of the head.
This is a young one, and the shade of their bodies can be different, but that's the gist of it.

Sorry if this turned into a bit of a wildlife class :lotsalove: but I think it's important to be able to recognize the dangerous ones. Especially considering where we have our play time :D

Jarred

Oh. I thought I was taking pictures of a dangerous snake. If it was, I guess he wouldn't have liked me sticking the camera in his face.
 
Can you put something on the picture that shows the marks on the back and side. I'm not sure which ones to look for.

Like this???


scubasnake.jpg
 
For all those who were unable to attend, I swear there was more to the weekend than SNAKES!! Hopefully we will have some pics soon!

Interesting. You look like MAP1 of Ginnie :D
So is your nose the end of the Roller Coaster?

Jeano of Beano
 
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