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Published: 2007-06-17 03:59:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 617; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 0
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Yesterday, Joy found a small snake (about 14" long, but much thinner than a pencil around) in the lobby of our building, having a hard time moving on the tiles. We've taken the little guy into protective custody, pending discovery of whether s/he is a wayward pet, or a domestic beasties...at which point we will decide if s/he is moving into our home, or being set back into the wilderness!If anyone can identify the kind of snake, it'd be apprecaited!
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These snakes are beautiful little critters. I found one in my driveway when I was a wee lass of twelve or so, and his tail had been run over by something and was bent out of place about three inches from the tip (He was all of six or so inches, so. Reasonable amount, there). I, of course, had to have the little guy kept, and although northern ringnecks are netoriously difficult to keep alive in captivity, he lived for eleven months with us until his tail healed and we released him back into the wild.
Really gorgeous photography. Brings back a lot of fond old memories.
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What a wonderful story - thanks for sharing - and I'm glad my image could remind you of such a kindness!
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Thanks - macro photos do tend to make things bigger - wait until you see the bee photo I made yesterday! As to the fate of the snake, he was released the next night, as he was indigenous, and deserved to spend his days hunting earthworms!
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A lovely creature. How did you get such depth of field in these shots? This snake must be remarkably good at holding still, or are you just a master at getting your models to comply?
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Thanks for your compliment, I am glad you liked the photo! The snake was staying reasonably still, but the image was also made with studio flash, so I was working with pretty small apertures (f/11, which is generally the smallest aperture I will work with, due to the loss of sharpness due to diffraction). The flash fires at a fraction of a second, so movement is not an issue!
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wow he looks much longer than 14 inches.
...i want to own a snake... that picture brought back a lot of memories haha.
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The snake was very tiny - maybe 1/2 the width of a pencil from side to side. Snakes (well, the right snake) make wonderful pets - by far the best pet I've owned, so if you are interested, do some research and bring a snake into your life!
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He's a very handsome fellow.. sure you won't keep him?
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He's terribly cute, and very docile, but deserves to be outdoors, where he can hunt earthworms...
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.. I absolutely agree. Terrible beautiful, but deserves freedom.
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I'm posative it's ring neck snake, I'm pretty sure it's a southern subspecies though I might be off on that part. Not too many people keep these as pets because they don't get much bigger than this one, but they do make pretty good pets. They eat mainly earthworms, though they also like salamanders and smaller snakes (if the can actually find one smaller than themself that is lol).
I had two of these a few years ago, I actually successfully bred them once before they sadly, passed away. They're one of the few snakes you can often find in groups. They are of course harmless to humans, the only thing they're cabale of harming would be the animals they feed on.
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Thank you! We did some web searching, and he is definitely a Northern Ring Snake - same size, colour and behavior. Much apprecaited. We'll release him tonight, so he can go back to his snaky ways in the wilderness.
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Looks like a black snake to me but I'm not sure if those are indigenous to your area..
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It looked like it was wearing a coat with fur trim for a moment.
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I never thought of it like that...if we end up setting it free, I will be sure to photograph it more, before I release it!
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