Stroll Seen while strolling...walking and wandering outside

Seen at a red light. I am no longer worried about getting it in 30 minutes or less. :cool:

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I seem to have a thing for serpents. Unlike my previous image a few posts back, you would not like it if this one bit you. An American Copperhead; not lethal, but causes extreme sickness and days of unbearable pain.

EDIT: it has been brought to my attention this is not a Copperhead, but one of the lookalikes, possibly a juvenile Black Rat Snake. I failed to notice the round pupils - Copperheads have vertical slits in their eyes. My mistake.

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I seem to have a thing for serpents. Unlike my previous image a few posts back, you would not like it if this one bit you. An American Copperhead; not lethal, but causes extreme sickness and days of unbearable pain.

EDIT: it has been brought to my attention this is not a Copperhead, but one of the lookalikes, possibly a juvenile Black Rat Snake. I failed to notice the round pupils - Copperheads have vertical slits in their eyes. My mistake.

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All snakes are guilty unless proven innocent. Nice shot, though.
 
All snakes are guilty unless proven innocent. Nice shot, though.
Snakes are fascinating. I went to a reptile workshop where I got to handle the largest Timber Rattlesnake I have ever seen . . . so large that the fingers of both hands couldn't meet around its widest point. It was over 4 feet long and over 30 years old. He said it was non-aggressive, but he had a clear tube over its head, just in case. He actually put the thing on a large table, and we walked around it and took photos. I was intrigued.
 
Snakes are fascinating. I went to a reptile workshop where I got to handle the largest Timber Rattlesnake I have ever seen . . . so large that the fingers of both hands couldn't meet around its widest point. It was over 4 feet long and over 30 years old. He said it was non-aggressive, but he had a clear tube over its head, just in case. He actually put the thing on a large table, and we walked around it and took photos. I was intrigued.

I don't harm snakes; it's not their fault I'm a bit phobic. But unless I know what kind it is, I assume it can kill me. That's especially true of my recent travels in Laos, where I don't know one serpent from another. So it it is small, I assume it is some sort of kraite, and if it is big, I figure it is either a cobra or something deadly that I cannot recognize. I think I was the only kid in my cub-scout den that would not touch the snake (non-venomous) at the local natural history museum. They are fascinating, and often beautiful, I just don't want to get up close and personal with any of them.
 
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