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Post by dsmith on Jul 20, 2011 20:14:29 GMT -5
Ok, I should be the expert on snakes, not asking.  But why is it that sometimes snakes stick there head staight up out of the water? The one watching me at the lake today would do that some. JUst raise straight up like a stick poking up. We've seen them do that before. Just curious if there is a reason for it, or it's just something they do. |
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Post by papa on Jul 21, 2011 10:33:44 GMT -5
I really ain't sure on it, but probably just so they can see around farther, either for thier safety or looking around for food. Maybe they are just checking you out. lol
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Post by mastercatter on Jul 21, 2011 19:01:43 GMT -5
To see better???
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Post by dsmith on Jul 21, 2011 20:45:45 GMT -5
That's what I reckon. Just like a perisope. Half of his body will be straight up out of the water.
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Post by SmithSchee on Jul 24, 2011 15:04:32 GMT -5
They're waiting on food (insects & etc. They are acting like a stick so things will land on them. The snakes in the pond I fish in do it all the time and the insect land on them and they eat them. Sometimes they get small fish that way too.
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Post by dsmith on Jul 24, 2011 17:10:21 GMT -5
Thanks Smithchee. That makes sense. It is really strange to see them sticking straight up like that.
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Post by SmithSchee on Jul 25, 2011 22:12:25 GMT -5
They are acting like the deer hunters do. They get still, listen and watch. All wild life do it at sometime in their life.
The small snakes are really hard to see most of the time. I fish in flip flops a lot, so I watch for snakes more than most people do. I really don't want one crawling across my naked feet.
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