The Nature Photography Thread

[anji1971]

I don't think I would be able to handle living where tarantulas roam free...........I would most likely become a paranoid twitchy person who was afraid to leave the house!!!
but the patchnose snake is beautiful!!

[Lori P]

ROFLMAO.... PERFECT description, Anji!!! You and me both!!

Actually, I suppose if I saw them on a regular basis they wouldn't creep me out so much.

They are AWESOME pics, Laura. You have such a variety of critters in Texas. I want an armadillo, lol.

[Stefan-A]

Very nice pictures, Laura.

And I especially like the patchnose.
edit: apparently it primarily eats lizards (sometimes other snakes, reptile eggs, mammals). A real shame.

[tikichick]

Thanks

I really don't see the tarantulas all that often, unfortunately. There used to be more out here, but there's been a lot of development in my subdivision in the past few years. I used to have tons of scorpions that would get in the house - one stung me good when it was hiding on the underside of the tongue of my shoe... got me on the top of the foot about 5 times before I got free >:| I used to be terrified of both, now I keep a few tarantulas and scorpions as pets, lol.

I think the patchnose was probably hunting baby Mediterranean geckos when my cat violently interrupted it, lol. It was right after I got my baby ball python, and my cat, Idgie, brought the patchnose to me while I was working at my desk, dropped it at my feet and bellowed. I think she recognized it as one of those slithery things I was playing with the night before, lol.

My neighbor's seen a coral snake and a skink this year, and called me over to see the coral, so I grabbed my camera and ran, but it was already gone She didn't tell me about the skink because she figured I'd try to catch it and keep it, lol.

I didn't see many striped fence lizards this year, but hopefully I can get some pics of those in the Spring. They're adorable

[Stefan-A]

Originally Posted by tikichick

My neighbor's seen a coral snake and a skink this year, and called me over to see the coral, so I grabbed my camera and ran, but it was already gone She didn't tell me about the skink because she figured I'd try to catch it and keep it, lol.

I'm not sure I like your neighbor. If she figured you'd try to catch the skink and didn't call you over because of that, then why did she call you over when she saw a fairly venomous Elapid?

Don't take this post too seriously.

[tikichick]

LOL, that's a very good point!

[Lori P]

Oh, great going Stefan, now you've started a good old Texas feud between Laura and her neighbor... lol :-)

[tikichick]

LOL, naw... We're the kind of neighbors who take each other cookies and pet sit

[reptileparadise]

Shot these at the zoo, not in the wild unfortunatly....

[tikichick]

Very nice!! That koala's freakin' adorable!!