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Title: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by Dave on 08/26/18 at 18:27:37 I went for a short ride before dinner - I had been working in the yard moving/raking dirt and it was 90 degrees......I needed a break and I took a shower and went for a ride. I was riding on all the shady back roads I could find, and at one point I saw something up ahead bouncing from the left side of the road toward the centerline. By the time I got up there and could see it was a frog hopping across the road - and in pursuit was a black snake in hot pursuit. The frog was jumping and then pausing for a couple of seconds between jumps, and the snake was having a bit of trouble getting traction on the hot asphalt - but seemed to be keeping pace with the frog while they were on the pavement. I pulled up in between them - the frog took a few more jumps over to the gravel driveway on the right side....while the snake made a quick retreat back to the tall grass on the left side of the road. I really don't know who has more speed and stamina - a frog or a snake. I suspect the snake would not have come back out into the open after I interrupted his chase.....but who knows? It was a bit weird to see unless you are Marlin Perkins or Marty Stouffer - but it is one of the fun things about riding a motorcycle! |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by GOF on 08/26/18 at 18:55:02 A hero to frog kind! The bane of snake and fly alike! |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by raydawg on 08/26/18 at 18:56:28 Maybe you should edit your post, just say a snake :-/ Cool story, either way, Mutual of Omaha :) |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by stewmills on 08/26/18 at 20:13:48 Glad you were there to hop into action and save the froggy. Im sure the snake was hissed that you ruined his dinner. ;D :D ;D :D |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by batman on 08/26/18 at 22:22:45 Might have been better to run over the snake if you thought the frog a more valuable animal, what if the snake was poison(7000-8000 bitten in the US every year) ,and decided to strike at your leg when you stopped ? Would the frog have tried to save you? Might have been better to ride around both and let nature take it's course . |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by IslandRoad on 08/27/18 at 00:00:29 That poor snake lost a meal! He must be hungry now. |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by LANCER on 08/27/18 at 01:40:45 Well ......... ok. [ch128526][ch127949] |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by Dave on 08/27/18 at 02:39:41 2526332A2629737F470 wrote:
It was a Black Snake, not at all dangerous if you are bigger than a mouse or frog. We have two kinds of black snakes around here - the Rat Snake is not very shiny, fatter around and has a slight pattern in the color, and the Racer is thinner/faster and very shiny. (This one was a racer). The black snakes in this area are very helpful in keeping the mice/rat populations down and they are a good animal to have around and they should not be killed (I would not have stopped the snake if it was chasing a mouse). The weird part was the snake sort of blended in with all the other tar snakes...until I was that this one was moving! |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by Dave on 08/27/18 at 18:30:27 Well this is weird....this must be my back to nature week. It is dark here now, and a few minutes ago I went out to the garage - on the way I saw a large toad on the new concrete......and behind him was a large mass and some liquid running down the driveway. I initially felt bad as I must have run over him with the car and squashed him. I went over and picked him up....and he was fine! He just had a major Bowel Movement! I have never seen a toad doing #2.....it was huge! |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by raydawg on 08/27/18 at 18:50:17 Dave..... Uh, how do I ask this without, er, uh, gee.... I guess there is only one way, straight out. Are you in charge of your wife's meds? ;D |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by Dave on 08/28/18 at 03:05:29 25362E33362030570 wrote:
No....and I am not on anything! The toad was a pretty big one as the local toads go.....but the Poo was almost as long as the whole darn toad! http://i68.tinypic.com/2v9tcag.jpg It does solve the mystery of what has been leaving manure on my driveway and porch all these years.....I thought it was a small furry animal. |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by verslagen1 on 08/28/18 at 07:12:19 Holy cow... err frog :-? A lot of fiber in that diet. No wonder they croak so loud. ;D |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by MMRanch on 08/28/18 at 08:04:25 What a "Strange" post :-X . . ;D |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by raydawg on 08/28/18 at 08:14:58 647760617E7375777C23120 wrote:
Geez, from the looks of it, the frog musta ate the chasing snakes buddy 8-) |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by Serowbot on 08/28/18 at 13:11:09 This will all balance out next time you run one over,,, :-? |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by batman on 08/28/18 at 16:12:29 There has been two deaths in KY caused by the Eastern Timber Rattler ,you may want to add that to your list of snakes . |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by MMRanch on 08/28/18 at 21:01:09 I remember watching one of the "Wild America" episodes about the KING snake years ago. Well , according to Marty Staffer the King snake will eat the poison snakes in their area. Also , the common eastern Black Snake is also known as the "King Snake" . I've seen them on our place here in Lynchburg as big as 8 foot long and as big around as a baseball bat. Of course "I'm always glad to see them" , for more reason than one ! ::) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdCozo_Ub_Q not a black King snake but "Very interesting " ;) |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by Dave on 04/19/19 at 06:02:42 It turns out that the toads around are house aren't very good at playing "Leap Frog". http://i63.tinypic.com/3494gia.jpg |
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Title: Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/19/19 at 18:31:19 Might depend on how you define Leap. Is that Over Or On? |
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