Lizards Fighting - Smackdown Nature Fight!!!!

My first Video attempt showing two Red Headed Skinks fighting. Stills of YES_SNAKES, Spiders and such to Crash Test Dummies music. 

PLEASE BE KIND!

OBAMA MAKES ROYAL WEDDING AFTER ALL

 

Oh, Look! President Obama DID make it to the Wedding after all...

 

 Love ya all.....

JMc

SKINK: LIZARD SMACKDOWN ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP

 

SKINK: LIZARD SMACKDOWN ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP!

Just A FEW of the  pics of the epic WWL-Lizard Smackdown Championship death match I caught today! It's awesome--and Yes--I will post more.  This went on for over 10 minutes--round and round, flip, charge, BITE, REPEAT--what an epic battle!

I GOT OVER 10 MINUTES OF ACTION FOOTAGE AND NUMEROUS PICS OF THESE TWO LARGE MALES FIGHTING IT OUT!!!!!!!

 Ding ding ding!!!

Will he go round in circles? Will he fly high like a bird up in the sky??

You bit my Head. I did not! Yes you did. Did Not. Did.....Did not! Skink. Skank. OK, That's it!

NO BITING BELOW THE BELT!

THE VICTOR BACK IN HIS TREE!

Habits: Although they may be found both on the ground and in trees, broadhead skinks, particularly large males, are more arboreal (tree-dwelling) than any of the other southeastern skinks. Adults are often seen high up in trees, sunning on exposed branches, while young are common on fallen trees and under bark or other debris. When pursued, broadhead skinks generally run for the nearest tree or log and can be quite difficult to capture. Like many other lizards, broadhead skinks will break off their tails when restrained, distracting the predator and allowing the lizard to escape.
 

  This is a Broad Head Skink- found in Ga and SC! Description: 6 - 13 in (15 - 33 cm). Broadhead skinks are the largest skink in the southeast, and with the exception of the glass lizards, are the largest lizards in our region. These large lizards have short legs and a streamlined body. Although adult male broadhead skinks are unmistakable, females and immature lizards are very similar in appearance to five-lined and southeastern five-lined skinks. 

 

LOVE YA!

JMc

DON'T FORGET TO STOP & SMELL THE

 

 

DON'T FORGET TO STOP & SMELL THE

 

 

FIRST ONE TO BLOOM! 

See I told you no Snake pics...but I do have the Ultimate Lizard Smackdown that I couldn't believe I caught today! This is awesome- I'm totally serious!

Will post it--You can bet on that after editing!

Oh--And the Utility post is in the que--but FL. trip is coming up...so....

Posting may slow a little! But don't go away!!!!!

LOVE YOU ALL!

JMc

PART DEAUX : SNAKES R- US II

PART DEAUX: SNAKES R US II

WARNING: SNAKE PICS!

The Eastern Water Snake up close and personal. My next door neighbor and her two small daughters were jumping over a small mud puddle in the middle of our dirt road driveway. The 2 girls jumped over and then the mother. They were just playing and it was the puddle in Shadow Shot Sunday that had shrunk considerably.

When the mother jumped over, the snake struck at her. It was just too much of a threat for it I guess. The squeals of laughter, the vibrations, and the movement. I shortly received a frantic phone call from the mother concerning this, and was asked to dispatch the culprit. I said I would- "Wink, Wink", take care of it.

The snake was making best use of her resources--(this is the mother of the one that was severely wounded the other day, that I had to euthanize!). Hunting frogs in a small puddle (where they happily congregate) instead of the entire pond, is pretty smart I'd say.

How to tell a Non-Venomous snake from a venomous one.

DO NOT USE THIS AS A BE ALL: END ALL SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE.

IF IN DOUBT, HAUL BUTT AND SHOUT! 
MY VERSION OF STOP, CRAP,  AND ROLL!

Brown Water Snake (Nerodia taxispilota):  A large (to 4 feet), chunky, brown, patterned snake with eyes almost on top of its' head.  These fish-eaters climb well, and are commonly seen basking on tree branches hanging above the Canoochee and Ogeechee Rivers.  Bites only if molested, swims underwater rapidly to escape.

Copright Barry Mansell 

http://www.stewart.army.mil/dpw/wildlife/nonvenomous_snakes.htm

http://www.trailquest.net/SNsnakes_us.html#faqS

How can I tell the difference between poisonous and non-poisonous snakes?

There are only 4 species of poisonous snakes in North America; cottonmouth water moccasin, rattlesnake, copperhead and coral snake. Learn to identify these snakes from photos, and you can safely assume that all other snakes you see in North America are non-poisonous.

Are snakes really afraid of us?

Absolutely. They live in a world of eat or be eaten. They take one look at us and “think”, “I can’t eat this thing, but it’s big enough to eat me”. Consequently, they are very much afraid of us.

MY GAL: SSSSHISSY!!!

I'd say it's a CLOSE match with  the top pic yes?

 MAKING A GETAWAY--THIS IS THEIR NORMAL REACTION!

WELL ROUNDED PUPIL: GOT AN A IN PARCEL TONGUE--THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE POST OFFICE!!!!

HANDLE WITH CARE: THIS SIDE UP!

 ROUND PUPIL:

Nonvenomous snakes usually have a round pupil in the eye. Venomous snakes in the U.S. (except for the coral snake) have an elliptical pupil like a cat's eye. It looks like a small vertical slit in the middle of the eye. This can be difficult to determine without getting dangerously close, however.

http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Creative-Commons

POOR PIC OR "DOUBLE ROW" OR INTERLOCKING SCALES AT END OF TAIL

SEE THE DARK COLORS MERGING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE AT THE VERY END AS THEY WERE MORE ON THE OUTSIDE BEFORE?

If the end portion underneath the snake is going straight across, then it is venomous. If it starts to interlock, looking diamond shaped, then it is safe.
Source: http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-a-Venomous-Snake, Herrick, Jack et all, Internet, April 27, 2011

NOTICE THE STRAIGHT ACROSS SCALES ON THE BEAUTIFUL UNDERBELLY. THIS HOLDS TRUE FOR VENOMOUS AND NON-VENOMOUS SPECIES: IT'S AT THE VERY END PAST THE ANAL GLAND AND SEX ORGANS THAT THE EITHER STAY STRAIGHT OR CRISS CROSS.

THE ROUND PUPIL IS OBVIOUS--BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO GET THIS CLOSE! AND IN THE MOUTH THERE ARE SMALL TEETH. IN A VENOMOUS SNAKE THE FANGS ARE FOLDED BACK IN A MEMBRANE- SO JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE THEM DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY ARE NOT THERE!

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT! SNAKE ED- 0.101

LOVE YOU ALL:

NEXT: HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT GETTING RIPPED OFF BY YOUR UTILITY COMPANY!!!!

NO SNAKE PICS I PROMISE!

JMc

SNAKES R US

SNAKES R US

LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THIS TO A REPTILE BLOG. I SAW THESE TWO BLACK SNAKES, OR BLACK RACERS,MATING AGAIN FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. I HAVE PICS OF THIS GUY IN A TREE, FROM LAST YEAR.

I KNOW, I KNOW:

SNAKUS INTERRUPTUS ISN'T COOL. I ALSO GOT SOME GOOD VIDEO-BUT I DON'T WANT TO POST SNAKE PORN YET.

ACTUALLY I MAY EDIT IT AND PUT IT TO MUSIC!

MAYBE SOMETHING BY "WHITESNAKE"? 

MEDUSAS CONTATA #4

SO HERE GOES.......

AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A TWO HEADED SNAKE!

THEN I SAW THE MOOD LIGHTING.......AND HEARD MARVIN GAY IN THE BACKGROUND.

"STEVE STOP- I THINK THAT PERV IS BACK!"

BUSTED....."YOU'RE RIGHT AGNES-IT'S HIM AGAIN!"

AGNES: "I'M GOING TO HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH..IT'S NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF!"

STEVE:    "DUDE, WE GOTTA TALK!"

ME:     "DON'T TRY TO HIDE!"

STEVE:     "OK OK! YOU GOTTA CIGARETTE ON YA?"

NOTE TO SELF: BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU HOLD YOUR WALKING STICK ON SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY!

LOVE YOU ALL!

JMc

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY

click right here to link to Hey Harriet

HUNGER--WAITING FOR MONDAY'S FEEDING!

CD- THAT SAYS BEACH TRIP!

TRYING TO RETURN IT!

RAIN ROAD SHADOW PUDDLE

"Most of the shadows of this life

are caused by our standing

in our own sunshine."

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

Stolen borrowed from Cloudia's Post on Comfort Spiral

SMALL EASTER BREAK

LOVE YOU ALL----JUST TAKING A FEW DAYS OFF FOR OBSERVANCE OF EASTER!

HE IS RISEN!

JMc

GOODBYE OLE FRIEND!

GOODBYE OLE FRIEND!

Something or SOMEBODY, severely injured my Water Snake friend! I know fear of Snakes is a very real and possibly the number one phobia around. However the people I told about the snakes in the little pond was that they were very beneficial and totally hamrmless. THESE WERE ADULTS, ASKING ME ABOUT THE SNAKE THEY HAD SEEN.

I have followed this guy for years, and saw Momma and a baby this year!

I had to kill him yesterday. He was severely injured...his lower jaw was completely destroyed and he could not eat, and had to swim with his head high out of the water to keep from drowning. He would have died of starvation.

I don't know if Animals fear death, feel pain like we do....etc. But I do know that starving to death is not something I could in good conscience walk away from. I know this was weird, but I liked the guy. Too think that anyone would do that hurts me, and I'm writing this for me. It could possibly have been one of the peoples Dog's who frequent the pond- but the injury was unique.

Please don't look at the pics if you don't want too. I have to post them out of a strange sense of Morbidity and closure. A couple show his absolute beauty. A couple show why I intervened, and allowed recycling!

FIRST TWO ARE HEALTHY AND HAPPY PICS LAST WEEK!

THESE ARE DISTURBING..PICS OF HIS INJURIES..AND THEN PICS OF HIS BEAUTY, AND A CLOSING LIMERICK.

BOTTOM JAW GONE!

HE WAS NOT AGGRESSIVE--I SWEAR HE LOOKED AT ME...AS HE DIDN'T LEAVE. HE COULD NOT CLOSE HIS MOUTH.

HIS COLORING IS UNREAL!

 LOOK AT THE BEAUTY EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE SNAKES.

TEARS!

BY BUDDY

HIS LAST SPLASH!

 LATER WHEN I TOOK HOPE OUT--I SAW MY OTHER BUDDY, AS A SIGN OF LIFE.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE MY RAT SNAKE AGAIN...HE WAS RELOCATED TO A VERY SAFE SPOT AWAY FROM THE HOUSE OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY WIFE'S FEAR OF SNAKES. THIS IS A PREVIOUS PIC OF HIM...HE WAS MUCH BIGGER THIS TIME.

WHEREVER THEY MAY BE,

YOU INITIAL RESPONSE IS TO FLEE,

 EVOKING A VISCERAL FEAR,

 SEEN FROM AFAR OR NEAR,

AS IN YOUR PANTS YOU PEE!

LOVE YOU ALL

JMc

BACK FROM NOT FISHING

BACK FROM NOT FISHING

GUESS "I'LL" HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT!

MY BUDDY HAD SOME VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS COME UP AS I WAS DRIVING TO HIS HOUSE.  HE HAD TO STAY TO RECEIVE PHONE CALL. THERE IS VERY SPOTTY RECEPTION, IF ANY AT ALL WHERE WE FISH!

HE WOULD NOT HAVE ENJOYED ONE SECOND UP THERE KNOWING HE MIGHT BE MISSING THAT CALL, AND KNOWING HIM SINCE 1973...........

HE IS TRULY MY BROTHER (NOT REALLY) AND BEST FRIEND (TRULY).....

Here are a few pics, and a question at the end.

ON FB, A FRIEND EVER ASKED IF ANYONE HAD EVER EATEN COOTER (TURTLE, YA'LL). YES THIS IS A SOUTHERN EXPRESSION NOT RESERVED FOR PORN ONLY!!!!

SO HERE IS MY COOTER LOG!


I USED TO SELL THEM FOR A DOLLAR OR TWO--(THE BIG SNAPPING TURTLE KIND THAT WON'T LET GO UNTIL IT THUNDERS OR SUNDOWN...WINK WINK KELLY!!!),  FOR PEOPLE TO EAT. I'VE SEEN THEM KILLED AND CLEANED, BUT NEVER STAYED FOR THE MEAL....I "MAY" HAVE TRIED IT ONCE... 


I'M RENAMING THEM "WATER CHICKENS". I DON'T KNOW WHY.....OK??????

SINGING- IT'S GONNA BE A BRIGHT-- BRIGHT, BRIGHT SUNSHINY DAY....

HOW DO THEY GET UP THERE??  SERIOUSLY?

VIEW FROM A COOTER!

HE MADE IT BACK UP--BUT I DIDN'T SEE HIM UNTIL HE WAS ON THE LOG...THE MYSTERY DEEPENS.  PERISCOPE DEPTH!

GILDED LILY. 

LATE AFTERNOON WILT--IT HIT 90 HERE YESTERDAY!

AHHHHH---AHHHHHH- A GIANT BUG IS COMING IN ON THE LEFT.  OK PEE WEE, GIVE IT A REST.

I KNOW I AM BUT WHAT ARE YOU?

I LOVE TURTLES
WELL WHY DON'T YOU MARRY THEM....HE HE!

I MAY DO A REVIEW OF THE NEW RELEASE OF CLASH OF THE TITANS- 2010.. A REMAKE OF THE CLASSIC FROM 1981, OF RAY HARRYHAUSEN'S MOVIE WITH PHENOMENAL SPECIAL EFFECTS--(BACK THEN THERE WERE LITTLE IF ANY CGI EFFECTS)......

THIS WILL BE VERY PUNNY---

I DIDN'T SAY FUNNY!!!!!!!

LOVE YOU ALL


OH--THE QUESTION......... NO--EATING COOTER WAS NOT IT!

HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SACRIFICE FOR A FRIENDSHIP?

OR DO YOU EVEN CONSIDER IT A SACRIFICE....

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE FRIENDS YOU CAN COUNT ON "THE ONE HAND TYPE OF FRIEND?"

BETTER KNOWN NOWADAYS AS BFF!!! 

JMc

GONE FISHING TUESDAY

AND THERE'S NOT A DANG THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!

OK--HERE'S 1  AND THAT'S IT!

Two Mexican detectives were investigating the murder of Juan Gonzalez.
'How was he killed?' asked one detective.
'With a golf gun,' the other detective replied.
'A golf gun! What is a golf gun?'
'I don't know. But it sure made a hole in Juan.'

 

LOVE YOU ALL!

JMc

GAS COUPON--GOING TO SIGN TAX FORMS!

GAS COUPON--GOING TO SIGN TAX FORMS!

I didn't realize it, but these coupons are good for one gallon of gas at most retailers. I have seen them around, but until recently never took advantage of them, I never realized their actual worth. You probably have one or two just lying around somewhere, now is the time to use them before they lose their value, and it's too late!!

 

SEE COUPON BELOW...Actually good for one gallon of gas for a limited time only!

LOWEST FORM OF HUMOUR? I THINK NOT!

The ability to make and understand puns is considered to be the highest level of language development.  

Here are the 10 first place winners in the International Pun Contest:

 

1.    A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons.  The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

 

2.    Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says, "Dam!"

 

3.    Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft.  Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

 

4.    Two hydrogen atoms meet.  One says, "I've lost my electron." The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies "Yes, I'm positive."

 

5.    Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal?  His goal: transcend dental medication.

 

6.    A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories.  After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse.  "But why?", they asked, as they moved off.  "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."

 

7.    A woman delivers a set of identical twins and decides to give them up for adoption.  One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in   Spain ; they name him "Juan."  Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother.  Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal.  Her husband responds, "They're twins!  If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

 

8.    A group of friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds.  Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair.   He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not.  He went back and begged the friars to close.  They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" the friars to close.  Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

 

9.    Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and, with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath.  This made him (Oh, dude, this is so bad, it's good) a super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

 

10. And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh.  No pun in ten did.

GRATUITOUS POST SINCE REAL WORLD GOT IN THE WAY TODAY!!!!

LOVE YOU ALL

JMc