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Location: Waukee, IA | Looks like someone learned a lesson about casting at a snake swimming across the surface. But then again, maybe not |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | "I will love him and pet him and name him George." |
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X100.....I have been bitten by these ( and they do bite early and often) and muskies, muskies are way worse. Those snakes are tough, I wouldve just cut the hooks, it would survive. |
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| Greetings,
I took an undergraduate course many years ago in the science of herpetology - the study of amphibians and reptiles. The instructor had us conduct an experiment with common water snakes to determine how the snake orients itself relative to water. For example, did the snakes orient themselves relative to the position of the sun, the moon, use a visual cue (i.e. see the water) or use the grade of the soil.
I recall that the water snakes that we caught (Natrix Sipedon Sipedon) were much darker than the snake shown in the photograph of the original post - almost black.
We conducted this experiment each day for more than a week. The snakes were kept in a "cage" that sort of looked like a kid's plastic swimming pool. After being acclimated (i.e. calmed down) in the "cage", we would lift the "cage" and note which direction the snake went.
When it was all said and done, we concluded that the snakes first looked for someone to bite and then went whichever direction they felt like going.
Good fishing and tight lines!! |
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| I like that^ |
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