At 10:28 PM 12/27/2005, you wrote:
(A different kind of coils than in the book)
To get this shot I used a technique that I read about in one of Tim
Fitzharris's books. As soon as I found this guy I quickly dropped my
Tilly hat over him, then got all set up and, when I was ready,
quietly lifted the hat. and there he was exactly how and where I wanted him.
This fellow was quite ripe to molt (as you can see from the fogging
up of the scale that covers his eye) and though they tend to be
extra fierce then (I guess they're nervous because they can't see
any thing) he was very cooperative.
Actually, he still has a little ways to go. The eyes get transparent
again right before they shed. Snakes don't see more than a few feet
in front of them anyway. (The Spitting Cobra may be an exception to
this.) They get almost all of the info about their environment from
vibrations and their tongues which they touch to something called the
Jacobson's Organ on the roof of their mouth. Pit vipers such as
rattlesnakes, Copperheads and Water Moccasins also detect heat with their pits.
Class is over; your homework for tonight is .....
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