Curious Water Snake

Encountered on an early evening stroll. We agreed to simply greet one another and move on.

[Joanne Diochon]

A lovely capture. Great focus and DOF.

[Mark Prince]

A great capture of a very interesting meeting.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Amazing creature - beautiful markings - great capture ! fav

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh, wow. I'd have moved on too!

[JackieR]

poisonous?? harmless?? either way I'd have moved sharpish. Fab details Taffy

[*lynn]

great capture!

[Rob Z]

How marvellous! I would be interested to hear the answers to Jackie's questions too - our sea snakes are poisonous but only have very small fangs. :)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture. I'm glad no one was harmed.

[Suzanne]

No animals were harmed in the taking of this photo! Great shot!

[Walks @ 7]

Snakes always have the right a way for me too.

[Boxplayer]

I'm afraid I'm a little unusual in that I'd have so wanted to pick it up and give it a cuddle! 🤣 I wouldn't have done obviously but I do adore snakes and this one is beautiful. Non-venomous looks like.

[carol white]

Great capture and details.Fav😊

[Taffy]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond @robz
Not poisonous -- no island snake is poisonous, so we're pretty safe around them overall, but this one does apparently have a nasty bite, so best not to cuddle it.

[George]

Move on quickly - after taking a photo, of course.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Kathy]

Too close for my comfort, even on a computer screen. Good close up though.

[Babs]

Ha ha wise move. He looks as surprised to see you as you probably were to spot him too.

[Islandgirl]

Great close up!

[gloria jones]

Wow...Super shot

[Jane Pittenger]

Good idea and beautiful scale texture

[Rick]

Eeeww! Yeah, think I might have walked on around this one and let it be. Great capture.

[eDorre]

Great textures

[Diana]

What a beauty!

[Kathy A]

Fabulous shot

[Shanne]

I'd greet that one and move on too

[haskar]

Great shot and focus.

[Julie Duncan]

Adorable!

[Pam]

Fantastic!

[Tunia McClure]

I have to admit he's kind of beautiful.

[Louise & Ken]

Just read about how to tell poisonous from non's... Round eyes and no second viper nostril! You could pet him ; ) Beautiful photo!

[4rky]

Fascinating creatures - love those markings

[borof]

Beautiful but scary creature, I wouldn't dare approach it.

[LManning (Laura)]

Fabulous detail and pose.

[Diane]

Amazing how you have captured him looking right at your camera. Great detail.

[Vesna]

This photo is on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!

[katy]

Fabulous detail Taffy !

[Peter Dulis]

yikes

[Allison Maltese]

Wow. Great shot! I had an encounter with one recently, and it was pretty aggressive. It was much more of a burgundy in color and was identified as a Northern water snake.