Full Tummy

Spotted on the rocks as we waited for the ferry to pick up some freight we had shipped over (less expensive to send on the boat than take with us on the plane). I thought the big bulge suggests something is being digested while he sort of sleeps or zones out.
Reduced saturation since the green grass stood out more than the snake.

[Cathrine Mitchell]

He's got his eye on you. Wonderful find.

[Richard Hickey]

Amazing picture.

[Kerri]

Awesome!

[Kathleen Hickey]

The color of his eye suggests he may be about to shed his skin. That will cause lethargy too. The bulge amidships does look like the frog/rodent population is down by one.

[Annie D]

Kathleen is right - he is about to shed - strange that he ate at this time must have been opportunistic as ours go off their food when they are about to shed

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Richard Hickey]

Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Debs Stott]

Yikes, great capture, but so not staying to look too long - snakes make me run!

[Margaret Obey]

Amazing, that thickened part of the body says it all. It makes me shiver.

[Junko Y]

Oh, I am SO glad I did NOT see this snake -- or any other snake -- while I was there. But I have to admit -- this is a cool capture.

[Marnie]

I hate snakes!! Are these ones venomous? But it's a darned good shot, despite the subject.

[Jan Rose]

Brave shot, I don't think I would have got that close.

[Myrna O'Hara]

Oh my hope it doesn't need Tums to digest whatever it had eaten.

[Osia Strasner]

Glad to see there are some herpetologists on this site, or I would have thought you had photoshopped those cloudy blue eyes! Great capture of a multi-tasking snake digesting and shedding his skin all at the same time!

[Jessica]

Wow, that is a big snake!

[Joan Robillard]

Holiday meal.

[sally agnew]

Mmmmm, something quite substantial in there. Nice find :)

[Eric di Bosco]

---I prefer to avoid them...totally!

[Sally Ings]

How cool to be able to get a picture of him.. I'm glad someone mentioned the glazed blue eyes as I was wondering about them!

[Suse♡]

Yikes....it does blend in very well in that surrounding

[Call me Joe]

:O !!!!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Very well camouflaged !! and he does as if he has just had a huge meal !!

[Bob Zwolinsky]

A great well seen and taken natural history shot just as it should be, the snake in it's natural environment.

[Kathie]

I think I see a look of contentment. That's a fairly large snake.

[Sue Wilde]

Ouch!

[Francoise]

gosh, I'd love to know what's in there.

[Lisa Villella]

Wow!

[Darlene]

What a great shot, Taffy. It did not even put its head up when you took your photo? I would have been out of there slowly, then fast.

[Shanne]

really does look full of something

[Denise (lyndemc)]

He looks huge in this image. I compare him to the grass and maybe he's not gigantic, but he looks it in the picture.

[Louise & Ken]

What a lot of wonderful things we learn on this site! Your capture with the full tummy is quite excellent! You must have a sizable snake population there that you should have encountered them more than once!

[Jawo]

Am afraid of snakes but you capturedthis well. Did you freakout when you saw it? Haha!