My neighbor Chaych and I were treading water earlier today, enjoying the beautiful weather and the fact that we have a pool "in our back yard". Whilst treading she calmly asked "is that a snake swimming right behind you?" I (not so calmly) lunged toward her and turned to look at the snake. We confirmed it was indeed a live and nimble little snake. It was only 7 inches long but needless to say, we jumped out of the pool- I've never seen Chaych move that fast. She was brave and caught it with a skimmer, but we had no idea what kind of snake it was. I thought maybe we should release it in the woods- I am a sucker for sparing wildlife. We figured it was better to call the fearless and knowledgeable girls who work in the office. They (and some very knowledgeable guys) came out and confirmed it was a baby water moccasin. Chaych had saved me from a venomous terror! Then those more courageous than I killed it with a hammer... so all is well. A tiny poisonous snake in our pool? No thank you.
8.27.2009
the day chaych saved my life
My neighbor Chaych and I were treading water earlier today, enjoying the beautiful weather and the fact that we have a pool "in our back yard". Whilst treading she calmly asked "is that a snake swimming right behind you?" I (not so calmly) lunged toward her and turned to look at the snake. We confirmed it was indeed a live and nimble little snake. It was only 7 inches long but needless to say, we jumped out of the pool- I've never seen Chaych move that fast. She was brave and caught it with a skimmer, but we had no idea what kind of snake it was. I thought maybe we should release it in the woods- I am a sucker for sparing wildlife. We figured it was better to call the fearless and knowledgeable girls who work in the office. They (and some very knowledgeable guys) came out and confirmed it was a baby water moccasin. Chaych had saved me from a venomous terror! Then those more courageous than I killed it with a hammer... so all is well. A tiny poisonous snake in our pool? No thank you.
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4 comments:
1. Can you remove the photo please?
2. I am numb with terror right now.
3. A little annoyed at the notion of releasing ANY snake into the woods. WHATEVER!!!!!
4. YAY for boys who killed it with a hammer.
I'm glad you didn't get bit by him, but if you did I would have sucked the venom out for you.
YIKES! I too would have jumped out of the pool very quickly. Yea for those knowledgeable guys.
I know this is a terrible thing to admit on the internet but I find myself hoping that you will have a sleepless night so that I get to read your new blog post the next day. Maybe you write during the day too...I don't know.
Cereal?
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