Herp trips

[JBL]

I recently googled 'pine barren' for pics of CP there.  I came across this wonderful site.  I contacted the owner, Eitan Grunwald, for permission to post the link here.  He very graciously gave permission to link, so I decided to post this in the general forum so that the most people can enjoy it.

Reptile and amphibian lovers--prepare to be in awe!  

http://www.eitangrunwald.com/herptrips/

P.S.  You will see CP in some of these pics, but that is not his focus.  The well written narrative just adds to the enjoyment!

 

[TheAlphaWolf]

wow cool!
don't you just HATE people who go out and find ten snakes on the first ten minutes?
god that's annoying.
lol

 

[elgecko]

Great link.
Now I want to go even more.

 

[Ozzy]

Awesome site.

 

[Est]

Wow, they have pictures of some beautiful snakes! Thanks for the link, I'm not historically much of a snake person (just in that I've never owned one myself, I'm not afraid of them or something,) but I thoroughly enjoyed reading some of the entries anyway. Good thing this post'll bump this back up, again.

 

[JBL]

Despite my having posted this, I'm with you EST--not a herp fan. But I couldn't help myself with this site--it is mesmerizing. Thanks for bumping it. People don't have to post to this, but if they just go to the site and spend a few minutes, it will be worth it. I think about the time and quality of Eitan's work, and I'll use that as a model for what I do (no matter what it is).

 

[herenorthere]

I've always had trouble with the concept of someone seeing a poisonous snake and then running towards it. But otherwise it's a great site.

 

[TheAlphaWolf]

VENOMOUS snake.
(yes, I know the words are used incorrectly a lot of times)
poisonous means that you eat/touch it and you get sick/die.
venomous means the animal stings/bites/actively injects venom into you.
as far as I know there is no such thing as a poisonous snake.

I'd LOVE to see a venomous snake and I WOULD run towards it. I wouldn't even TRY to catch it though. Just take tons of pictures.

 

[herenorthere]

Poisonous, venomous; whatever they are, I prefer keeping my distance.  That was the major reason I headed northeast for grad school from Mississippi instead of going west twenty years ago.  I didn't mind a snake if I saw it before I was on top of it, but the up close and personal surprises took their toll.

 

[PlantAKiss]

I'm not into snakes but that is a cool website. Even has flower pics.

I just have to wonder how many wonderful rocks and minerals are right there under their feet being ignored.