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MICHIGAN MASSASAUGA

THE ONLY POISON SNAKE IN MICHIGAN. RATTLE SNAKE. AND THE FIRST TIME IN ALL THESE YEARS I'VE EVER SEEN ONE. IT WAS SWIMMING IN MY POND AND WOULD GO AWAY FROM ME EVERY TIME IT WOULD GET CLOSE AND I'D TRY GETTING PICTURES OF IT. IT LOOKS BIG HERE BUT WAS A SMALL ONE AND I DREW THE PICTURE UP TO GET A BETTER LOOK. THEY ARE SHY AND DOES NOT HAVE THE BAD POISON AS A REGULAR RATTLE SNAKE.

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Zofia Wilamowska 03 Sep 2021

An amazing picture! You were brave to get it, Joanie. All your pictures are great!

Artist Reply: SO MANY THANKS ZOFIA FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. I DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT.

Claudio Barake 27 Jul 2021

What an amazing picture, looks like an impressionist painting! I had no idea rattlesnakes could slide so gently on a pond. Global warming, even rattlers need a refresh!

Artist Reply: THANK YOU VERY MUCH CLAUDIO. I'VE SEEM QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT SNAKES SWIM AND DIVE DONE TOO. CHECK WINTER TIME, NO GLOBAL WARMING HERE. ONLY GOD CONTROLS WEATHER.

Dale Newman 26 Jul 2021

Great Capture

Artist Reply: MANY THANKS DALE. MUCH APPRECIATED

Scott Alexander Jack 17 Jul 2021

Hope you don't swim in there!

Artist Reply: LOL:):)

Scott Alexander Jack 17 Jul 2021

We have lots of rattlesnakes in California but I didn't know they could swim!

Artist Reply: I startled him on the edge of my pond and in he went. We learn something new every day. :):);)

Garland Oldham 04 Jul 2021

EXCELLENT AS ALLWAYS/ THANK YOU ADMIRING MY WORK

Artist Reply: MANY THANKS GARLAND. MUCH APPRECIATED

Nira Dabush 17 Jun 2021

Scary for sure Joanie.. You are brave.. Superb abstract shot.

Artist Reply: SO MANY THANKS NIRA. IT LOOKS ABSTRACT BECAUSE ITS MAKING THE WATER RIPPLE AND THEN I DREW IT UP WITH THE CAMERA. HE WAS SWIMMING FAST AWAY FROM ME.

Vernonette Gaddy 14 Jun 2021

Very good photographic capture of the slinky snake movement in the abstract looking pond Joanie. Stay safe. :)

Artist Reply: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH VERNONETTE FOR YOUR NEAT COMMENT. ALWAYS MUCH APPRECIATED

Debra Kott 13 Jun 2021

Great capture.

Artist Reply: THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEBRA. ALWAYS APPRECIATED

Dale Newman 13 Jun 2021

Genuinely nice. Of course, you already know the best time to see a snake is when he is leaving the area, Lol

Artist Reply: LOL, SO RIGHT DALE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT COMMENT

Marie josé LAURIER 13 Jun 2021

VENEMOUS OR NOT. SNAKES ARE THE ONLY ANIMALS THAT I WOULD NEVER LIKE TO FIND ON MY WAY . EVEN IN IMAGE SNAKE GIVES ME CHILLS. IT'S DEEP-ROOTED I HATE SNAKES ..

Artist Reply: THEY ARE CREEPY TO ME TOO. I SEE PICTURES OF THEM ON TV, THE POISON ONES, HUGE BERMIZE PYTHONS ENVADING FLORIDA AND I CRINGE. HERE I KNOW THEY WON'T HARM YOU AND JUST GIVE ME A START, EXCEPT THIS GUY, BUT IN ALL THESE SO MANY YEARS HAD NEVER SEEN ONE HERE AND PROBABLY WILL NEVER SEE ONE AGAIN. HOPEFULLY

Geoff Cooper 13 Jun 2021

Good capture Joanie !!

Artist Reply: THANKS SO MUCH GEOFF.

Lyle Kroll 12 Jun 2021

Braver person than me, Joanie. Like Indiana Jones, I hate snakes. lol :)

Artist Reply: LOL LYLE, I DO NOT LIKE SNAKES EITHER. THE ONES HERE I KNOW WON'T HURT YOU BUT GLAD I'VE NEVER COME ACROSS ONE OF THESE BEFORE. PROBABLY WILL NEVER SEE ONE AGAIN.

Larry Johnson 12 Jun 2021

Nice, I'm always looking for snakes when I go on my walks along the river. Seldom find them, though.

Artist Reply: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH LARRY. MUCH APPRECIATED

Anonymous Guest 12 Jun 2021

Well Said my fearless Friend.

Artist Reply: THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT LEAST HE WAS GETTING AWAY FROM ME. LOL