Snake Bite, be careful out there
- Thread starter Mitch
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Never actually seen a Copperhead. It's on my bucket bottle list.
In warmer months you can usually smell snake's odor before you see them.
In warmer months you can usually smell snake's odor before you see them.
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
I’ve been lucky enough to not see any live venomous snakes. I did see a dead copperhead on the road once behind the Whole Foods near chimney rock.
xc62701
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The victim definitely had a screw loose...
I literally almost ran into two timber rattlers at Port Jervis during events. One time I was warming up and came over a crest and stopped with my bottom bracket right over the coiled up rattler. I did my best long jump impression as I ejected from the bike. I grabbed a big stick to move it off the trail so it wouldn't get hit or cause any issues and it was so heavy it broke the damn stick.
Another time at PJ I was finishing one of he h2h races and there was one up by the reservoir stretched out across the last bit of trail. I swerved and just missed the head and had flashbacks the rest of the day. Cool creatures, but when you see them every instinct should tell you to stay away.
I literally almost ran into two timber rattlers at Port Jervis during events. One time I was warming up and came over a crest and stopped with my bottom bracket right over the coiled up rattler. I did my best long jump impression as I ejected from the bike. I grabbed a big stick to move it off the trail so it wouldn't get hit or cause any issues and it was so heavy it broke the damn stick.
Another time at PJ I was finishing one of he h2h races and there was one up by the reservoir stretched out across the last bit of trail. I swerved and just missed the head and had flashbacks the rest of the day. Cool creatures, but when you see them every instinct should tell you to stay away.
Fire Lord Jim
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I have encountered and biked over several snakes. They seem unfazed by wide knobby low PSI tires but I definitely feel the speed bump on the road bike.
Ian F
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Pythons are definitely a problem in FL, since they are not indigenous. I think they usually eat a lot of ground-nesting bird eggs. I've heard you can go on hunting trips for them. No limit. Kill every one you find.
Rattlesnakes are so obvious - people generally know not to mess with one. Not having a rattle, Copperheads could be mistaken as something more benign, so I can excuse the guy for his ignorance. I obsessed over snakes as a kid and still retain some of that knowledge. Plus, my early years were in GA, where copperheads are more common so I grew up with warnings about them.
serviceguy
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I get the garter snakes, but where did you encounter the boa?
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
If this isn’t answered correctly I quit.
Looked back at the photo on Google photos. From Aruba , 2019
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
Jinxed by this thread. Read it yesterday and realized I'v probably only seen a few small snakes in all my years of riding. Then today some big ass thing slithered right in front of me at Allaire.
