here's another FL pine found by a friend. Definitely not the killer looks of the much whiter one I posted earlier but still nice and clean. Probably an impending shed when photographed.
Wish I would have taken a few better pics!
:Mark
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FL pine..
crimsonking
Jul 09, 2006 09:19 PM
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Nokturnel Tom
Jul 10, 2006 08:15 AM
I have not gone out looking for snakes in a few years [and I live in Texas!] but man o man would I love to see some Pines in the wild. That is a great looking snake, must be a thrill to find something like that. Thanks for posting Tom Stevens
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kfisher29
Jul 10, 2006 02:04 PM
Cool looking southern with a pattern!!! Kevin
Phil Peak
Jul 10, 2006 04:17 PM
Thats a nice looking mugitus Mark. I really enjoy the variation from all the pine snakes you fella's have been turning up in Fl this year.
I find it interesting how guys I know of found pine snakes in Fl, Ga, N.J. and N.C., and us in Ky from the last week in May until the second week of June. There is so much to learn about these snakes and their activity patterns. I do find this very revealing. Now if I only knew why this was lol!
Phil
crimsonking
Jul 10, 2006 05:39 PM
Phil I tend to think it's not that big of a mystery, only that most data has never been "put together" in any meaningful way.
Part of me wants to undertstand them and part of me truly does want them to remain "mysterious".
I think if I could honestly say I could go out and find one when I desired, it would take away from the thrill....
well...maybe....
:Mark
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Phil Peak
Jul 11, 2006 09:24 AM
Yeah Mark, I guess the mystery in it is part of the allure that makes these snakes so fascinating! We hope to learn more as time goes on.
Phil
jodscovry
Jul 11, 2006 01:38 PM
that's just what happened to me with the indigo, I used to like look for indigos and did alot of looking...and finding, but I found a spot where you can drive to any day in the winter, spring or fall and see one or even two in a short amount of walking distance, now I'm not so interisted and I already have abundant photos so my thrill is over for that species...JB
Phil Peak
Jul 11, 2006 03:02 PM
That sounds neat! I have always wanted to see an Indigo snake in the field. I do think its a pretty safe bet we will never be quite so fortunate to find these snakes to the point where they become mundane to us. Now that we have found them we have no intention of moving to some other goal. Our goal is only partially achieved since we want to go beyond finding them. Our goal is to study this snake and learn as much as we can about its behavior in the wild and to gather as much morphometric data as possible.
Phil
