I Learned Something I Didn't Know From My Neighbor's Photo She Took
@LeaPea2417 (36392)
Toccoa, Georgia
March 28, 2017 12:35pm CST
Yesterday, I got so scared when I logged into Facebook and saw a picture my neighbor took! It was taken in her backyard facing her woods. It showed a black snake slithering down a tree in her woods! She made a comment above the photo where she said "that she had heard that snakes can travel and live in trees but that she had never seen it herself until she saw it in her woods"!
This neighbor lives across the road from us! It really makes me wonder if I should ever take a walk in our woods again! My husband had cleared an area of our woods out that makes a pretty little scenic area behind our house. It is nice to walk there and I have many times, now I am not so sure I should or be very aware if I decide to.
I am telling you the truth. Snakes scare me worse than rats or spiders and I never knew they could live in trees!
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
28 Mar 17
Snakes scare me just as much as rats! Spiders I am afraid but I can handle. Lizards are common here and they do no harm ~ I am not afraid of them.
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@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Mar 17
I agree, I am not afraid of Lizards either.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
28 Mar 17
@LeaPea2417 Yep it is common here and they do no harm. :)
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@RasmaSandra (73181)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Mar 17
Well the important thing is to be careful. First you should speak to the neighbor and find out what kind of snake it is and if it is poisonous and then take it from there.
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@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Mar 17
It was a black snake which is not poisonous, but still I am afraid of any kind of snake.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
28 Mar 17
Carry a walking stick with you... Most snakes are afraid of you.
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@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Mar 17
That is a good idea. My husband says the same thing that they are "afraid of you".
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
28 Mar 17
@LeaPea2417 if the snake was black it is harmless....Just be aware.
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@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill It was a black snake, but I am still afraid of any kind of snake.
@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Mar 17
I just wish they would stay in their areas and never bother humans.
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@jaboUK (64362)
• United Kingdom
28 Mar 17
@LeaPea2417 Yup - that would be ideal!
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@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
29 Mar 17
@HazySue Oh Yes, I definitely would have a heart attack if that ever happened to me.
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@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Mar 17
It is very scary to know they can be in trees.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
29 Mar 17
@LeaPea2417 I am thinking that if one fell or jumped out of a tree and landed on me I would have a heart attack.
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@diosabella (4789)
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29 Mar 17
I read it somewhere before that it is good to have cats if there's snakes around.
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@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
29 Mar 17
There are some of our neighbors who have cats that live outdoors and roam the neighborhood. I have been thinking lately how I would like to have a cat.
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@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
30 Mar 17
@diosabella Yes, the more colorful are poisonous. This was a black snake which is not poisonous but I remember some years back a kid in our neighborhood got bitten by a non poisonous black snake and he still went to the doctor. I am not sure how his bite was treated.
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@diosabella (4789)
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30 Mar 17
@LeaPea2417 Be careful with snakes. They said the more colorful it is the more poisonous. I dont like snakes they scared me $#%$#!
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@AmbiePam (85261)
• United States
28 Mar 17
You've never seen pictures of those boas or pythons in the jungles or swamps? Or did you just mean the small snakes...
My dad is terrified of snakes. He grew up in the country, and one day he was outside barefoot, when he stepped on a snake. He went one way and the snake went the other!
@shaggin (71655)
• United States
29 Mar 17
Do you know what kind of snake it was? It would not stop me from going for walks in the woods! I have never seen a snake hanging from a tree so that would startle me. We get lots of snakes here but thankfully I have never encountered a poisonous one.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
28 Mar 17
You've never seen them in movies in trees? Ive heard it but never seen it in real life. I hate them and am so scared of them. Id flip if i ever saw one.
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@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Mar 17
Now that you mention it, I have seen them in trees in jungle type movies. I always thought jungles and swamps they may do that, but not in just the regular woods.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
28 Mar 17
@LeaPea2417 yeah, i wouldn't know. I dont read about snakes cause I'm afraid of them and dont like them. Lol.
@LeaPea2417 (36392)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Mar 17
Yes, just let them do their thing without me ever coming upon them!
