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Sunday 17 May 2015

Long Live The King!


If you follow my blog then you know that I love having snakes in my yard so it is always with very mixed feelings that I observe a visiting King Snake.


Why the contradiction you ask? Well the reason that King Snakes are so called is because they kill and eat other snakes, including venomous ones.


So while I love watching them making their sinuous way around my patio I sort of hope that they are just passing through and don't stay too long.


Although judging by the way this one made its way down a hole beneath one of our saguaros, I suspect that might be a vain hope.


But such is the way of a balanced ecosystem, there will always be the hunter and the hunted.

6 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Wow, cool shots of the King snake. Have a happy day, Celeste.

Roberta Warshaw said...

You got some great shots!

Kathie Brown said...

I bet Dom was happy to see this guy! What a beauty! Now, if you could only train it to just kill poisonous snakes! I wish I could train my hawks to just eat starlings and doves and leave the rare Hermit thrush alone!

Celeste said...

Thanks Eileen, it wasn't easy as they are in constant motion :)

Celeste said...

Thanks Roberta, the joy of digital - if at first you don't succeed - keep clicking :)

Celeste said...

I am not sure he is ever actually 'happy' to see any snake Kathie but just like Gus with you, Dominick humours me :) (Aren't we lucky?)

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