JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

A couple days ago when I saw these two water snakes the little one was swimming circles around the larger one in what I thought was a playful display between mother and offspring. But when I did research on these snakes I learned the mating season is from April through June and the offspring are born from July through September with the gestation period being between three to five months so it is too early in the year for this to be mother and offspring. Also the mother doesn't stay with the litter. So what I witnessed was a mating ritual. I know the females are larger than the males but never thought this much of a size difference. When making another loop around the lake I stopped again in that general area and saw several small snakes swimming in the direction I saw these two probably following the pheromone trail being emitted by the female.

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CindyHouk Loc: Nw MT

What an fun thing to witness...nature is amazing! Nice capture of the scene as well.

St.Mary's

Speaking of snakes, read this to the very end:

WEST OF EDEN—A double-blind study conducted by angel scientists has confirmed that 100% of men would eat any fruit given to them by a naked woman. The study seems to suggest that the fall of Adam and Eve was unavoidable.

"Our results were conclusive," said the angel Gabriel, who led the study. "Of the 30,000 male test subjects we studied, we found literally 100% of them would happily accept and eat any piece of fruit handed to them by a woman who was naked. Even in cases where it wasn't fruit—or even edible—all the males gratefully accepted every single object offered and ate it with a dumb look on their face."

Gabriel then motioned to a male test subject on the other side of the glass as he happily chewed on a rubber ball that had just been handed to him by a gorgeous unclothed woman.


Researchers say the results should serve to humble any man who thinks he would have made a different decision than Adam. "According to the science, you would have likely done the exact same thing Adam did," said Gabriel.

Women around the world started to gloat upon hearing the news until Gabriel revealed they also conducted a study showing that 100% of women can be tricked by a talking snake.

Susan yamakawa

👍😊

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

Thanks Cindy.

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

Funny story.😅

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

Thanks Susan.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Good catch

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Great image. I abhore snakes, though.

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

Thanks Jerry.

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

Thanks Ken.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Good photography and information, Jerry!

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

Thanks Mike.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

What an awesome catch

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

Thanks Joe.