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May 15, 2022 05:34:53   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
JRiepe wrote:
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.
A couple days ago when I saw these two water snake... (show quote)



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May 15, 2022 08:02:38   #
JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois
 
Manglesphoto wrote:


Thanks Frank.

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May 15, 2022 08:15:00   #
J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio
 
JRiepe wrote:
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.
A couple days ago when I saw these two water snake... (show quote)

Nice shot Jerry

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May 15, 2022 09:13:01   #
JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois
 
J-SPEIGHT wrote:
Nice shot Jerry


Thanks Jack.

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May 15, 2022 09:14:15   #
jederick Loc: Northern Utah
 
JRiepe wrote:
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.
A couple days ago when I saw these two water snake... (show quote)


An excellent, educational series well captured and presented, Jerry!! Thanks for sharing

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May 15, 2022 09:17:01   #
DougS Loc: Central Arkansas
 
Interesting photo, and information.
Reminds me of the time my dad and I were in a canoe on Buffalo River, and there was one of these lying on a branch over the river, over our line of travel! I fortunately saw it, and barely managed to steer my end of the canoe slightly to the side before it dropped into the river, right beside us! I may have learned to walk on water if it had fell in the boat, lol. They are non-venomous.

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May 15, 2022 09:51:07   #
JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois
 
jederick wrote:
An excellent, educational series well captured and presented, Jerry!! Thanks for sharing


Thanks Jederick.

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May 15, 2022 09:59:54   #
JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois
 
DougS wrote:
Interesting photo, and information.
Reminds me of the time my dad and I were in a canoe on Buffalo River, and there was one of these lying on a branch over the river, over our line of travel! I fortunately saw it, and barely managed to steer my end of the canoe slightly to the side before it dropped into the river, right beside us! I may have learned to walk on water if it had fell in the boat, lol. They are non-venomous.


Thanks Doug. The water snake closely resembles the cottonmouth water moccasin and that's what I thought it was until I saw the round pupils.


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May 15, 2022 13:21:28   #
Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona
 
Good narrative and cool shot

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May 15, 2022 13:37:40   #
JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois
 
Curmudgeon wrote:
Good narrative and cool shot


Thank you.

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May 18, 2022 13:46:43   #
Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA
 
JRiepe wrote:
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.
A couple days ago when I saw these two water snake... (show quote)


Great capture! Thanx for sharing the image and info!

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May 18, 2022 13:58:09   #
angler Loc: StHelens England
 
Nice capture .

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May 18, 2022 15:31:08   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
That is really cool.

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May 19, 2022 12:56:06   #
JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois
 
angler wrote:
Nice capture .


Thanks Jim.

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May 19, 2022 12:56:30   #
JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois
 
topcat wrote:
That is really cool.


Thank you..

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