Snakes in water can move pretty fast; so can photographers when snakes move towards them

By adamg on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 10:47am

Mary Ellen reports she was looking down at a pond in Allandale Woods on the West Roxbury/JP line the other day when she spotted a water snake. And then it started swimming towards her, probably because it spotted something tasty that wasn't her, but still, she jumped.

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Thank you Mary Ellen for

By Robin on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 11:39am.

Thank you Mary Ellen for another great picture.

Snakes are awesome

By BostonDog on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 2:52pm.

Adorable

Nerodia sipedon, the northern water snake

By necturus on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 3:23pm.

An ill-tempered, but harmless, species closely related to the garter snake. They are sometimes mistaken for Cottonmouths, but the Cottonmouth is a southern snake; Massachusetts is hundreds of miles outside its range.

Snake on the move

By adamg on Wed, 08/04/2021 - 3:46pm.

Brief video of the snake in question.