Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Snake in the Grass

Photo: Gordon Smith, Copperhead snake

I must say that I have very mixed feelings about snakes, reptile or otherwise.

Anybody growing up in or near the Australian bush will have come across snakes. This snake, the copperhead, has relatively mild venom by Australian standards.

Mild is a relative concept. On a per mg basis, the snake is as poisonous as the Indian cobra.

Unlike the human variety, the reptile version of snakes will generally leave you alone unless threatened.

I have no particular humans in mind when I say this, it's just a chain of thought started by Gordon's photo.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I know some snakes, there venom is tragically powerful but these snakes usually move around on two feet.

Lexcen said...

Snakes in the grass, politics and elections. You are onto a theme!

Jim Belshaw said...

Thanks, chaps. Agree with both of you.