That guy is a beast! A South Carolina lady out hiking was taken aback when she saw a massive snake slithering down the creek’s side.
According to The District of Columbia, Meredith Langley photographed the lizard on Tuesday in Florence’s Jeffries Creek Park and posted the images on her Facebook page.
Langley said, “Note how well he blends in with his surroundings.” She said, “This was a good teaching opportunity and example for my own kids who forget not to run ahead of me on trails!”
An anonymous commenter remarked, “He’s probably swallowed somebody child already,” adding, “I ain’t going on no trails period.” The crowd gasped, “What a beast!” It was another writer.
According to The State, Sean Foley, curator of herpetology at Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, claimed the snake is “most likely” a brown water snake and hence harmless.
Although water snakes aren’t dangerous, Foley told McClatchy News that they try to trick prey into thinking they’re venomous cottonmouths.
Foley added, “If they feel cornered or attacked, they will flatten their heads, strike, and shake their tails in leaves as a form of self-defense.”
In the expectation of being left alone by predators, “all these things make them appear dangerous,” the author writes.
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IN THIS MOMENT, terrified construction workers in Brazil discovered a massive anaconda measuring 33 feet in length on the job site.
Workers conducting a controlled explosion in the Cave of Altamira in the northern state of Para came upon the massive reptile, which weighs in at a staggering 63 stone.
A 33-foot anaconda was discovered by Brazilian construction workers.A planned explosion led to the discovery of the beast.
One member of the team took a video that pans along the snake’s massive body, which is around a meter in circumference.
Workers tethered the animal to a crane after making the terrifying discovery, lifting it up to show its yellow speckled under belly, a move criticized in the comments after the video was released to YouTube.
The builders, it is said, ki|led the snake rather than leaving it in its natural home. Others speculate that the animal perished in the explosion, its skull likely flattened by falling rubble.
An individual commented, “I’m not sure if this is real, but if it is, sh*me on these people for killing it!” How long must a snake this size have lived before it was killed for the sake of a few photographs?
Oh, what a shame. Workers have been criticized for chaining up the giant lizard. They say it looks like it was shot at. Some have speculated that it was hit by falling debris, leading to an explosion.
Someone other put it this way: “Human be like, ‘oh look, a giant rare snake, and it maybe the last species on the earth, so let’s kill it and show it to the world.'”
Medusa, a snake in Kansas City, United States, reaches 25 feet 2 inches in length, making her the longest snake in captivity according to the Guinness World Records.
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Can someone advise which giant snake photo refers to which written article – somewhat confusing – the enormous snake in the first main photo is surely NOT a “safe common brown water snake” !