A cautionary tail

I went for a walk in the woods today with the wife and kids.  We found a snake.

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We picked him up. (He was just a common black snake, not some venomous killer (of people))… (offspring pictured)

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I held the snake

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The snake bit me.

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Lessons to be learned:

  1. Snakes bite
  2. It hurts (a little)
  3. I would do it again
  4. Snakes are rad
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2 Responses to A cautionary tail

  1. Pingback: A Cautionary tail revisted | automatic lifestyle dispenser

  2. sorry you got bit. the first thing I ever learned about handling snakes: never ever hold them by the tail! always hold them at the head/neck.

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