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Richard Dashnau

02/09/2025 at BBSP. This Broadbanded Water Snake was struggling,but hadn't captured prey. Its teeth were caught on a plant stalk! It changed grip & pulled free! This 2024 carcass from BBSP shows the myriad hooked teeth & red spots like this live one from 2017.Video: rickubis.com/rick/snake_stuck0

Image 1 of 4 Very close view (frame from a video) a sparse arrangement of brown stalks of dead vegetation in a body of fresh water. At center, a thicker brown stalk is mostly submerged and leaning away from us. The head of a live snake is gripping that stalk from the right (facing left). The tip of its bottom jaw shows at the bottom left of the stalk. The snake is orange and brown-with the orange as the base color, and brown blotches covering top of head and neck. The snake's upper lip is above the stalk, and the lighter orange scales have a brown line on the front borders. Although somewhat shaded, we can see the snake's eye, with a round black pupil. The snake is a Broadbanded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata), and it had somehow grabbed the plant stalk. It had been pulling on the stalk for a while.
Image 3 of 4 Very VERY close view of the skull of a mostly cleaned snake carcass. This was taken in 2024. The carcass was mostly cleaned of flesh, but twisted into a loose mass. It may have been regurgitated. I found it on the trail. The skull is pointing to our right, and is lying on ground covered by loose dirt and large pebbles. The skull is angled so we can see the roof of the mouth, partially obscured by a large piece of skin that is mostlu pale, with dark red blotches. The skull shows at least 2 rows of very sharp, thin, teeth which hook backwards, towards the throat. Because of the red markings, I think the snake was a Broadbanded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata).
Image 2 of 4 Very close view (frame from a video) a sparse arrangement of brown stalks of dead vegetation in a body of fresh water. At center, a thicker brown stalk is mostly submerged and leaning away from us. The head of a live snake is gripping that stalk from the right (facing left). The tip of its bottom jaw shows at the bottom left of the stalk. This image is different than #1 because the snake has lifted its head and neck out of the water; and it still has its jaws clamped around the plant stalk. The snake is orange and brown-with the orange as the base color, and brown blotches covering top of head and neck. The snake's upper lip is above the stalk, and the lighter orange scales have a brown line on the front borders. Although somewhat shaded, we can see the snake's eye, with a round black pupil. The snake is a Broadbanded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata), and it had somehow grabbed the plant stalk. After a few more minutes, it successfully pulled itself free.
Image 4 of 4 Very close view of the head of a live snake at an angle above a vertically-extended neck. The snake is orange and brown-with the orange as the base color, and brown blotches covering top of head and neck. The snake's upper lip has lighter orange scales that have a brown line on the front borders. We can see the snake's eye, with a round black pupil. The under side of the snakes neck is paler, but with large square-shape red markings. These are similar to the markings in image #3. The snake is a Broadbanded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata), that was on the Spillway Trail in 2017.
Mar 23, 2025, 01:39 AM·Public·Web
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