Cycle of Life by Svarg
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Tippecanoe State Park, Indiana
Brenda and I had seen this on nature programs, mostly on PBS, but never first hand. It was both sad and beautiful.
Happy Sunday, and Thanks for looking!
Ken

Comments (12)
excellent image well done
although I would be scared to death and die and have to leave my kids with all my bills lol In all yes its beautiful great photo
Is that a Bul Snake? Very cool picture Ken!! Looks like me about noon every day!! ; )
Impressive capture! brrrr Wonderful work!
Brenda identified it on sight as a common garter snake. I did a little research and confirmed this. Bull snakes may look a bit similar but their diet is quite different; they prefer small mammals and ground nesting birds whereas garters depend on amphibians, fish and insects and their larvae.
Send him down to OZ, for Bazza (canetoad) and his mate ! hehehe, great creepy capture Ken, very unsual colourings, never see one like that before...Thanx, but no thanx I guess you can keep him ! ~Cheers~ :o)
OMGosh!! I am SO impressed that you caught this! I am mostly impressed because you even found a garter snake in the first place. They used to be everywhere when I was a kid...along with salamanders, toads, frogs and turtles. We used to catch them and I even lost one in the house once. Stupid kid, lol. They are no longer around. I haven't seen one in decades. *****
very good find. and shot too
Excellent capture. Very impressive!!!
You know my love for snakes dear. But seeing.... no scratch that..... hearing that poor little frog let out its blood curdling cry for help... well that did bother me a bit. I do agree it is a great shot. And life as we know it....... slithers on.
Fine capture.Both for you and the snake.
I've taken many shots of snakes eating - corn snakes, bull snakes, racers, sidewinders, common rattlers, king snakes...but they were all photos taken of snakes we have kept in our home (in tanks) from time to time for observation. I have yet to see one eat in the wild... thank heavens.