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kimbutgar

(23,044 posts)
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 09:45 PM Monday

So today I was doing a half day substitute teaching job.

When I parked my car I saw what I thought at first was a leaf and it was a copper colored snake slithering down a street in San Francisco! Years ago I would have had a heart attack and even though I was kind of freaked out I continued down the street to the school I worked at !

I am a Sf native born and raised and outside of seeing them at the aquarium it was the first time I have ever seen a snake in San Francisco slithering down the street. I’ve seen coyotes, gophers, raccoons and squirrels but never a snake.

I hope it wasn’t an omen!

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So today I was doing a half day substitute teaching job. (Original Post) kimbutgar Monday OP
It's a good omen! Easterncedar Monday #1
What is it with females and snakes? OAITW r.2.0 Monday #2
This message was self-deleted by its author phoenix_rising Monday #6
I'm female. Mostly I'm fine with snakes. summer_in_TX Yesterday #11
An escaped pet, perhaps? 3catwoman3 Monday #3
No I've seen pet snakes this was really an unusual one kimbutgar Monday #4
Snakes are everywhere wryter2000 Monday #5
Agreed n/t phoenix_rising Monday #8
May have been a San Francisco Garter Snake Metaphorical Monday #7
Beautiful! happybird Monday #9
Up here in the high desert of NM, I saw 6 baby rattlers, a baby bull snake & a big rattler this year womanofthehills Monday #10
I love snakes. Of course, would respectfully avoid dangerous ones. electric_blue68 Yesterday #12

OAITW r.2.0

(28,087 posts)
2. What is it with females and snakes?
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 09:49 PM
Monday

In my life, just about every female (wife, daughter, sisters, gfs) had a thing about snakes. All negative, Not sure why. Is it my sample size?

Response to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #2)

summer_in_TX

(3,121 posts)
11. I'm female. Mostly I'm fine with snakes.
Tue Oct 29, 2024, 01:39 AM
Yesterday

My beloved older cousin had an indigo snake he brought to show us young ones. Gorgeous deep blue back and an orange underbelly. He explained it was harmless and let us hold the snake. That was a long time ago, but I have never feared nonvenomous snakes. I've touched pythons as well. Never had a close encounter with a poisonous one except for a scare at age 8 by almost colliding with a copperhead while sliding down a hill of fresh dirt. It gave little traction for stopping, but I pretty much levitated up that hill and made a beeline for home.

At that age, I wasn't at all sure it hadn't tracked me home and might be coiled in wait if I ventured outside. But that was before I met the indigo snake and learned that many snakes were homeless.

wryter2000

(47,260 posts)
5. Snakes are everywhere
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 09:53 PM
Monday

I hope this one wasn’t an escaped pet.

Snakes are wonderful creatures. I hope you get to know one better.

Metaphorical

(2,177 posts)
7. May have been a San Francisco Garter Snake
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 10:06 PM
Monday


They are indigenous to the region and not poisonous, but they are also somewhat endangered due to habitat destruction. Some have been raised as pets, but they are not really ideal as such.

womanofthehills

(9,175 posts)
10. Up here in the high desert of NM, I saw 6 baby rattlers, a baby bull snake & a big rattler this year
Mon Oct 28, 2024, 11:34 PM
Monday

All within 10 ft of my house. I have a snake catcher so I will catch and move the baby snakes a mile away but not the big ones. I usually chase them away with a hose. They hate cold water. I think it messes with their body temp.

We should get our first freeze in a few days - so I hope I don’t see anymore till spring.

In the past, I’ve been bitten, one of my dogs has and a neighbors dog on my land was bitten.

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