Who you gonna call?
It is nice to have a certain reputation, and to have people know that they can count on you. My days can get pretty random and spontaneous when I'm around the homestead, and yesterday was no different. One moment I'm enjoying some Passionfruit and Ground Cherries and sharing some with one of my neighbors and the next moment I'm getting an "emergency" phone call.
As a #wild-man, the folks who live around me aren't always sure what to think about me. I can still remember walking into a nice, green pond fully clothed because I had seen a Snapping Turtle in there. You should have seen the neighbor looking at me when only my head was sticking out and I was waiting for it to resurface. In the end I did catch it, but they had never seen anything like it. These days, they do realize that I can come in handy though.
THE PHONE CALL
The phone call was short and to the point. One of the neighbors had found a Pygmy Rattlesnake next to their house. They asked if I wanted to come up and get it, and even sent a vehicle to come pick me up.
The most amazing part of this is that a few year back, that snake would have been dead on sight, no questions asked, without even caring what species it was. The vast majority of people that I've met in these parts either hate snakes, are afraid of snakes, or both. A lot of snakes end up dead because of it.
Of course certain species can pose a threat to humans, and I am in no way trying to diminish that fact. However, in the vast majority of situations, there is no reason to kill a snake... unless you are eating it, because eating snakes alive is just gross. Anyway, thankful to get the call and ride up, I quickly came to remove the serpent from their property.
GO GET HIM PAPA!
This is a short video. I must admit that I make it look easy. I did not realize how easy I made it look until I reviewed the footage. Rest assured, though this may look simple and easy it is still a dangerous situation. I don't think that this snake would kill me, but I still would not recommend that others attempt things like this.
FINDING QUITE A FEW LATELY
After just finding a black Pygmy Rattler when @vcelier and @naru-celier were in town, this puts me at three of that species for the year. I found three last year too, so I might be able to find more this year than last year. As always, it is nice to have help locating them and to have people call you when they see them.
EDUCATION VS. FEAR
If you have seen some of my animal or #wild-man posts, then you know that I enjoy not only interacting with all sorts of wild creatures, but educating and teaching people about them too. It seems that some people live in fear about some creatures until they actually understand them, or at least are able to differentiate between dangerous and safe species. Once they understand what they are dealing with, a lot of the fear leaves.
Also, I think that it is great to be able to be accepted for who I am. This is the type of stuff that I enjoy doing and it is nice when people can see the value in that, and even call on you to help them out. It added a little random excitement to my day and I was pleased to not only get the chance to check out the snake, but to bless my neighbors too!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-papa-on-a-"snake-call"
Until next time…
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