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Riding my bike....I saved a life!
08/26/18 at 18:27:37

I went for a short ride before dinner - I had been working in the yard moving/raking dirt and it was 90 degrees......I needed a break and I took a shower and went for a ride.

I was riding on all the shady back roads I could find, and at one point I saw something up ahead bouncing from the left side of the road toward the centerline. By the time I got up there and could see it was a frog hopping across the road - and in pursuit was a black snake in hot pursuit. The frog was jumping and then pausing for a couple of seconds between jumps, and the snake was having a bit of trouble getting traction on the hot asphalt - but seemed to be keeping pace with the frog while they were on the pavement.

I pulled up in between them - the frog took a few more jumps over to the gravel driveway on the right side....while the snake made a quick retreat back to the tall grass on the left side of the road.

I really don't know who has more speed and stamina - a frog or a snake. I suspect the snake would not have come back out into the open after I interrupted his chase.....but who knows?

It was a bit weird to see unless you are Marlin Perkins or Marty Stouffer - but it is one of the fun things about riding a motorcycle!

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GOF Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 216 Buffalo, NY	Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Reply #1 - 08/26/18 at 18:55:02 A hero to frog kind! The bane of snake and fly alike!
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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Reply #2 - 08/26/18 at 18:56:28 Maybe you should edit your post, just say “ a snake” Cool story, either way, Mutual of Omaha
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2630 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Reply #3 - 08/26/18 at 20:13:48 Glad you were there to “hop” into action and save the froggy. I’m sure the snake was “hissed” that you ruined his dinner.
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Reply #4 - 08/26/18 at 22:22:45

Might have been better to run over the snake if you thought the frog a more valuable animal, what if the snake was poison(7000-8000 bitten in the US every year) ,and decided to strike at your leg when you stopped ? Would the frog have tried to save you? Might have been better to ride around both and let nature take it's course .

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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Reply #5 - 08/27/18 at 00:00:29 That poor snake lost a meal! He must be hungry now.
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Reply #7 - 08/27/18 at 02:39:41

batman wrote on 08/26/18 at 22:22:45:

Might have been better to run over the snake if you thought the frog a more valuable animal, what if the snake was poison(7000-8000 bitten in the US every year) ,and decided to strike at your leg when you stopped ? Would the frog have tried to save you? Might have been better to ride around both and let nature take it's course .

It was a Black Snake, not at all dangerous if you are bigger than a mouse or frog.

We have two kinds of black snakes around here - the Rat Snake is not very shiny, fatter around and has a slight pattern in the color, and the Racer is thinner/faster and very shiny. (This one was a racer).

The black snakes in this area are very helpful in keeping the mice/rat populations down and they are a good animal to have around and they should not be killed (I would not have stopped the snake if it was chasing a mouse).

The weird part was the snake sort of blended in with all the other tar snakes...until I was that this one was moving!

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Reply #8 - 08/27/18 at 18:30:27

Well this is weird....this must be my back to nature week.

It is dark here now, and a few minutes ago I went out to the garage - on the way I saw a large toad on the new concrete......and behind him was a large mass and some liquid running down the driveway. I initially felt bad as I must have run over him with the car and squashed him. I went over and picked him up....and he was fine! He just had a major Bowel Movement! I have never seen a toad doing #2.....it was huge!

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Reply #10 - 08/28/18 at 03:05:29

raydawg wrote on 08/27/18 at 18:50:17:

Are you in charge of your wife's meds? Grin

No....and I am not on anything!

The toad was a pretty big one as the local toads go.....but the Poo was almost as long as the whole darn toad!

It does solve the mystery of what has been leaving manure on my driveway and porch all these years.....I thought it was a small furry animal.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28779 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Reply #11 - 08/28/18 at 07:12:19 Holy cow... err frog A lot of fiber in that diet. No wonder they croak so loud.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5736 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Reply #12 - 08/28/18 at 08:04:25 What a "Strange" post … ………………….…………………….
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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Reply #13 - 08/28/18 at 08:14:58 verslagen1 wrote on 08/28/18 at 07:12:19: Holy cow... err frog A lot of fiber in that diet. No wonder they croak so loud. Geez, from the looks of it, the frog musta ate the chasing snakes buddy
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28385 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Riding my bike....I saved a life! Reply #14 - 08/28/18 at 13:11:09 This will all balance out next time you run one over,,,
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