Snakes and mushrooms

in #nature7 years ago (edited)

Sunday's walk in the woods. In the end of July grass snakes (non poisonous) gather in crowds. I don't know whether it is mating or just "social networking". Better to ask Steemit Snake-Master - @herpetologyguy

This is snake shelter or snakehouse - a pyramid from logs, divided by straw and dry grass with old palettes on the top. 

It seems there is some hierarchy - small snakes are below and upper part occupy great patriarchs and matriarchs - I don't know who is bigger

I'have heard from locals that in areas populated by grass snakes poisonous snakes do not survive. 

An interesting observation - this world's divided into two kinds of people... the snake lovers and the snake haters. I often see both reactions. I'm definitely from the first category.

On the low levels of the pyramid store is located - snakes keep here their used skins.

The concequences of June hurricanes - fallen trees are everywhere

Fungi climbing the tree

All photos by me, made on July 23

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Creepy. Awesome. Great pictures. Learned something! Great post.

Thanks for the reading

Wow that's a lot of snakes! Are those the kind of mushrooms one would get a high off of?
Would I go though a forest with that many snakes to find mushrooms? depend what kind of mushrooms..

This is a reverse situation - these mushrooms are poisonous but snakes - not.

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