Have folks seen these pictures and videos of snakes in and around the swim course at IM Texas. They seem to be all over Facebook. Hard to know if they are real or not, but it’s a bit unnerving—though not all that surprising I guess… you could not see much in that water, but good to know we weren’t alone :)
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Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [trildog]
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Have not seen the video but I can tell you I see snakes both in the lake and on the shore probably 3-4 times per week. I live about 2 blocks from the swim start and walk my dog around the lake just about every morning.
Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [trildog]
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trildog wrote:
Have folks seen these pictures and videos of snakes in and around the swim course at IM Texas. They seem to be all over Facebook. Hard to know if they are real or not, but it’s a bit unnerving—though not all that surprising I guess… you could not see much in that water, but good to know we weren’t alone :)Lots of the type of snakes in these lakes are not poisonous but I know that doesn’t help much.
Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [trildog]
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I haven’t seen the pictures but they’re probably non venomous water snakes. I live in Georgia and race primarily in Florida. We have snakes and alligators (and sharks) at races. I caught a banded water snake in the middle of the crowd of swimmers at a local sprint in South Georgia several years ago. It was slithering around the water’s edge right as we were about to start. I noticed the crowd splitting and there was this little snake trying to get on its way. That was a fun start to the race.
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Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [trildog]
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trildog wrote:
IM Texas Swim Snakes. Have folks seen these pictures and videos of snakes in and around the swim course at IM Texas. They seem to be all over Facebook.Do you have a link? I searched Facebook and elsewhere for IM Texas Swim Snakes and got nothing.
Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [trildog]
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With Ironman cutting back on so much of what they used to provide to athletes, it's comforting to see they're providing something new.
I'm hoping for snakes at all their races.
I'm hoping for snakes at all their races.
Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [satanellus]
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Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [trildog]
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trildog wrote:
Have folks seen these pictures and videos of snakes in and around the swim course at IM Texas. They seem to be all over Facebook. Hard to know if they are real or not, but it’s a bit unnerving—though not all that surprising I guess… you could not see much in that water, but good to know we weren’t alone :)Wait until you learn what else lives in our lakes and bayous...
Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [Th4ddy]
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Th4ddy wrote:
trildog wrote:
Have folks seen these pictures and videos of snakes in and around the swim course at IM Texas. They seem to be all over Facebook. Hard to know if they are real or not, but it’s a bit unnerving—though not all that surprising I guess… you could not see much in that water, but good to know we weren’t alone :)Wait until you learn what else lives in our lakes and bayous...
Yeah, I was about to say those are nonvenomous water snakes 99.9% of the time and bolt away at the sight of you. Even a venomous cottonmouth still wants to get away from you fast. There are freakin' alligators and snapping turtles in East Texas lakes. Snakes are the least of your problems.
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Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [trildog]
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Another good argument for duathlon.....;)
Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [Robert Preston]
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Robert Preston wrote:
I haven’t seen the pictures but they’re probably non venomous water snakes. I live in Georgia and race primarily in Florida. We have snakes and alligators (and sharks) at races. I caught a banded water snake in the middle of the crowd of swimmers at a local sprint in South Georgia several years ago. It was slithering around the water’s edge right as we were about to start. I noticed the crowd splitting and there was this little snake trying to get on its way. That was a fun start to the race. RP
Similar thing happened at the start of the IM Raleigh 70.3 in one of the early years..............
Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.
Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [trildog]
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Did they get any photos of the nutria too?
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Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [SnappingT]
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Here is what I saw. I'm from FL so not exactly surprised, but still... :) Seems this was on far end up swim course by the red turn buoys.
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Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [trildog]
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In 2011, the lead pro was towed into the swim exit by a snake. Not at all shocked by this.
Re: IM Texas Swim Snakes [trildog]
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Non venomous water snakes
ZenTriBrett wrote:
Th4ddy wrote:
trildog wrote:
Have folks seen these pictures and videos of snakes in and around the swim course at IM Texas. They seem to be all over Facebook. Hard to know if they are real or not, but it’s a bit unnerving—though not all that surprising I guess… you could not see much in that water, but good to know we weren’t alone :)Wait until you learn what else lives in our lakes and bayous...
Yeah, I was about to say those are nonvenomous water snakes 99.9% of the time and bolt away at the sight of you. Even a venomous cottonmouth still wants to get away from you fast. There are freakin' alligators and snapping turtles in East Texas lakes. Snakes are the least of your problems.
I used to hear about the snakes in IM Wisconson but still not sure if that is myth or truth.
We have snapping turtles in our lakes and ponds. One woman in my open water swim group waits for most of us to start swimming first to scare off the snapping turtles. And I did swim over a very large on once in a near by reservoir. It was a biggie but just hanging out, not bothering anyone. I was close to an island shore and could see it on the bottom.
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