We let this snake "play through" at Pelican
 

We wisely let this 5' snake, play through, at Pelican today.

My wife would have passed out.

hahaha...he's just a big ole black snake, or garden snake, I think. Does look a little scary tho!! And he had his eye on you, for sure!

he slithered up to our cart but decided against coming aboard :) he disappeared into the grass and we carried onto the next hole

That would have been the end of my round'

One of my class mates in Trooper School had a name for them - "no shoulders". He was terrified of them.

Looks like a black racer. Did he rake up after he hit out the bunker?

I once had a gator come up to my cart. I skipped that hole.

That would have been the end of my round

The word of the day, Class, is herpetophobia. NO! It is NOT a fear of herpes. That is a different thread. :22yikes:

Laurie the Word Nerd

Well I am only afraid of 4 kinds big, little, live ,dead and never again will I get a tee time on Pelican. Our foursome saw a big cat and I mean big on he second tee there

Ophidiophobia to be more specific.

When they broke ground in the Fruitland Park area, the contractors ran into a ton of black snakes. Usually the contractors kill or move snakes they find. I remember reading a news story that this particular snake was protected by the state and could not be harmed or even relocated. Apparently they are "good snakes" (not a phrase in my vocabulary) because they eat other snakes... even poisonous ones! Wonder if that was what the O P came upon.

I just looked him up in my trusty Florida Audubon book. He appears to be a Black Racer.

Probably shoots lower than me. Guess we know why you don't want to go into the tall grass.