Two Snakes In Love
A rare moment I will never forget.
Two snakes on the greek island of Lesvos, mating
under an old olive tree.
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Anne van Alkemade
fantastic shot Benjamin – I can’t say I’ve ever seen snakes mating before – heard about it though. It’s really interesting. I don’t think I’d be that close!!! Had to take some pix of copperheads and a tiger snake caught by the local snakecatcher for the paper and I was so greatful for zoom and wide open spaces no obstacles in the way of me running away squealing.
Dee Boylan
Wow…great pic…just wish i hadn’t come across it just before bed…hehe
Benjamin Scheurer
XXX thanks Anne & artemis XXX
Juilee Pryor
What an extraordinary shot. Wow talk about being in the right spot at the right time. Well done you.
Halima Mitchell
Very, very, very nice shot. Looking forward to seeing more from you. :)
KathyT
Right place right time! Don’t think too many people would have a pic like this!
Brave of you to stand still long enough to take the shot! Well done Ben!
Joan Smart
great shot!!!!!!!!!!!
Benjamin Scheurer
thanks so much for your comments!
By the way…..one thing you don’t see on the picture is that there was another
olive tree on the right (like 3 metres away) with a tied horse. You can imagine
how nervous it was. Fortunately the snakes turned to the left…:)
superville
i’ve never seen anything like that!
BonitoPhotography
Gorgeous, Thank you for captureing this for us to see. I love old tree, some are amazeing just like this one.
David de Groot
I thought the tree was quite interesting and only noticed the snakes when I clicked through. What great timing.
Anita Donohoe
an ancient rite under an ancient tree.
Spectacular shot, Benjamin!
dinghysailor1
Simply breathtaking! I was looking at the tree which is a picture in its own gnarley right and spotterd the snakes – fantastic adn unique shot. Well done!
ECGardner
What an interesting and unique capture! Thanks for adding this shot to the Reptiles and Amphibians group. It makes a wonderful addition to the gallery!
Stewart Macdonald
Just out of interest, are they definitely mating? I know very little about overseas snakes, but here in Australia the pictured behaviour is only exhibited by males in a form of ritual combat. They try to push each other to the ground, with the stronger (and fitter) male eventually driving the weaker male away. Snake mating is far less exciting (for us – I’m sure the snakes enjoy it!).
Stewart
Alyson Pearson
wow, what a find. great shot.
Jodie Carruthers
Amazing shot!
KellyThomas
what a great moment, fighting or not!! lucky you :-).
Benjamin Scheurer replied
Thank you Kelly!
Maureen Bloesch
awesome tree
cyclops
grt shot!
Albert Sellaman
wow….......