# I Mowed a Snake in My Yard - Photo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872 "2008-03-10T20:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/1 "2008-03-10T20:11:13Z")
There may be a few of you who remember a post by this title, now apparently lost in some random server crash. If so, be kind. In any case, this time I have a [photo](http://rockhoppersdailygrind.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-mowed-snake-in-my-yard.html). For those of you who are squeamish, not to worry. The snake is iconic, rather than actual. I mowed the _shape_ of a snake into my yard. Google Earth recently updated it’s photos of our place, so now my snake is part of the digital landscape, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Cream\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ice\_Cream\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Cream_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/2 "2008-03-10T20:25:00Z")
Haha. The disclaimer is a good idea. As soon as I read the thread title I thought, “Eww! Why would you share a photo of that?” Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/3 "2008-03-10T20:42:15Z")
Very cool! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/4 "2008-03-10T20:44:49Z")
Aw man, I wanted to see the dead snake!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/5 "2008-03-10T21:30:07Z")
[QUOTE=Ice Cream Man] Haha. The disclaimer is a good idea. As soon as I read the thread title I thought, “Eww! Why would you share a photo of that?” Cool! [/QUOTE] Are you kidding me? I’m disappointed! ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/6 "2008-03-12T18:39:49Z")
[QUOTE=scout1222] Are you kidding me? I’m disappointed! [/QUOTE] I’ll be sure to take the camera with me when I mow the next time. I see a few snakes everytime I mow – they like the long grass of the ‘snake’. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/7 "2008-03-12T18:51:40Z")
Extremely cool. You should plant a couple of bushes for “eyes.” ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/8 "2008-03-12T19:15:31Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] You should plant a couple of bushes for “eyes.” [/QUOTE] Great idea! Consider it done. Then I’ll just have to wait another 5 years for Google Earth to update again. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/9 "2008-03-12T19:38:42Z")
That’s one nice lookin’ bit of wildlife in one nice sized yard. Neat idea. We’re in a typical golf community with a homeowner’s association. Awhile back, one of my neighbors left some “shapes” unmowed in his yard, a valentine’s present to his wife. Ironically, I’d done the same thing in my backyard that week where no one could see them. The H.A. started sending him notices though, saying it was unsightly, and he had to go to a couple of meetings and fight them to keep from getting fined. He did win, but at some effort. At the time I was the Yard Beautification Committee, so I gave him Yard Of The Month. Dumb H.A. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/10 "2008-03-13T02:38:58Z")
Very cool snake. When we buy a house with a yard, if it has a grass yard in the front, I thought of doing something similar. I would like to have a slightly flattened S-curve going through the yard. I would mow and stuff on either side, but let the S go to ‘wild’. I read that it’s nice for the birds and other critters. You beat me to it! (Way bigger yard than I imagine I’ll ever have, too!) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/11 "2008-03-13T03:49:30Z")
Drop your address into [maps.live.com](http://maps.live.com) and select “Bird’s eye,” then click on the curlicue arrows on the lower left of the control bar to view your house from a low-flying plane from each of the four cardinal points of the compass. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/12 "2008-03-13T12:56:02Z")
That is too freakin’ cool! Just think of all the sorts of ‘messages’ you could leave to viewers of Google Earth… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/13 "2008-03-13T17:26:01Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] Drop your address into [maps.live.com](http://maps.live.com) and select “Bird’s eye,” then click on the curlicue arrows on the lower left of the control bar to view your house from a low-flying plane from each of the four cardinal points of the compass. [/QUOTE] Cool! I’ve added a few pictures taken from the Bird’s Eye view. The contrast between the unmown snake and the mowed area is [more apparent](http://rockhoppersdailygrind.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-mowed-snake-in-my-yard.html). ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-mowed-a-snake-in-my-yard-photo/440872/14 "2008-03-13T17:40:55Z")
[QUOTE=scout1222] Are you kidding me? I’m disappointed! [/QUOTE] Seconded! Although your snake is pretty cool, too, I was expecting some gore. 😃