# Today's "Wild Kingdom" encounter. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532 "2019-05-26T02:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532/1 "2019-05-26T02:16:41Z")
I was weed whacking the grass growing along the small lake I live on. I was getting ready to do the last little stretch when I noticed a 6-8" bullhead (catfish) laying in the grass maybe 6" from shore. Obviously still alive, gasping for oxygen. My first thought was he had lunged for some prey and landed in the grass. His belly was towards me and just as I was going to nudge him back into the water with the string trimmer I noticed the upper jaw of a water snake clamped on him. The water snake then picked it up clear of the ground and moved it another foot or so inland. The thing I noticed at that point was that it seemed like a lot of fish for a snake that wasn’t all that big. Long story short, the snake was a better judge of how much fish he could handle than I was. I checked back on his progress several times and after about 40 minutes, fish went down the hatch. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532/2 "2019-05-26T02:19:06Z")
No sidekick to wrestle the snake? ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532/3 "2019-05-26T12:26:40Z")
“Whille Jim wrestles the giant Water Snake, I’ll use the Jeep to drive to town and buy some Cokes.” ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532/4 "2019-05-28T00:56:49Z")
My clearest memory of Mutual Of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom was some monitor lizards Jim was trying to handle with some welder’s gloves. They kept lashing him with their tails. Left me with a special place in my heart for monitor lizards, the Komodo Dragon being the largest. I had a Nile Monitor for a while but they are best suited for expert keepers, I couldn’t do it justice. They are very temperamental. Mine died. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532/5 "2019-05-28T04:34:05Z")
So that’s what happened to Leroy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532/6 "2019-05-28T19:49:44Z")
Reminds me of the time I was out in the yard in Texas and heard a pitiful cheeping sound. I looked over and saw a green tree frog in the jaws of a (smallish) snake. I rescued the frog. The snake was not happy. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532/7 "2019-05-28T20:21:03Z")
So you’re sayin’ the snake was a [Catfish Hunter](http://catfishhunter.improvteams.com/img/teams/heroes/dB45.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532/8 "2019-05-28T21:24:11Z")
> [@Ynnad](#): > > “Whille Jim wrestles the giant Water Snake, I’ll use the Jeep to drive to town and buy some Cokes.” “And, speaking of insurance, do you know if you’re adequately covered? Call your local Mutual of Omaha agent and ask for cost-free evaluation of your insurance needs.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532/9 "2019-06-02T19:46:39Z")
Is this a big fish story? I gotta million of them. One time I was noodlin’ down on the pond…nm you don’t wanna know ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532/10 "2019-06-03T18:28:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > One time I was noodlin’ down on the pond… _Cast thy bread onto still water, that it may fermentith. Reap the (Cat)fish that gather to partake in the bounty, that you may satisfy body and soul and be blessed in His eye_ **Diaboliclese 59:57** Hey, it’s in the Bible. Well, **my** Bible. Clowny Daggers, ya’ll! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-wild-kingdom-encounter/834532/11 "2019-06-04T07:46:39Z")
Omg, Becky look at that catfish!!