Snake Wrangling

*Bass* · 06-05-2016, 11:22 AM

He watched his daughter try and copy his lowered stance, and he let out a soft chuckle. Leaning over, he tapped her rump for her to lower it. "Lower your butt," he whispered, nosing her front legs so that she was even closer to the ground. "Remember that we are hunting snakes, which are on their bellies in the grass. You have to crouch even lower, more so than with a deer," Bass noted. His ears swiveled with every hiss, trying to track where the snakes were. He wouldn't want one to get too close to them, not while he was focused on Piper. Every wolf had to keep one ear to the ground during this time of year, no matter what they were doing. His daughter answered his question, and he nodded, a smile spreading wider on his lips. "Yes, but not exactly what I was going for dear. I meant the difference between a snake that is poisonous, and one that is venomous. They may sound the same, but they do two very different things. If you bite it and get hurt, it's poisonous. If it bites you and you get hurt, it's venomous. We need to know the difference, because you wouldn't want to bite into one that hurts you, and you need to avoid the fangs of the venomous ones." He explained.

Now, that was enough talk. Usually he didn't bother to be quiet while snake hunting. They were not too fast, it wasn't hard to catch up with the slithering bodies. But he wanted to avoid startling one that would seek to harm them. Seeing the grass wiggle above them, he peeked up and saw that it was a garter snake. They were technically venomous, but their teeth were in the far back of their mouth. Their toxin was not powerful enough to harm a wolf, but it did some damage to a rodent. The only thing was that they gave off a strange odor, which could be hard to get passed. Looking over at Sandpiper, he tilted his head towards the green and yellow serpent, indicating that she should go for it.

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