Don't Lose Your Head When You See Red
by Judy Kennedy
Title
Don't Lose Your Head When You See Red
Artist
Judy Kennedy
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Photograph - Photo
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I’ve started a subcategory of my Signs and Sayings gallery entitled “Be Ye Wise as Serpents” which is a phrase attributed to Jesus (Matt. 10:16) in the King James version of the Christian Bible. I agree wholeheartedly that observing the true nature of snakes reveals much we can learn from them. First, I must admit that this is not an original idea. I was inspired by a T-shirt someone gave me, and then transposed these snake witticisms in my own words on my own art - featuring the awesome serpents of the desert southwest (with the exception of the anaconda from Out of Africa). This is a Longnose Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) - a beautiful common constrictor found in the desert southwest of the United States with brilliant red eyes. While they are nonvenomous, they will exude a stinky substance in self-defense. They’re also crepuscular, nocturnal and good burrowers. I found this one near an arroyo in the middle of the night in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona about 50 miles southwest of Phoenix.
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November 13th, 2018
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