Page 38 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Page 38 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…over and over again as the process was continued for over as hour. The gopher snake approached nearer and nearer apparently in no hurry, however his slowness of motion and easy going performance was simply a ruse to throw his large enemy off his guard for the gopher snake at what he knew to be the opportune time make a lightning strike at the rattle snake and grasped him directly behind the head by the neck.Instantly after fastening his jaws on the neck of the rattler the gopher snake began rolling his coil around the other reptile and Will could see that he was tightening his grip on the bigger snake at a rapid rate.The two snaked in their mortal combat rolled around the ground for perhaps a half hour when the gopher snake uncoiled himself and crawled slowly away leaving the rattle snake quite dead. The while battle had consumed perhaps two hours. Page 38 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…over and over again as the process was continued for over as hour. The gopher snake approached nearer and nearer apparently in no hurry, however his slowness of motion and easy going performance was simply a ruse to throw his large enemy off his guard for the gopher snake at what he knew to be the opportune time make a lightning strike at the rattle snake and grasped him directly behind the head by the neck.Instantly after fastening his jaws on the neck of the rattler the gopher snake began rolling his coil around the other reptile and Will could see that he was tightening his grip on the bigger snake at a rapid rate.The two snaked in their mortal combat rolled around the ground for perhaps a half hour when the gopher snake uncoiled himself and crawled slowly away leaving the rattle snake quite dead. The while battle had consumed perhaps two hours. Charles W. Webb’s Events in the Life of William B. Webb Hunting Snakes Webb, Charles W. Webb, William B. United States Florida Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
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Page 38 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…over and over again as the process was continued for over as hour. The gopher snake approached nearer and nearer apparently in no hurry, however his slowness of motion and easy going performance was simply a ruse to throw his large enemy off his guard for the gopher snake at what he knew to be the opportune time make a lightning strike at the rattle snake and grasped him directly behind the head by the neck.Instantly after fastening his jaws on the neck of the rattler the gopher snake began rolling his coil around the other reptile and Will could see that he was tightening his grip on the bigger snake at a rapid rate.The two snaked in their mortal combat rolled around the ground for perhaps a half hour when the gopher snake uncoiled himself and crawled slowly away leaving the rattle snake quite dead. The while battle had consumed perhaps two hours.
Page 38 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…over and over again as the process was continued for over as hour. The gopher snake approached nearer and nearer apparently in no hurry, however his slowness of motion and easy going performance was simply a ruse to throw his large enemy off his guard for the gopher snake at what he knew to be the opportune time make a lightning strike at the rattle snake and grasped him directly behind the head by the neck.Instantly after fastening his jaws on the neck of the rattler the gopher snake began rolling his coil around the other reptile and Will could see that he was tightening his grip on the bigger snake at a rapid rate.The two snaked in their mortal combat rolled around the ground for perhaps a half hour when the gopher snake uncoiled himself and crawled slowly away leaving the rattle snake quite dead. The while battle had consumed perhaps two hours.
Charles W. Webb’s Events in the Life of William B. Webb
Hunting
Snakes
Webb, Charles W.
Webb, William B.
United States
Florida
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection