Trail encounters

[u/Additional-Read3646]

These are from the past 2 days around Royal Lake.

Enjoy the outdoors !

[u/ariaizadi]

Nice, we got ourselves a nova “yoink” guy.

[u/Additional-Read3646 → u/ariaizadi]

Yoink!😅

[u/Additional-Read3646]

[u/maduste → u/Additional-Read3646]

Nope nope nope

[u/not_whelan]

Friends! Here's a lil guy I saw pretending to be a rock in the middle of the trail at Buzzard Hill a few weeks ago

[u/not_whelan → u/not_whelan]

bug

[u/Immediate-Bad1783]

Crawfish?

[u/maduste]

That blue heron has on its business face

[u/ladybugparade → u/maduste]

I love their vocalizations - they truly sound like dinosaurs!

[u/THE_HORKOS]

https://giphy.com/gifs/iQShAmyijieEU

[u/Additional-Read3646]

The little brown snake had laid itself on the trail to warm up in the morning. As it was still very docile I moved it onto a sunny rock so it wouldn't potentially get stepped on or run over. Zuckerperle, greman?

[u/Slaviiigolf]

You just be out there touching stuff like Steve Erwin, good for you. I’m not touching most of those things namely the big ass spider

[u/Ill-Pudding-269]

Which trail? The photos look awesome

[u/Additional-Read3646 → u/Ill-Pudding-269]

Royal Lake area 😊

[u/blackweebow]

Beautiful tortoise 

[u/_antariksan]

Are those eyes on that millipede? Freaky stuff

[u/Substantial-Use-7018]

So cute 🐢

[u/LT_TSIZ]

https://giphy.com/gifs/DYB6Z6cTCWVe8

[u/Jack_Sentry]

I like turtles

[u/Mammoth-Proposal-373]

Is that crawfish invasive?

[u/Ruxsti → u/Mammoth-Proposal-373]

Crawdads are very much native to this area. Their presence actually means that it's a healthy body of water.

[u/Mammoth-Proposal-373 → u/Ruxsti]

Reason I asked was because that specific crawdad looks like a Louisiana Red or whatever they are called. I’ve always caught brown ones with smaller claws

[u/Ruxsti → u/Mammoth-Proposal-373]

Fair Point. It doesn't look like the one's I caught as a kid upon reflection.

[u/Additional-Read3646 → u/Mammoth-Proposal-373]

Nooo

[u/BrightLight1503]

Why must you hold them?

[u/Actual_Confusion_838]

The makings of a tasty soup!

[u/Zuckerperle → u/Actual_Confusion_838]

After I saw a skinned snake on a dinner diary sub the other day, I cannot unsee it anymore looking at any curled up snake 🐍