Shoo Habu!

Ethan has survived yet another brush with death. We were walking around a secluded beach when suddenly Randy screamed, not very man-like but those things are hard to control in life-and-death situations, grabbed Ethan and ran for it. After he had safely distanced himself and Ethan from the snake he explained what all the commotion was about. Naturally, I rushed quickly to the scene to look for the snake as I was sure Randy was freaking out over what was probably a small garter snake. To my surprise, not only was the snake bigger around than my arm, it was at least 5 feet long. Who knows, maybe longer but it was slowly slithering under a bush so we'll just say it was an even 10 feet just to be sure. Luckily the snake wasn't hungry as it could've eaten Ethan in a single gulp! Turns out our not so common garter snake was actually a Habu snake, Japan's poisonous pit viper. Here is a picture I found online so you can see it for yourself.