Still Life with Robin: Crossing with Snakes

by Peggy Robin

On Thursday, June 2, a list member, Andrew, posted a link to a video he found on Twitter, tweeted by DC City Girl @dccitygirl_, showing a snake entering the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Macomb Street. Here's the link, in case you missed it the first time:
https://twitter.com/dccitygirl_/status/1531813733701386240?ref_src

Since that tweet was posted, there's been considerable commentary -- 64 replies at last count -- and a number of them are worth repeating for the many Cleveland Park Listserv readers who seem quite "charmed" by this footless, slithering pedestrian. Well, OK, not all were charmed. A few were a bit freaked out. 

Here now is a sampling of serpentine reactions:

Jon Bender 🇺🇦 @oblivious_dude May 31 Replying to  @dccitygirl_
I'm so used to only seeing that metaphorically in DC.

MC @irishmel3
Q:WHY DID THE SNAKE CROSS THE STREET!? Wrong answers only…

Lars Etzkorn @LarsEtzkornLaw
Pick it up and help it to safety. Wouldn’t you want the same from the Green Giant?

Ashley K @districtofash
That snake is really big. If i saw it, I’d be embarrassingly high pitched screaming.

Ken S @magpiewdc 
Black snakes & rat snakes are great rat predators, and Cleveland Park has a terrible rat problem. You should have gotten on the other side & tried to herd it toward safety, away from Connecticut. They don’t stand a chance in the street.

NellnotNeil-It’sADamn”L” @DMBG44
Is he using the crosswalk? He better use the crosswalk

Andrew T. Richardson, III @EsqAndrew
Crossing Connecticut, even in a car, can be hazardous. I hope he looked both ways before slithering across.   

Diane Toucan @DianeToucan
I would have picked it up and walked it across the street. I hope someone did.

TheRealDeal 🇺🇸 @TheRealDealMD
Be my guest. I’ll let Indiana Jones speak for me.
https://twitter.com/TheRealDealMD/status/1531829070782078976  

Carrie Chops 🌻@cchops
Hero! Eat our rats!

spacecow1016 @spacecow1016

To access the video go to:
https://twitter.com/dccitygirl_/status/1531813733701386240?ref_src  

You can redivert him, its just a black rat snake and harmless ♡ hope he is ok!

Scott Wiskoski @scott_wiskoski
Looks like a juvenile rat snake. Go snake!

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Definitely more pro snake votes than anti !

But we never did find out if the snake made it safely to the other side.... 

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