An northern watersnake allows the rushing water of Coleman Creek to cool and disguise him on a warm late summer afternoon in Little Rock. A small colony of these snakes inhabit part of the creek that runs through the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
The (Urban-Wildlife) Interface 
What a wonderful capture 🙂
Thanks! Always on the lookout for serpents. S’pose he’s a sea serpent?
A dragon of the deep?!? What a lovely thought 😀 Our grass snakes are swimmers and do a lot of their hunting in rivers and streams but I have never ever seen one in the water! Snakes are such naturally shy creatures though which makes it really special to capture one in the water like that 😀
I’ll bet your snakes are beautiful gliding along the water’s surface. Considering how hot it was, this snake had the right idea!
The film and images I’ve seen of them are gorgeous! The absolutely glide across the water 🙂 It’s been hot as hell here today! It’s the humidity that’s evil. I’m with the snakes on getting in the water! Open water swimming has taken over my life recently and I just love leaping into the lake on a hot muggy day 🙂 Wish I was as graceful as a snake!!
How often do you get to swimming? Do you compete or do it for fun?