Here’s a picture of a regular old wrench, but you’d best stay away from it. Why? There’s an animal nearby. Can you spot it? It’s about medium difficulty. I’ll put up the answer at 11 a.m. Chicago time. Click on the tweet and then on the photo to enlarge it.
When you see it, you will not want to pick up that wrench pic.twitter.com/jptg7lZGAJ
— John Shields, MD, FAAOS (@jointdocShields) May 20, 2024
Got it. 40 seconds. Be careful out there!
What wrench?
I KID I KID
… small little fella there… just one, I think… next to those …
PLIERS.
[ covers head ]
You’re right. And brave to say so.
I think I got it. I survive.
Took me longer than expected. I need coffee.
This one has totallly stumped me. I’m looking forward to learning what would have bitten or stung or sprayed me
But don’t do what I did, which is glance at the replies and accidentally read what I was looking for.
I did find it quite easily but only after my inadvertent cheating.
I nearly grabbed one of these (the danger, not a wrench) one night along a drippy rock face on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We were looking for salamanders, so the instinct was to grab, but the possibilities quickly cycled through my mind till I arrived at the correct identification, and I pulled my hand back. A few moments later, a park ranger stopped to tell us to be careful of the danger– fortunately, we had already been careful!
GCM
I’ve been fortunate in that where I have lived, there aren’t any dangerous ones. Most of them will detect your footsteps and reveal their presence by moving away from you, but I’m not sure about the dangerous ones. Silent but deadly?
I found what looked like part of a coiled member of Serpentes, though I couldn’t determine its exact kind. However, I would not pick up the (pliers) regardless of the proximity of this organic creature. Metal monsters are dangerous, too. Don’t get between the babies and their mother.
https://x.com/Jon_Alexandr/status/1699897199407280488
The websitte formerly known as Twitter denied me permission to view the picture.
The rattlesnake coiled up near the top handle.
Sorry; that’s not a wrench but some type of pliers.
Terror-supporting rogue nations Norway Ireland Spain have declared themselves ennemies of the humankind and human kindness.
Is there a little copperhead or something curled up near the broken upper handle of those fence pliers?