abq_girl Posted February 28, 2007 #1 Share Posted February 28, 2007 My friends and I will be in Ocho Rios in September and we want to do the White River Tubing, but we are wondering if there any water snakes down there. This may be a really silly question, but personally I am deathly afraid :eek: of them and I could panic if I saw one. So to anyone who has done the tubing, did you see any, or hear stories of them being down there? Thanks for all your input! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIGirl Posted March 1, 2007 #2 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I did the river tubing and didn't see any snakes. You're not in the water out of the tube very much so I doubt many people have seen snakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Morgsmom Posted March 1, 2007 #3 Share Posted March 1, 2007 yuck, yuck... we've tubed in Ocho Rios & Belize and never saw snakes. I would personally FREAK (and I'm well into middle age but can't even deal with a grass snake in my yard here in Florida and there are lots of them.) I've never heard of anyone who has seen one in the water, but I know that they must be there :eek: . As the guide in Belize told us, "A$$ Up" and you'll be fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mygyky Posted March 1, 2007 #4 Share Posted March 1, 2007 No snakes, you will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abq_girl Posted March 1, 2007 Author #5 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Thank you so much for all your input...my friend will also be happy to know we have nothing to worry about! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smasher Posted March 2, 2007 #6 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Snakes. Hate snakes. But, did the White River tubing last week and didn't see any. I don't think the river is great habitat for them. Runs too swift and is a little cold. And your river fearless river guides would take care of them anyway. Besides, it's Jamaica, not the Amazon -- more likely to catch a whiff of ganja than see a snake. This trip was a lot of fun. We booked through Island Marketing and had no problems or regrets. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcrfe Posted March 2, 2007 #7 Share Posted March 2, 2007 My friends and I will be in Ocho Rios in September and we want to do the White River Tubing, but we are wondering if there any water snakes down there. This may be a really silly question, but personally I am deathly afraid :eek: of them and I could panic if I saw one. So to anyone who has done the tubing, did you see any, or hear stories of them being down there? Thanks for all your input! :) NO SNAKES! Just a beautiful ride! Relax and enjoy!!!!:) We did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting_Cruiser Posted March 4, 2007 #8 Share Posted March 4, 2007 We didn't see any snakes either. :D My DDs and I had a great time!! Cheers! Jayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinMama7 Posted March 5, 2007 #9 Share Posted March 5, 2007 There are no snakes in all of Jamaica! :) Just got back from Jamaica a couple of weeks ago...went with a Jamaican friend. I asked her this very question. She told me that Jamaica has no snakes whatsoever because they have an animal there that eats snakes. I'm not sure, but I think she said "mongoose" ... whatever that is. Anyway, relax, enjoy and have a good time. No worries, yea Mon! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abq_girl Posted March 5, 2007 Author #10 Share Posted March 5, 2007 That is so awesome to know there will not be any on the whole island! You have really helped relieve my fear of this excursion, now I am really excited about doing it! Thanks so much!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Caroline Posted March 6, 2007 #11 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Ah.. because I'm the original "no snake" person if you Google this there are snakes in Jamaica.. boas and others but just not poisonous snakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smasher Posted March 6, 2007 #12 Share Posted March 6, 2007 There are no snakes in all of Jamaica! Just got back from Jamaica a couple of weeks ago...went with a Jamaican friend. I asked her this very question. She told me that Jamaica has no snakes whatsoever because they have an animal there that eats snakes. I'm not sure' date=' but I think she said "mongoose" ... [/color'] From: http://www.portlandbight.com.jm/Wildlife.htm#Snakes2 "Although Jamaica has several different species of snakes, none are poisonous. Portland Bight has five endemic snakes: The Jamaican Boa or Yellow Snake (Epicrates subflavus) Rare and Endangered The Common Snake (Typhlops jamaicencis) Abundant The Grass Snake (Arrhyton calillaemums) Common A Thunder Snake (Trophidophis stullae) Threatened A Thunder Snake (Trophidophis jamaicencis) Threatened The two endemic thunder snakes are entirely restricted to Portland Ridge." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abq_girl Posted March 6, 2007 Author #13 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Oh great.....well hopefully if everyone else has said that there are not any in snakes in the river I won't be the first one to find one. I am having a hard time watching Survivor this season because of all the snakes there.... I will talk with my friends and we can go from there, I guess. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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