Roxanne “Roxy” Flanagan didn’t plan to go viral, however she additionally didn’t plan to see a snake emerge from the ocean throughout a seashore journey along with her youngsters in Ocean Metropolis, Maryland. The snake, an japanese hognose, shouldn’t be a marine snake, nevertheless it does dwell on the close by sandy coastal plain. The reptile should have felt like taking a brief trip to the water’s edge, as a result of Flanagan and her group caught it swimming by means of the shallow surf and slithering throughout the seashore—a lot to the delight of the kids watching behind the digicam. (One among them exclaims: “It’s a rattlesnake!”)
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Flanagan posted a number of images and a video of the surprising “ocean snake” to Facebook this previous weekend, after which a number of media retailers began selecting up her story. She instructed native information that it was her seven-year-old daughter who noticed the snake first.
Watch an japanese hognose snake on a Maryland seashore right here (scroll to see a TikTok video of it swimming within the ocean):
Flanagan’s husband additionally posted a mashup of images and movies to his TikTok profile, saying: “While you thought Ocean Metropolis was nearly crabs and boardwalk fries . . . then THIS man reveals up!”
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