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Elaphe climacophora
Japanese rat snake
青大将(アオダイショウ)

Photograph by Baikada (ばいかだ)
*CANON EOS KISS DX*

ヘビはそのほとんどが、私が近づくと逃げていきます。
When I approach, the most sanke escape.

ところが時々、アオダイショウでは「でん」と構えて動かないやつもいます。
However, there is sometimes an individual from which it doesn’t run away either in Japanese ratsnake.

アオダイショウの「大将」は、大きなヘビという意味合いもあると思うのだが、こうした堂々とした態度も「大将」なのかもしれない。
Japanese ratsnake is called “Ao daisyo” in Japanese. “Ao” means blue or green. When I am called by one word, “Daisyo” is called “Taisyo”. “Taisyo” is a word to mean a general. “Taisyo” is named concerning a big snake, but it may be that such a dignified manner is an origin.

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