ODD SNAKE in TURKEY

In Turkey April 2010 I have seen this very unusual snake.  It was at the ruins of Perge whilst I was site seeing.  First of all I am quite an experienced Herpetologist and have studied snakes and reptiles for years, but I have never come across anything like this.

Let me try and describe it as accurately as possible.  I did not see its head, but by the way that it moved I knew it was a snake.  I saw the last 100 or 110cm of its body and tail as it was moving slowly through thick thorn bushes.  It was quite a large snake as the body was about 10 or 11cm thick. 

My plan was to grab the tail and chuck it out in the open where I could take a photo of it.  I tried to step through the thorn bushes and tried not to put my feet near where I thought its head could be.  As I was trying to get closer to it, it started to move more quickly into the thicker bushes and escaped.  I got a really good look at it.  Unfortunately I still didn’t see its head, but I saw enough to identify it as a snake and as a VERY unusual one.

Its colour was glossy black, similar to the Natal Black Snake of South Africa (Macrelaps microlepidotus) I will include a photo of the colour. (see Diagram 1 Natal black snake)

The really weird bit about this snake was its dorsal scales.  It had no rows of individual smaller scales as any other snake does.  It had ring scales.  Every dorsal scale was one entire ring from the ventral on the one side of the body, across the back, to the ventral on the other side. (see Diagram 2) Kind of like a millipede’s body. 

It made a distinctive sound as it moved.  Similar to a rattle snake, but much quieter.  This sound was obviously a result of its scales rubbing against each other as it moved.  Next two diagrams are views from above:

It is now a year later and this sighting still baffles me as I cannot find anything online even close to what I saw that day.  I have even tried to Google "snake legends", as this snake seemed to be out of a myth of some sort.  It had very unusual scales.  Please any comments, ideas and questions are welcomed.  Thanks.

Why was Jesus a man not a woman?

I recvently saw a video on Youtube where the muslims challenged a reverant about Jesus and he did not know the answer:

Basically the question is: "Why did God make Jesus a male and not a female?"

Here is my opinion about this matter:
Exodus 12:5 OLD TESTAMENT
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take [it] out from the sheep, or from the goats:

Why was the passover lamb meant to be male? This order came from God to Moses. Jesus was sacrificed on the cross at the time of the passover for our sins, this was an order from God. Why question God's orders?
We are humans, we do not understand everything God does, for His ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are not our thoughts...

11:11 and Bible Prophecies

So it seems that I'm not the only one seeing this 11:11 all the time. So I went searching for answers in the bible. Here is what I found. Seems that it is definitely talking about a certain day. A day of war and destruction and death.... wrath and in the end resurrection.

Three Major Prophets: (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel)

11:11		And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.
11:11		So the Lord has said, I will send evil on them, which they will not be able to get away from; and they will send up a cry for help to me, but I will not give ear to them.
11:11		This town will not be your cooking-pot, and you will not be the flesh inside it; I will be your judge at the limit of the land of Israel;

Daniel

11:11

And the king of the south will be moved with wrath, and will come out and make war on him, on this same king of the north: and he will get together a great army, but the army will be given into his hand.

From the Twelve Minor Prophets (Hosea, Zechariah only two has 11:11)

11:11		Shaking with fear like a bird, they will come out of Egypt, like a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will give them rest in their houses, says the Lord.
11:11		And it was broken on that day: and the sheep-traders, who were watching me, were certain that it was the word of the Lord.

Revelation

11:11

And after three days and a half the breath of life from God went into them, and they got up on their feet; and great fear came on those who saw them.