.....and a snake....
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.....and a snake....
| Wed, 05-04-2011 - 10:56am |
I've been warned that there are a lot of snakes in VA, some that you really need to be careful about.
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What kind of snake?
I never saw a snake when I lived in NJ....thankfully.
I didn't see many snakes growing up in Essex county, 15 min. from NYC.
Long, thin and black --- not poisonous. Probably a Black Racer --- a very common snake but it could be a Eastern Hognose too. See http://www.stewart.army.mil/dpw/wildlife/nonvenomous_snakes.htm
Rattlesnakes, cotton mouths and copperheads are patterned and brownish. Coral snakes (if you live int eh south) are red, black and yellow (but not all red, black and yellow snakes are bad --- some snakes mimic coral snake patterns to avoid being eaten! http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/adaptations/snake.html). Those are the only poisonous snakes you are likely to encounter in the USA...
Leave this snake be --- he's probably eating mice which is a good thing!
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Oh yes....I wouldn't go near him unless he was threatening to one of my dogs.