Snakes
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Do you ever see them? Years ago I was doing right of way maintenance outside of Franklin, and on our weekly check in the power line guy told us to be careful in one section called Rattlesnake Hill because we might encounter some there. Luckily we didn't see any, as we had gone over the hill several days earlier.
I used to think that, but was out with a biologist one day and he told me that they really don't eat that many mice. He may have been referring mostly to the species in this state,(garter and green snakes) we were walking and I didn't query him further.
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Regardless, if a poisonous snake comes close to the house, it's history!
oosik
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Grew up in Omak, WA. Rattle snakes were common there. Been over here in Amber going on 37 years and only seen two rattlers. They were together at a location about eleven miles south of here - Hole in the Ground.
I have one very uncommon snake here on the property. Rubber boa. About two feet long - shiney metallic OD green - EXTREMELY slow moving. Twice in the last three years -stopped mowing to move the little snake. His name is Rupert.
I have one very uncommon snake here on the property. Rubber boa. About two feet long - shiney metallic OD green - EXTREMELY slow moving. Twice in the last three years -stopped mowing to move the little snake. His name is Rupert.
rbtjr
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+1 and more. Eastern king snakes have rid our place of copperheads. We used to have many--many--copperheads. Then the eastern kings showed up. No more copperheads. The king snakes kill and eat them.
rekees4300
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DITTO ... Live and let live, I respect their territory and they have to respect mine or else. :snake:
bunyip
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All of ours are protected and I generally ignore them as most are around the creek or drain having a feast of endangered Growling Grass Frogs, if one comes near the house or won't move it gets relocated to snake heaven.
We had one in the bathroom when I was doing renovations, the walls were off and he came in from under the house, my wife found him and I reckon that you probably would have heard the scream where you are, another time our fox terier brought one into the house and presented it to us in the kitchen, it was very much alive and not happy, a few character building moments that day.
And to be a sanctimonious pedant I have heard there are only two poisonous snakes in the world and I think they are both in Japan.
We had one in the bathroom when I was doing renovations, the walls were off and he came in from under the house, my wife found him and I reckon that you probably would have heard the scream where you are, another time our fox terier brought one into the house and presented it to us in the kitchen, it was very much alive and not happy, a few character building moments that day.
And to be a sanctimonious pedant I have heard there are only two poisonous snakes in the world and I think they are both in Japan.
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Perhaps, but not good for marital harmony. We leave all the snakes alone except for the rattlesnakes and if they are anywhere I am or where wife frequents they will be dead snakes. It seems in recent years that we have fewer now than 32 years ago when we moved here but killed two small ones this year and one really feisty big one last year. Daughters visit with grand kids and I worry the entire time they are here that they may run across a rattlesnake. For us it is second nature to look before you step around a corner or into a darker area, or around places they might be, but the grand kids just go without a second thought. They will warn you (hopefully) so you need to warn them by making noise if you are where they might be.
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Where I grew up about 15 miles from here the lake had a variety of frogs. I always liked the small spring peepers.
We now live between two ponds about 1/4 mile North and South, frogs but no peepers.
We were at a large lake a few miles from here years ago and one area had hundreds of tiny ones so we took a bunch home in a cup, I let them loose at one neighbors pond here.
I saw him a few weeks later...he says "you guys sleep ok?". I said sure we do...he says "well we can't sleep a wink ever since these damned spring peepers showed up!".
I never told him how they got there, and now they're in both ponds!
We now live between two ponds about 1/4 mile North and South, frogs but no peepers.
We were at a large lake a few miles from here years ago and one area had hundreds of tiny ones so we took a bunch home in a cup, I let them loose at one neighbors pond here.
I saw him a few weeks later...he says "you guys sleep ok?". I said sure we do...he says "well we can't sleep a wink ever since these damned spring peepers showed up!".
I never told him how they got there, and now they're in both ponds!
