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Snake question HI FLORA;
TO ME IT SOUNDS AS IF THE SNAKE WAS GUARDING ITS DEN OF EGGS/BABIES. IT =
WILL BE INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY.
DONNA
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From: Wild Flora=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 8:31 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Snake question
I had an unusual (for me, anyway) experience with a snake this morning =
and wonder if anyone can shed some light on it. I was taking the dog for =
her usual morning walk, passing as always over a bridge that crosses a =
small brook. On one side of the bridge the road crews have installed a =
safety barrier, and there is a lot of rock there-great snake habitat. As =
we were passing the end of the safety barrier, I noticed an abrupt =
movement out of the corner of my eye and turned to see that a moderately =
large snake (I'm pretty sure it was a common garter snake, and it was =
probably about the size of my thumb at its widest point) that was coiled =
up in front of what might have been a burrow. The odd part was that the =
snake had its mouth open and kept striking in my direction. It didn't =
come anywhere near reaching me - I was at least a foot too far away - =
but it kept striking anyway. Mind you, neither the dog nor I had done =
anything to disturb the snake other than walk past it. I found this very =
odd because, despite having grown up in Texas, home of the diamondback =
rattler, I've never seen a snake be aggressive in this fashion. So I was =
wondering if anyone else has seen this and what would explain it. Have I =
suddenly begun to resemble a very large mouse?
Flora
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FLORA;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>TO ME IT SOUNDS AS IF THE SNAKE WAS =
GUARDING ITS=20
DEN OF EGGS/BABIES. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO=20
SAY.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> DONNA</FONT></DIV>
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Flora</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 13, 2007 =
8:31 PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Snake =
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<P dir=3Dltr><SPAN lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT =
face=3DArial>I had an=20
un</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT=20
face=3DArial>usual (for me, anyway) experience with a snake this =
morning and=20
wonder if anyone can shed some light on it. I was taking the dog for =
her usual=20
morning</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN =
lang=3Den-us><FONT=20
face=3DArial> walk, passing as always over a bridge that crosses a =
small brook.=20
On one side of the bridge the road crews have installed a safety =
barrier, and=20
there is a lot of rock there</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN=20
lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3DArial>=97</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN=20
lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3DArial>great snake =
habitat.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3DArial> As we were=20
passing</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN =
lang=3Den-us><FONT=20
face=3DArial> the end of the safety barrier, I noticed an abrupt =
movement out of=20
the corner of my eye and turned to see that a moderately large snake=20
(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT=20
face=3DArial>I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN =
lang=3Den-us><FONT=20
face=3DArial>=92</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN =
lang=3Den-us><FONT=20
face=3DArial>m pretty sure it was a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN=20
lang=3Den-us> <FONT face=3DArial>common</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN=20
lang=3Den-us> <FONT face=3DArial>garter snake,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3DArial> =
and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3DArial> it =
was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us> <FONT face=3DArial>probably =
about the size=20
of my thumb at its widest point)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN=20
lang=3Den-us> <FONT face=3DArial>that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN=20
lang=3Den-us> <FONT face=3DArial>was coiled up in front of =
what</FONT></SPAN><SPAN=20
lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us> <FONT face=3DArial>might have =
been=20
a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT =
face=3DArial>=20
burrow.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us> =
<FONT=20
face=3DArial>The odd part was that the snake had its mouth open and =
kept=20
striking in my direction. It didn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =