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Name: Ginger Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b)              gingin Feb 18, 2012 1:50 PM CST |
We get various snakes that visit. I welcome the "good guys" as they tend to keep the "bad guys" away. All oak snakes we name Ms. Annie (Annie Oaksnake  ) and all the black snakes are Blackie. These pics were taken a few years ago with my 35mm and had to be scanned so they may not be the best.  Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it. |
Name: Carole Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)           SongofJoy Feb 18, 2012 1:56 PM CST |
| Nice. I like snakes and appreciate their usefulness ... just hate it when they "surprise" me. Well, I like all of them around here except Copperheads, Water Moccasins, and Rattlers. I garden for the pollinators. |
Name: Ginger Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b) gingin Feb 18, 2012 2:04 PM CST |
amen to that...we had a coral snake in the screen room once. It "became" one with the extra propagne tank and is now in a jar of alcohol  Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it. |
Name: Carole Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b) SongofJoy Feb 18, 2012 2:21 PM CST |
Sounds right. Good place for it.  I garden for the pollinators. |
Name: Rita North Shore, Long Island, NY Zone 6B        Newyorkrita Feb 18, 2012 3:50 PM CST |
| Oh, no snakes here. The idea of poisonius snakes freaks me out. Thank goodness there aren't any around here. But if I know for absolute sure that the snake is not poisonius then snakes don't creep me out. Can't say I like them but not ceepy. |
 tropicbreeze Feb 18, 2012 6:06 PM CST |
| I have a soft spot for all snakes, they tend to leave people alone. There's only one here that I'm wary of and that's the Death Adder. It relies on camouflage so won't move away if it hears you coming. It's easy to tred on them. And they're incredibly fast. "With the quickest strike in the world, a Death Adder can go from strike position to striking and back again within 0.13 of a second." http://listverse.com/2011/03/3... Luckily I've never found one at home. But we get them at work and other places nearby. So if I did find one at home I'd relocate it, probably give it to the wildlife park. Any of the others I just leave be. |
Name: Ginger Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b) gingin Feb 19, 2012 12:24 PM CST |
| We have puff adders here AKA hognose. They can be pretty scary when they posture. Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it. |
Name: tarev San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b) Always count your blessings in life          tarev Feb 19, 2012 12:44 PM CST |
| My neighbor says we have rattlers around here..so I am very careful when cleaning around..thankfully have not seen one..she once saw a baby rattler, but it is dead already in one of her boxes in her garage..so I said..uh-oh..if there is a baby..mommy is just around...jipperss.... |
Name: Carole Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b) SongofJoy Feb 26, 2012 4:03 PM CST |
I can't for the life of me find the picture of the Black Rat Snake I took last summer as it was moving through the front yard. I've looked and looked. If I ever find it, I'll post it.   I garden for the pollinators. |
Name: Linda Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)       |
| Our "usual suspects" are fine...I've never had any problem with them. I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad |
Name: Linda Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a) |
| I spotted a baby snake today...guess it's that time of year! I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad |
Name: Marilyn Northern KY (Zone 6a) Laughter is the best medicine!      Marilyn Feb 20, 2013 4:42 AM CST |
gingin said:We get various snakes that visit. I welcome the "good guys" as they tend to keep the "bad guys" away. All oak snakes we name Ms. Annie (Annie Oaksnake Is that first one a rattle snake?   |
Name: Marilyn Northern KY (Zone 6a) Laughter is the best medicine! Marilyn Feb 20, 2013 4:56 AM CST |
| What kind of snake is in the second pic? |
Name: Ginger Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b) gingin Feb 22, 2013 11:41 AM CST |
| #1 is an oak snake and #2 is a black snake Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it. |
Name: Ginger Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b) gingin Feb 22, 2013 11:52 AM CST |
Here are two more pics of Ms. Annie. The first showes the round pupils which is an indication that it's NOT venomus. The second is the whole thing...and yes, I was that up close to it    Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it. |
Name: Linda Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a) |
| Nice looking snakes! Never could understand why people are so afraid of nonvenomous snakes! I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad |
Name: Ginger Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b) gingin Feb 22, 2013 12:12 PM CST |
| Yes I really like Ms. Annie...there have been times though when it has scared the tar out of me when I've come close to stepping on it...or I look at a tree/bush and we're eyeball to eyeball Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it. |
Name: Marilyn Northern KY (Zone 6a) Laughter is the best medicine! Marilyn Feb 22, 2013 11:05 PM CST |
| Scary, but the venomous ones are really scary!!! |
Name: Margaret Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)       mcash70 Feb 22, 2013 11:53 PM CST |
Don't have any here, too cold, I don't mind garter snakes but I think one of those large ones would scare the crap out of me!!  |
Name: Glen Ingram Macleay Is, Qld, Australia (Zone 12a) Kaspar and Flame Ragdoll        Gleni Dec 6, 2013 4:02 AM CST |
| You have to be careful with venomous snakes in Oz but you have to be unlucky to be bitten. I have a Yellow-faced Whipsnake resident in the garden. It is welcome here. But the people who mow the lawn are petrified of it. I will try and photograph it. That is, if it will cooperate and I don't get the willies. |
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