[NatureNS] Snake question

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Garter snakes bear live young. When son Stefan was young he disturbed a 
snake nest and got a nasty bite from the parent "guardian". Cheers, Joan

morrison wrote:
> 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
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Wild Flora <mailto:herself@wildflora.com>
>     *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>     *Sent:* Friday, July 13, 2007 8:31 PM
>     *Subject:* [NatureNS] Snake question
>
>     I had an un usual (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 fas hion. 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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