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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-118--33196150 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Jim, On 14-Jul-07, at 12:37 PM, Jim Wolford wrote: > I'm not sure that mother garter snakes care for their young at all > after > birth -- perhaps John Gilhen can comment on this? The Ohio Department of Natural Resources page on the garter snake says that: "The young receive no parental care and disperse immediately upon birth." http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/Resources/reptiles/egart.htm Cheers, Chris > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > ---------- > From: Jean Timpa <jtimpa@ns.sympatico.ca> > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:03:47 -0300 > To: natureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Garter snake > > Garter snakes aren't the most user friendly types. None of them > really liked to be picked up by huge warm humans, but the only one > which > ever bit me was a garter. It was fairly large, and I did not get a > good > angle > on clasping it carefully behind its head so it could not strike, as > it was > curled up against a very steep woods embankment, so we were face to > face. So I was promptely bitten on the hand, which I deserved. > There was a > bit of pain, but no ill effects. > My Golden Guide to Snakes and Reptiles reminds me that Garter > Snakes bear their young live, up to twenty at a time, so the snake > at the > entrance to its hole may well have been guarding young ones inside. > There > are a number of different Garter Snakes across North America, and > the GG > mentions that most are fairly docile and do well in captivity which > is now > severely frowned upon. But..the Common Garter Snake... is more > aggressive than ohers and is marked by three yellowish stripes, > while the > dark area in between is spotted. Our Ribbon Snake with yellow or red > stripes against brown scales is also a garter snake, and its tail > is about a > third of its body length. I believe it is the one which is seldom > seen any > more, and all sightings are of interest and should be reported to the > Museum of Natural History in Halifax. > I envy your sightings, as I seldom see snakes any more. There > used to be a lot of them along the woods roads down home (Bear River), > with frogs and toads, where they used to like to sun themselves. > Now, if I > find anything, it is just mashed ones. There may be other factors, > but the > ATVs have done an awful number on them. ....and recently the > legislation > has been softened on such vehicles. Jean _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-118--33196150 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Jim,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 14-Jul-07, at 12:37 PM, Jim Wolford wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I'm not sure that mother garter snakes care for = their young at all after</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">birth -- = perhaps John Gilhen can comment on this?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The=A0Ohio Department of = Natural Resources page on the garter snake says that:</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>"The young receive no parental = care and disperse immediately upon birth."</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/Resources/reptiles/egart.htm">= http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/Resources/reptiles/egart.htm</A></DIV>= <DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR><BLOCKQUO= TE type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">----------</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: Jean = Timpa <<A = href=3D"mailto:jtimpa@ns.sympatico.ca">jtimpa@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></DIV= ><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Reply-To: <A = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A></DIV><= DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:03:47 -0300</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">To: <A = href=3D"mailto:natureNS@chebucto.ns.ca">natureNS@chebucto.ns.ca</A></DIV><= DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: [NatureNS] Garter snake</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN>Garter snakes aren't the most = user friendly types. None of them</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">really liked = to be picked up by huge warm humans, but the only one which</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">ever bit me was a garter. It was fairly large, and I = did not get a good</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">angle<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0p