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0p Thanks, Chris! I think my son must have been bitten by a tempermental snake. And I have been giving it credit all of these years for worthier motives. Cheers, Joan c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > 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 <mailto:jtimpa@ns.sympatico.ca>> >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:03:47 -0300 >> To: natureNS@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto: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 > <mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>> > > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.4/898 - Release Date: 7/12/2007 4:08 PM >
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