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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-1-635660341 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I believe that there are no venomous snakes in Nova Scotia. However, =20= even garter snakes can bite, and their tiny, little teeth can even =20 draw blood. (I have had that happen to me.) Although cold-blooded =20 animals do not carry rabies, the oral hygiene of a garter snake may be =20= such that its bite could transmit lots of interesting bacteria, so I =20 would handle the snake with gloves. Garter snakes have longitudinal striping, and are not really brown =20 (unless they have not shed the skin for a long time). Isn't it possible that the snake got into the house in some other =20 room, and then slithered into the bathroom by chance? It might have =20 been hiding somewhere else in the house, and was merely looking for =20 water. In any case, it really belongs outdoors. A foot long is small for a snake. I don't think that there is any =20 rational reason for fear of any snake in the province, although their =20= movement can startle people. The most dangerous animals around are =20 probably stinging insects such as yellow jackets (who are especially =20 aggressive in the fall), and bears (if you ever find any). =97 Paul On 22 May 2009, at 10:59 PM, Gayle MacLean wrote: > Hello All, > > Had a strange occurrence happen today. > My husband found a garter snake in our bathroom this evening. How it =20= > got there I have no idea! I just can't fathom where it might have =20 > come in! > Along a radiator pipe maybe? > I was working at the time so unfortunately I didn't get to see it. > He described it as a BIG (a foot long or so) brown snake. Sounded =20 > like a garter snake to me which we see around the yard every summer. > Anyway, he picked it up by the tail and threw it out the door. > I can just imagine his expression! He said the sweat was just =20 > pouring off him. > He was not amused. > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > > > > Instant message from any web browser! Try the new Yahoo! Canada =20 > Messenger for the Web BETA --Apple-Mail-1-635660341 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I believe that there are no = venomous snakes in Nova Scotia. However, even garter snakes can = bite, and their tiny, little teeth can even draw blood. (I have = had that happen to me.) Although cold-blooded animals do not carry = rabies, the oral hygiene of a garter snake may be such that its bite = could transmit lots of interesting bacteria, so I would handle the snake = with gloves.<div><br></div><div>Garter snakes have longitudinal = striping, and are not really brown (unless they have not shed the skin = for a long time).</div><div><br></div><div>Isn't it possible that the = snake got into the house in some other room, and then slithered into the = bathroom by chance? It might have been hiding somewhere else in = the house, and was merely looking for water. In any case, it = really belongs outdoors.</div><div><br></div><div>A foot long is small = for a snake. I don't think that there is any rational reason for = fear of any snake in the province, although their movement can startle = people. The most dangerous animals around are probably stinging = insects such as yellow jackets (who are especially aggressive in the = fall), and bears (if you ever find any).</div><div><br></div><div>=97 = Paul</div><div><br><div><div>On 22 May 2009, at 10:59 PM, Gayle MacLean = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" = border=3D"0"><tbody><tr><td valign=3D"top" style=3D"font: = inherit;"><div>Hello All,</div> <div> </div> <div>Had a strange = occurrence happen today.</div> <div>My husband found a garter snake in = our bathroom this evening. How it got there I have no idea! I just can't = fathom where it might have come in!</div> <div> Along a = radiator pipe maybe? </div> <div>I was working at the time so = unfortunately I didn't get to see it. </div> <div>He described = it as a BIG (a foot long or so) brown snake. Sounded like a garter = snake to me which we see around the yard every summer.</div> = <div>Anyway, he picked it up by the tail and threw it out the door. = </div> <div>I can just imagine his expression! He said the sweat = was just pouring off him. </div> <div>He was not amused.</div> = <div> </div> <div>Gayle MacLean</div> <div>Dartmouth</div> = <div> </div> <div> </div> = <div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><br> <hr = size=3D"1">Instant message from any web browser! Try the new <a = href=3D"http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php"><b> Yahoo! = Canada Messenger for the Web = BETA</b></a></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1-635660341--
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