Snakes

[john in la]

Our sub species of your racer is the southern black racer.
Same habits of investigation and very fast.
You can not catch it even with a riding mower at full speed.
It will outmaneuver you.
Their fastness and investigation habits is enough to scare the c-ap out of you.

I don't know why people get the perception that a snake is chasing you.
You here it often around here that a cottonmouth chased me.
When in fact it really is the cottonmouth is not intimidated by you.
If it is headed in the same direction you run away it will not alter its path.

 

[DoubleO7]

Last month, five feet long. Was stalking a squirrel when I saw it.
It did not see me, so I went and got my 410 and walked up to within 15 feet and banged it's head in half.

 

[Turkeyfoot]

I've got a healthy rat snake population. I got a soft spot for snakes and can't bring myself to kill them. So I keep a bucket with a screw-on lid in my chicken coop. If I see a rat snake I stick it in the bucket. Then I drop it off down the road and hope it doesn't come back. They can eat a LOT of eggs.

 

[MarkB_MI]

> My brothers and I would follow my dad plowing to pick up fishing worms and we'd commonly see Massassaugas when he got down near the swampy areas. I guess nobody ever got bit because we all survived. Unfortunately, the snakes and the swamp didnt. Its now a subdivision.

Great story. Yes, all the development is eliminating habitat for many species in Michigan, including the Massassauga.