OT: legless lizards...

[smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)]

At first I thought you were on crack as I saw a picture of an adult
black rat snake and figured it wasn't one of those as its BLACK.  But
once I saw the pic you supplied, I'm inclined to agree.  Now the boy
wants me to start driving with IR goggles so I can see the snakes at
night and not run them over.  LOL.  Kids are so interesting.

On 7/1/05, Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  
> Sir, 
>   
> You and your son found a juvenile black rat snake 
>   
> See for yourself: 
> http://www.tswildlife.com/snakes.html 
>   
> Cheers, 
> El Tony
>  
>   
>   
> Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com> wrote: 
> Ok, so who's into herpetological studies?
> 
> My son came in this morning and said "Hey, I found a snake by Mike's
> car." Mom, who hates them with a passion (which is a surprise to me
> as she loves watching shows about them) says "DON'T TOUCH IT!!!"
> 
> Boy: I think it's dead because I poked it with a stick and it didn't move.
> 
> Me: (thinking about something from last night) Was it behind one of my
> tires?
> 
> Boy: Yes, right behind one of the back ones. I moved it with the
> stick so it wouldn't get hurt.
> 
> Me: So that must have been the popping sound I heard last night when I
> pulled in.
> 
> Anyway, it is indeed dead. It's a wee lil bugger. Anyone care to
> help me identify it? I did some looking online, but it's very hard to
> find good pictures of snakes. For the record, it should be a species
> native to central Maryland.
> 
> Links to pic:
> http://www.cqcshoppe.com/shhh/100_0196.JPG
> 
> That is my finger for size comparison and the black bulge towards the
> tail is where his structural integrity gave out.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mike
> '86 red 16v (Red 5)
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Mike
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