Safely relocated. (In College Station.)
jmazz said:
Safely relocated. (In College Station.)
definitely seen all three of those walking along the Green River in south King County12f Mane said:
It can be really snakey at times. The few trips I've made over there and caught a mild/sunny day the garter snakes are everywhere. Last time we got 3 species in a morning
Wandering gartersnake
Northwestern gartersnake
Puget Sound gartersnake
Those are beautiful snakes. I like that the Puget Sound matches Seattle sports teams' colors.12f Mane said:
It can be really snakey at times. The few trips I've made over there and caught a mild/sunny day the garter snakes are everywhere. Last time we got 3 species in a morning
Wandering gartersnake
Northwestern gartersnake
Puget Sound gartersnake
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The public can watch too on the Project RattleCam website and help with important work including how to tell the snakes apart. Since researchers put their remote camera online in May, several snakes have become known in a chatroom and to scientists by names including "Woodstock," "Thea" and "Agent 008."
The project is a collaboration between California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, snake removal company Central Coast Snake Services and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
By involving the public, the scientists hope to dispel the idea that rattlesnakes are usually fierce and dangerous. In fact, experts say they rarely bite unless threatened or provoked and often are just the opposite.
Rattlesnakes are not only among the few reptiles that care for their young. They even care for the young of others. The adults protect and lend body heat to pups from birth until they enter hibernation in mid-autumn, said Max Roberts, a CalPoly graduate student researcher.
"We regularly see what we like to call 'babysitting,' pregnant females that we can visibly see have not given birth, yet are kind of guarding the newborn snakes," Roberts said Wednesday.
As many as 2,000 rattlesnakes spend the winter at the location on private land, which the researchers are keeping secret to discourage trespassers. Once the weather warms, only pregnant females remain while the others disperse to nearby territory.
DBWSTarponChaser said:
Non-venomous. Pretty sure it's a diamondback water snake but could be a plain-belly water snake.
SoulSlaveAG2005 said:
It's a rat snake, caught in a rat trap. Seems legit
maroon barchetta said:
If you keep the snake you no longer need the trap!
I am surprised it's still alive, those traps are no joke...Sea Speed said:
I will take the rat trap off when I relocate him. Don't have a way to contain it without it right now.
Have them study a picture of a rat snake. Impress upon them they do no harm to humans. Zero harm. And let them protect your chickens. Except rat snakes do eat eggs. Probably eat chicks.Sea Speed said:maroon barchetta said:
If you keep the snake you no longer need the trap!
Yea then none of the females in my family would go get eggs ever again.