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By: slithering surprise: parts 2 and 3 | Michigan Accent

slithering surprise: parts 2 and 3 | Michigan Accent — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:33:07 +0000

[...] wasn’t long ago that I first wrote about our first encounter with snakes around the house. Since then, we’ve been frequented by two more. Snake #2 really had the [...]

By: Brent

Brent — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:44:51 +0000

I’m going to vote for the Northern Brown Snake (harmless), which is more than we can say for you by the looks of things!

http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/VHS/reptiles/snakes/northern-brownsnake/northern_brownsnake.htm

For future encounters:
http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/VHS/reptiles/snakes/snakes_of_virginia.htm

I’d pay particular attention to the top 3

-Brent

By: Nelly

Nelly — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:18:42 +0000

I’m glad it was you that found it and not me. I, too, have a bad case of Ophidiophobia (you taught me a new word) although there is one time in my life I DID hold a snake at a nature center so that Peter and Bradley would NOT have that fear. By the time Andrew and Stephanie came a long, it was up to their big brothers to make sure they didn’t have that fear (although I didn’t tell them that).

By: bcp

bcp — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:19:44 +0000

Mom B., that is very true. Having gained a bit of perspective, the lizards by your house almost seem cute and cuddly now.

And pcg, I’m assuming you meant it “Garter Could-Kill-You-In-Less-Than-3-Seconds Snake,” right!? Ahem.

By: pcg

pcg — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:07:11 +0000

Man, there’s hardly enough left to identify. Did you take the “death by a thousand garden hoe swipes” approach?!

In an attempt to be helpful, I’ll say “garter snake”. But I have no idea; that’s just what I always guess when I see a snake about that size.

By: Mom B.

Mom B. — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:21:20 +0000

All I can say is that it is bigger than anything you ever encountered outside of our house.