Also called the Salt And Pepper King this highly beficial snake not only eats other snakes it seems to specialize in Copperheads. Interestingly and maybe coincidentally, on the property I caught this one on I have never seen a Copperhead in spite of it being relatively undisturbed and ideal habitat for them. They also eat a lot of mice and rats. It's a pointless shame people would kill such an interesting, harmless and beneficial animal on sight.
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Daughter used to catch small snakes under the deck or by the a/c compressor. I was generally supportive of such doings, with the obvious caveat that she watched out for poisonous varieties.
hey Don- Same here. Funny thing about that though, Zacs mom told me about a time neighbors were worried about a snake near the truck. Zac walked up took one look and said, Oh thats just a grass snake! and picked it up, walked to the back of the property and released it near the pasture.
He was about 5.
I had never referred to a snake as a grass snake around him.
There is no telling what kind of snake it was.
Let me preface by saying I am anti-snake by nature. They freak me out, OK? Having said that, I now feel guilty/dumbass for killing one of those while cutting down a dead tree a couple years ago. I suddenly saw a snake danger close, had an axe in my hand, things happened.
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