I'll say this ,they certainly are adaptiable. I would never have thought snakes existed that far north. I'm wondering if their demise in my area is attributed to increased wild hog population that occurred about the same time as this snake was becoming increasingly rare. I know for fact that hogs eat snakes,including venomous types. Whereas a rat snake might hide, slither away or even shinny up a tree,these guys would make themselves conspicuous if disturbed by foraging hogs.
Yikes... all we have around here are harmless little Garter snakes that rarely are more than 20in or so.The rat snake I caught a while back was 7'1" and had 2 of my half grown turkeys inside him.
That was his last meal.
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Yikes... all we have around here are harmless little Garter snakes that rarely are more than 20in or so.
If I saw any of these mentioned snakes here nothing short of an air strike would suffice.
Hah. The Hognose is a bluffer. When the going gets tough, he rolls over on his back and plays Possum.