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RE: Kitchen Visitor - Sharp-Tailed Snake

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Posted by: tspuckler at Wed Nov 19 09:24:18 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tspuckler ]  
   

I think the yard release is the best option. Yes, you may have predators in your yard, but predators are likely to be anywhere you release the snake. In addition, you have "genetic polution" when you release a snake into a population that it didn't come from.

Tim

Here's a little Sharptail that I found in Big Basin in April:
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