>>In your experience, are these statements mostly true, or mostly false:
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>>1) When most people relate their previous snake experiences to me, the snake is either a "Moccasin, Coral Snake, Copperhead, or Baby Rattler".

Yep, every time someone finds a snake around here it's a copperhead, even though it's almost always a water snake. Last spring, a neighbor of mine called me in a panic, saying a copperhead was in her backyard pond. (I'm "the snake guy" in my neighborhood.) I told her it was in all likelihood a water snake (duh.) I rushed over there, and after it finally popped it's head out of the water, I told her for sure it was a water snake. She still kept insisting it was a copperhead. Then I blindly thrust my arm in the pond trying to grab it, and she thought I was insane. Even though she knows I have a fair amount of knowledge of snakes (which is why she called me!), she still kept doubting it was a baby water snake even after we captured it and I was handling it.

Another neighbor of mine called me to come get a "copperhead" that was in someone's garage. When I got there, some idiots already killed it. Again, a baby water snake, maybe 10" long and no thicker around then a pencil.


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>>4) With the current python scare in the public psyche, surely many a harmless snake will be deliberately killed as a "Python".
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Agreed. Are "environmentalists", our friendly DOI scientists, the ridiculous TV shows, etc, really helping indigenous wildlife by creating this python hysteria?

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