This is one mother of a garter snake! I always knew Canada grows'm bigger 
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/05/19/garter-fri.html
Ian
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This is one mother of a garter snake! I always knew Canada grows'm bigger 
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/05/19/garter-fri.html
Ian
Nice story, thanks for posting it.
Perhaps this isn't the case... i don't know a great deal about notherly parietalis, but shouldn't cold weather snakes naturally be larger? A small animal heats up and cools down more quickly than a large one. Just a thought.
Here's my favorite garter find of the week :O)

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