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Found these while doing this years wood, i think there called wood snakes? anyways im in maine, ive seen these guys twice before, my dad tried picking one up the other time and the snake went for him, pretty good sized...havent seen any snakes here since last year, but those were all gardeners....i touched one of them and it was pretty dry and rouch feeling, thinking they must have some thick skin!

Garter snakes. Harmless but they will bite readily.

Brandon
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gardener snakes? or garter haha, we always called em garden snakes or something...oh well, so they couldnt hurt my skin haha? i tried giving them one of the mice i had but no takers yet.

try a goldfish or a big fat fishin' worm.
btw many of the ones you may see basking now are gravid females
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Doug L

... they are definately doing the dirty-dirty, you can see it all over their faces

Many folks are under the false impression that the name is pronounced "gardener",...when in fact, it is "garter". They got their name a LONG LONG time ago, it's because of the fact that their coloration and striping closely resembled the garter straps on the old-time garter belts, just like the type Great Grandma used to wear.

It tends to paint a very eerie picture in our minds, but that's the real deal!..LOL!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Great Grandma in a garter belt!!!

Yikessssssssss LOL!!!

NOOOOOOOO PICS LMAO

>>Many folks are under the false impression that the name is pronounced "gardener",...when in fact, it is "garter". They got their name a LONG LONG time ago, it's because of the fact that their coloration and striping closely resembled the garter straps on the old-time garter belts, just like the type Great Grandma used to wear.
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>>"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

> "Great Grandma in a garter belt!!!

Yikessssssssss LOL!!!

NOOOOOOOO PICS LMAO"

HAHAHAHA!!,....I totally agree!..

~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

That pic took me back OVER 20 years to a poster in the Nurse's office in High School that had an old lady like that puffing on a cigarette and that was the caption of the poster .

>>> "Great Grandma in a garter belt!!!
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>>Yikessssssssss LOL!!!
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>>NOOOOOOOO PICS LMAO"
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>> HAHAHAHA!!,....I totally agree!..
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>> ~Doug
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>>"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

n/p
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Oh yep, you were right

You mean they don't help with the gardening???..hahaha!

Maybe pull some weeds here and there!..LOL!

Kinda like construction reinforcement bars being called "rebarb" by many, instead of "rebar",...my friend and I always get a chuckle out of that stuff!.

later, man! ~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

We have Gardener Snakes and BlackSnakes according to my neighbors

Yes,....when people have learned a name, pronounced wrong or not,...it's hard to change the habit sometimes, especially when most of the population knows "diddly" about snakes to begin with..LOL!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Those are one of the first snakes I kept as a kid along with Northern Water snakes.

The good 'ole days lol

>>Found these while doing this years wood, i think there called wood snakes? anyways im in maine, ive seen these guys twice before, my dad tried picking one up the other time and the snake went for him, pretty good sized...havent seen any snakes here since last year, but those were all gardeners....i touched one of them and it was pretty dry and rouch feeling, thinking they must have some thick skin!
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.