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A lady I work with came back from vacation yesterday and had a question for me. And here it is. Drum Roll please.............
Someone told her that if you are outside in the yard or wherever and you smell watermelon then a snake is very near. She was asking me (with a straight face) if snakes had a fruity smell or anything that wouild let her know they were around. I thought she was kidding at first but I dont think that was the case. Some people.

EP
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Occupants not paying rent:
16 eggs incubating
7 balls
2.2 corns(candy cane, creamsicle, ghost, normal)
1 pueblan milk
1 everglades rat
1 cal. king
1 gray band king
1 w. hognose
1 bearded dragon
2 fish
1 rat
1 mouse
5 cats

>>A lady I work with came back from vacation yesterday and had a question for me. And here it is. Drum Roll please.............
>>Someone told her that if you are outside in the yard or wherever and you smell watermelon then a snake is very near. She was asking me (with a straight face) if snakes had a fruity smell or anything that wouild let her know they were around. I thought she was kidding at first but I dont think that was the case. Some people.

Boy, I wish they did! Then maybe it would offset the rodent smell in my herp room on these warmer nights! Amazing how ignorant about reptiles people are...and they live all over with them, but don't learn.
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron

n/p

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alstiver@hotmail.com

1.0 2001 Coral snow cornsnake
0.1 2002 Pastel Ghost poss Het Amelanistic cornsnake
1.1 2002 Bloodred cornsnakes
0.1 1998 Het Hypo, Het Caramel cornsnake
1.0 2000 Hypo Het Caramel cornsnake
0.0.13 2004 Eggs (potentially normals, hypos, caramels, and ambers)

when they are really scared...yes.....they do......not all...but some lines do more than others..........

LOL

the watermelon thing is nuts.......LOL.....they say copperheads here in Pa ...when you smell.......heck..I forget what it is......oh yea....cucumbers.........sort of same family as watermelon....

anyways....thought is that they hide /live around areas with plantlife that smells like cucumbers..and you happen to pay attention then and actually find the copperhead...when before....you just walked by it......

personally...I have never found a copperhead......and I lived here 44 years and hunted,fished,shroomed,hiked...etc....all over 'head country........

JY
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people are stupid....are you a people?.....
thought so.......
having fun yet?......

What area of PA do you live in? I live in Chester County and have seen plenty of copper heads in PA.I have some property in the Poconos and The Pocono region is FILLED WITH THEM! Seems like copperheads are the most abundant snake up there. Sometimes I'll run across a timber rattler but you see a lot of copperheads. You'll find copper heads mainly in a rocky region near water. I have been to a few fishing spots where I have seen as many as 5 or more copper heads sunning themselves on a rock.

My brother lived out near Pittsburgh in some little suburban area outside the city and he told me there are a lot of copperheads out there as well. He said they smell like cucumbers also. He said he opened his door one morning and smelled cumcumbers and noticed a copper head snake sitting on the bottom step. Now me personally have NEVER smelled cucumbers when I crossed a copperhead. Maybe the young ones produce that sort of smell? I doubt it but it doesn't sound impossible to me. Most young snakes I have come across smell .. but thats when they musk. Young garter snakes smell awfull sometimes..lol

I have caught plenty of small & large copperheads up your way, and I also never smelled cucumber. Trust me, I get close enough to smell them..LOL.
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CB

"I'm a truckin bassmole, and proud of it"

we saw one the day I went along...big female...in a wall.above our heads....

he got close enough alright....he petted it and lifed and felt the tail...gravid I think he says..LOL.....

.......I said I never saw or cought one..this didn't count....Chad saw it first......

.....me..still waiting.....

.....we live in overcrowded Lancaster county...not much left here that hasn't met a shovel or a tire......people suck......
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people are stupid....are you a people?.....
thought so.......
having fun yet?......

I live in Lebanon county Just outside of Hershey. Have you ever heard of Camp Swatara, ror Camp Bashore (boy scout camp near Fort IndianTown Gap) I have cought copperheads out there I accualy just cought one 2 weeks ago out there. But i must agree with you around here there is very few places to field herp.

just thought id add

RV
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Corns 0.0.3
0.0.1 03' Amel
0.0.1 03' Normal
0.0.1 04' Ghost
Rats
Yellow Rat 0.0.1

my lil sisters under my supervision
0.0.1 Green water dragon ---- "Dragon"

When we went to the Gorge, didnt we see a large Copperhead in the rock wall,,, before the racer tried to eat my package????LOL.
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CB

"I'm a truckin bassmole, and proud of it"

I had heard this before and finally got to experience the "green pepper" smell when my eggs began hatching this season.
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Remember, My posts are MY opinion only!
Jimmy (draybar)

Someone once told me dogs feet smell like popcorn. I made fun~ then went home and smelled the dogs feet. Guess what? They smell like popcorn! Check it out!

CAUTION~ Look at the foot before putting your nose next to it!! Only check this on clean, dry dog feet~ or you may get a good sniff of whatever the dog stepped in last!!
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Cheryl Marchek
AKA JM
Check out my website at:
The Red Dragons Den

I've never heard of watermelon before, but I have heard things like venomous snakes smell like cucumbers, and that eggs when hatching smell like green peppers.

Interesting what people will say.

I'm actually quite curious as to whether the green pepper thing is true, because I've heard this many times. I guess when my eggs hatch in another month I'll find out.
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alstiver@hotmail.com

1.0 2001 Coral snow cornsnake
0.1 2002 Pastel Ghost poss Het Amelanistic cornsnake
1.1 2002 Bloodred cornsnakes
0.1 1998 Het Hypo, Het Caramel cornsnake
1.0 2000 Hypo Het Caramel cornsnake
0.0.13 2004 Eggs (potentially normals, hypos, caramels, and ambers)

Im at day 52 so Ill see shortly if the eggs smell like green peppers. Cant wait. Speaking of waiting though, Kingsnake is ssoooooooooooo slow tonight. I cant stand it. Ive got DSL and it still takes forever for a page to open. Oh well.

EP
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Occupants not paying rent:
16 eggs incubating
7 balls
2.2 corns(candy cane, creamsicle, ghost, normal)
1 pueblan milk
1 everglades rat
1 cal. king
1 gray band king
1 w. hognose
1 bearded dragon
2 fish
1 rat
1 mouse
5 cats

My sister-in-law, insists that she smells faint ripe strawberries when a snake is in her yard.