first off, yes. Black Racer. Other people said so I almost didn't respond but something caught my attention... it's in a tree!

Maybe your Racers are different than mine but they seem so clumsy off of the ground. I have read many times that they are not good climbers and occasionally will flee to the lower branches of a bush only when they feel threatened. When I try to catch them they sometimes flee to a small shrub or something at which point they are a heck of a lot easier to catch! I'm left to wonder what it was doing up there. The only time I have ever seen a racer actually climb a tree was right after a group I was in taped a radio transmitter to its side. I think it felt like something was grabbing its tail so it just went higher and higher. Nobody I've ever spoken to has seen anything like it or ever encountered a racer off the ground except right after its released or as it's being chased after by a herpetologist. Cool!

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• Just to confirm... - Hollychan, Thu Apr 17 18:53:50 2008
• RE: Just to confirm... - LarryF, Thu Apr 17 19:25:01 2008
• RE: Confirmed - Greg Longhurst, Thu Apr 17 19:25:22 2008
• huh... - anuraanman, Thu Apr 17 19:42:02 2008
• RE: huh... - Hollychan, Thu Apr 17 19:45:28 2008
• RE: huh... - LarryF, Thu Apr 17 21:53:50 2008
• RE: huh... - DMong, Thu Apr 17 22:35:36 2008
• RE: huh... - anuraanman, Fri Apr 18 00:36:00 2008
• RE: huh... - batrachos, Fri Apr 18 07:41:07 2008
• very possible..... - DMong, Fri Apr 18 13:58:15 2008
• RE: very possible..... - BillyBoy, Tue Apr 22 07:34:33 2008
• RE: very possible..... - DMong, Tue Apr 22 12:05:29 2008
• RE: huh... - DannyBoy9, Mon Apr 21 20:23:46 2008
• If you buy into... - CrimsonKing, Fri Apr 18 15:04:55 2008
• True! - DMong, Fri Apr 18 18:45:47 2008
• RE: True! - crimsonking, Sun Apr 20 06:09:46 2008
• RE: If you buy into... - Hollychan, Fri Apr 18 19:18:38 2008