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Hi, Gretchen;
I live in Chino Valley and I have seen more king snakes and garden snakes this year than ever before in my 23 years here! Also far more toads and lizards. My sister, who lives half a mile from me, says the same thing. Could have to do with climate or the semi-wet winter or just the natural seasonal changes...I don't know...but I have definitely had WAY more reptiles this year. No rattlers though, thankfully...but the King Snakes tend to keep the rattlers away. However, I love the reptiles so for me, this is a great thing! ![]() |
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I hadn't seen any of those for a couple of years. Guess I'd better go find that thread about how to keep scorpions away. And I saw a king snake in the road out here in the Country Club, which I only saw one garden snake all of last year.I, too, was thinking that maybe the wet winter or the relatively mild winters of the past several years had something to do with an increase in "critters", but it probably is just what Steve-O was saying - that we're more aware of them once we start noticing them. After my friend told me about her dogs getting bit by rattlers, I definitely kept an eye to the ground when I took my walk last night. (I've never seen one in the 6+ years we've been here - I hope it's not just because I haven't been noticing!) |
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The Kings we have are black and yellow or whitish yellow. Beautiful creatures. Most are babies or quite young but several years ago I measured a six foot long King crawling through the grass! He/she was gorgeous!
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I had a coiled rattlesnake right outside my front door in Black Canyon City, making noise. I thought it was a plugged nozzle on the drip system. I was looking right at the snake and it took a few seconds before my eyes actually saw the snake and I screamed and jumped back in the house and called the Fire Department who came out but couldn't find the snake. I was paranoid from that point of on the whole time we lived down there (which was only a year). I saw at least 2 or 3 more right in the immediate area of our home. A friend of mine tried to console me, telling me that they only had two get in their house in the 7 years they lived there. No thanks!!! |
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Find the snake in this one! Gotta love those who say "I hike all the time and dont see snakes". Gee, I wonder why. ![]() |
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Most bites occur to un-observing, dis-concerned, unaware types. |
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"Approximately 75% of all snakebites occur in people aged between 19 and 30 years, 1 - 2% percent occur in women, and less than 1 % occur in blacks. Approximately 40% of all snakebites occur in people who are handling or playing with snakes, and 40% of all people bitten had a blood alcohol level of greater than 0.1%. Sixty-five percent of snakebites occur on the hand or fingers (duh!), 24 percent on the foot or ankle, and 11 percent elsewhere. So it seems that being a young man who gets drunk and messes about with venomous snakes is highly correlated to being bitten." City of Boulder, Colorado -- Official Web Site - OSMP - Hazards for Visitors Last edited by Steve-o; 06-30-2008 at 05:58 PM.. |
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According to recent studies, 95% of what you hear from the likes of Steve-O is B.S.
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