"Tom Gauldin" wrote in message
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| Susan Hogarth" wrote in message
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| My dogs seem to ignore snakes, although I have seen other dogs who
react
| strongly to them. The dogs and I nearly stepped on a young
copperhead once
| before I realised it and hopped on one foot
|
| It was probably just a corn snake and you imagined it to be a
Copperhead,
| since it makes for a more interesting story. grin
|
| FWIW, I have a picture of a black snake (unless it was a Cotton
Mouth) I
| found in the bird feeder one day. He'd caught a Finch (or perhaps
it was an
| Ostrich) and had it about half way down the hatch. I picked him up
and took
| him out to the woods so Klepto (or maybe it was a wolf) wouldn't get
him. I
| didn't realize that a snake could spit out something that was almost
down
| the hatch. Unfortunately, the snake (or was it a stick) didn't
realize it
| and spit the bird out.
|
| About all I could do was to put the black snake (or was it an Adder)
down by
| "his" bird and put Klepto in the garage. By the time I returned,
he'd
| retaken his prize, so when he got it about 3" down, I again picked
him up
| and placed him way out back by the stream (or was it a creek) beside
a Pine
| (or was it an Oak) tree.

LMAO!!!!