~jan - Sorry for the tardy reply. No idea if the goldfish made it or not. I
have too much cover on my pond this year; there's too many hiding places. I
don't mind the non-poisonous snakes that much. It's the poisonous ones that
give me the heebie jeebies.

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"~ jan" wrote in message
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On Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:23:03 EDT, "JB" wrote:

when I happened to glance down and see a black colored snake about 3 feet
long with a goldfish sideways in it's mouth. The goldfish was about 5 - 6
inches long, a little bit smaller than the palm of my hand.JB


Wow! How's the fish today?

Your snake might be related to Sid:
http://tinyurl.com/r3aywl

~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
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