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Originally Posted by collie1228
I know, another snake thread. I was out of town for a week and when I returned, I noticed that my collection of anoles was much smaller than when I left. Thinking a predator might be around, I walked out of my slider onto the patio, and was moving down the sidewalk along the side of the house (my courtyard villa has a grass lawn), when a long black racer raised its head about a foot off the grass and struck at me. I was 7-8 feet away from it, so it had no chance to bite me, but it scared the daylights out of me. It proceeded to strike at me several more times, so I ran into the garage and got a golf club. I'm a live and let live person when it comes to "harmless" snakes, but I won't put up with an aggressive animal of any kind in my yard. I wasn't able to catch him and he slithered into a thick bush where I couldn't see him. Apparently he left the area as I haven't seen him since and the remaining anoles are active again. Has anyone else ever had a run-in with an aggressive black racer?
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Those of you who get Amazon Prime on your televisions should watch the Australian series “Snake Boss,” about a woman who catches poisonous snakes in Brisbane for a living. It’s pretty fun, and scary, and icky, too. You’ll learn pointers about catching them using tools sort of like golf clubs.