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Originally Posted by Michael G.
Also, the black racer is the most important snake in Florida.
They eat rats and rodents, do not hurt them.
Somewhere I read a university down in Miami raises them and releases them in the wild.
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Yeah, I heard that about the rodents. Every creature has its place and function (except mosquitoes...No earthly reason for them to exist).
My first contact with a Black Racer...I was walking on an MMP when I heard a commotion in the weeds next to me. A Black Racer came barreling out from below some low bushes, slammed on the brakes, looked up at me, reversed course and disappeared just as fast. Must have been chasing something. I didn't know what it was at the time (here only a few weeks) but did some reading. But it WAS quick. Never seen a snake move so fast.