SNAKES…Caution
 

With the Rains and Snake mating season upon us, be extremely careful…
“As the rain picks up, and some wetlands start to fill up, snakes need to get on the move to find a new place to stay high and dry, maybe to find water and maybe to find some prey animals,” said Ella Guedouar, a graduate snake biologist at Florida Gulf Coast University. If you have an uncomfortable encounter with a snake , Spray the snake with a garden hose, they dislike the water spray and will retreat!

I've been told that flowering garlic plants produce a smell that snakes do not like. It seems to work at my home because the snakes seem to go around the areas that have the plants. I used to have visits from several snakes (harmless black or racers) but they scare my spouse so I planted the garlic around the borders of the back yard and have only seen an occasional snake pass by in the front. Every snake encounter I have had here, the snake speeds away before I get anywhere near it. I haven't come across any poisonous snakes yet.....here.

That doesn’t help much if you are on a walking path.

A good smack on the back of the head with a shovel works as well.

Eastern garter snakes are polygynandrous (promiscuous) which means that both males and females mate with multiple partners. Their breeding season occurs in spring soon after emergence from hibernation and in the fall. Many males may try to mate with one female, resulting in a "breeding ball". Females give birth to a litter of 10-40 live snakelets. Gestation lasts around 2-3 months. The young are 13-23 cm (5-9 in) long at birth and are fully independent of their mother. Males usually become reproductively mature at 1.5 years of age while females reach maturity when they are two years old.…

LOL! That's for sure !

My better half said that one of her friends had encountered a poisonous snake in a cup on one of the golf courses here. Didn't specify which course or the type of snake. Though possible it seems a bit unlikely, unless it was a coral snake. I've never seen one though as I understand it they're pretty small, and those cups have a diameter of only 4.25".

It surprises me that ophidologists have finally found poisonous snakes!

I've been here for over eleven years and have never seen a venomous snake. The only snakes that I've seen are black racers.

I doubt the victim is going to much care about terminology. Both poison and venom are toxic, with the only difference being the route of delivery.

But hey--if splitting hairs makes a difference--

What difference does it make? Venemous or poisonous? You get sick!

I do understand the value of shakes - but they sure ain’t welcome anywhere near me!

Copperhead, on Sweetgum Executive Course

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That snake on Sweetgum IS NOT a copperhead. It's a common black snake, not dangerous and good to have around.

No one reads my Post but, here’s a great Pic
 

Here, keep in your photos.

QUOTE=RICH1;2214418]With the Rains and Snake mating season upon us, be extremely careful…
“As the rain picks up, and some wetlands start to fill up, snakes need to get on the move to find a new place to stay high and dry, maybe to find water and maybe to find some prey animals,” said Ella Guedouar, a graduate snake biologist at Florida Gulf Coast University. If you have an uncomfortable encounter with a snake , Spray the snake with a garden hose, they dislike the water spray and will retreat![/QUOTE]

Just for general information. We have venomous snakes in Florida not poisonous. There are a handful number of poisonous snakes in the world but none in Florida.