Well today requires two blog postings. Max's "girlfriend" came to visit today. They had a wonderful time chasing squirrels and each other around our yard. Baby has such focus - tree-ed a squirrel and then stayed there with incredible single focus looking up at it! Max had little interest in the squirrel, but lots of interest in Baby. Neither one of them even noticed the 8 ft (my guess; didn't measure it) black snake that was near them. They jumped over it as though it was just a raised root, of which there are many in that area, as they ran around the yard. Snake is at top of the picture of the dogs. Black Rat Snakes when startled, may freeze and wrinkle themselves into a series of kinks. That's what this guy was doing. N called it "playing possum"; snake didn't move; I called it a warning to me - "stay away." It's supposed to be good to have these around as they eat mice, rats, and other little critters. The wrap themselves around them and squeeze them prior to eating. Not sure if the dogs are considered "little" by the snake, and hope not to find out. Baby would give it a good fight; Max would just think it was "loving him."
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| Black Snake |
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| Hey, whatcha looking at? See snake behind them- at very top of the picture? |
S-c-a-r-e-y! I've never heard of a kinky snake. See how educational these blogs are? But I am a big believer in leaving black snakes alone. It's true that they will keep the rodents from devouring your garden ... just keep a close eye on my little pumpkin-dogs!
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