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Many snakes are ovoviviparous... giving live birth to baby snakes... it's the turtles and such that do the egg laying in nests... and things like salamanders, and frogs and such... that lay eggs in water/boggy environments and they hatch and become "like tadpoles" for a short period and then develop the legs and such... not sure what snakes actually lay eggs...
 
According to what I just looked up... many snakes lay eggs... the majority of them are in the more tropic regions and are in the python/constrictor types... snakes that squeeze to kill... didn't know that the rat snake and the corn snake here in the US are egg laying... and there are conflicting reports from different sites that black racers lay eggs and other sites say they give birth to live young... I have never kept any of them... they do not like people and will bite... again not poisonous but it will hurt as they do have sharp small teeth.
Milk snakes that can look like copperheads and have often been killed because of that, actually really eat alot of rats/mice etc... they lay eggs...found around more old farmsteads as that is where their preferred mice/rats etc are attracted to.
 
Well that makes me wonder if the last one had eaten a meal or was about to gift me with more of the same. Glad it's gone either way.
We do have King snakes and Gopher snakes - both of which eat the nope-ropes. Add in the hawks who will eat them (sadly last hawk ate a gopher snake) and the road runners will also eat them.
 
farmerjan said:
According to what I just looked up... many snakes lay eggs... the majority of them are in the more tropic regions and are in the python/constrictor types... snakes that squeeze to kill... didn't know that the rat snake and the corn snake here in the US are egg laying... and there are conflicting reports from different sites that black racers lay eggs and other sites say they give birth to live young... I have never kept any of them... they do not like people and will bite... again not poisonous but it will hurt as they do have sharp small teeth.
Milk snakes that can look like copperheads and have often been killed because of that, actually really eat alot of rats/mice etc... they lay eggs...found around more old farmsteads as that is where their preferred mice/rats etc are attracted to.
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A few years ago I was out near my ponds. I moved some object, and uncovered a tryst. I snapped a photo, replaced the object, and went on my way. Black racers are common here, but always flee at my approach. Except caught in the act?
 
Ratlesnakes are actually protected in California. You are not supposed to kill them. It goes along with the coyotes coming in and killing your livestock and when you complain to Animal Control they send yo a pamphlet telling you to pick up the fruit from yur fruit trees, cover your trash cans, and "learn to live with our native wildlife". :mad: SSS!

@Baymule - can you post that funny article about the difference between how the Texas and California governors handle coyote attacks? It is great!
 
The Governor of California and the Governor of Texas are both jogging along a marked trail in their home states, accompanied by a pet dog. A coyote jumps out and attacks the dog. Here is what follows:

California:
#1. Governor starts to intervene and then realizes he should stop; the coyote is only doing what is natural.
#2. Calls animal control. Animal control captures coyote and spends $200 testing it for diseases and $500 relocating it.
#3. Calls veterinarian, who collects dead dog and bills $200 to test it for diseases.
#4. Governor goes to hospital and runs up a bill for $3500 to get bite wound cleaned and bandaged, as well as being tested for possible diseases from the coyote.
#5. Jogging trail is shut down for 6 months while State Department of Wildlife Services conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is clear of dangerous animals.
#6. Governor allots $50,000 to start a state-run coyote-awareness program for people who live in the area.
#7. State legislature spends $2 million on a study to investigate how to better handle rabies and make recommendations to eradicate animal-borne diseases.
#8. Governor’s security agent is fired for not stopping the attack and for allowing the Governor to try at first to intervene.
#9. State spends $75,000 required to train a new security agent for the Governor.
#10. California State Employees Union files a lawsuit demanding re-hiring of prior security agent.
#11. PETA files lawsuit to protest forced relocation of the coyote.

Texas:
#1. Governor expends one .380 ACP Gold Dot Hollow Point, previously acquired for $1.23 at his own personal expense.
#2. Governor and dog happily keep on jogging.

Does anyone wonder why California is broke?
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This is based on a story about Rick Perry when he was governor of Texas and took his Labrador puppy with him to go jogging. A coyote went after the puppy and our good Governor pulled out his 45 and shot the coyote dead. No big deal, coyote attacks, just shoot the damned thing. Keep jogging.
 
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