OT: legless lizards...

[rogercv1 at gmail.com (Roger concha)]

how much heat can a snake produce since they are cold blooded???

On 7/1/05, Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com> wrote:
> At first I thought you were on crack as I saw a picture of an adult
> black rat snake and figured it wasn't one of those as its BLACK.  But
> once I saw the pic you supplied, I'm inclined to agree.  Now the boy
> wants me to start driving with IR goggles so I can see the snakes at
> night and not run them over.  LOL.  Kids are so interesting.
> 
> On 7/1/05, Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sir,
> >
> > You and your son found a juvenile black rat snake
> >
> > See for yourself:
> > http://www.tswildlife.com/snakes.html
> >
> > Cheers,
> > El Tony
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ok, so who's into herpetological studies?
> >
> > My son came in this morning and said "Hey, I found a snake by Mike's
> > car." Mom, who hates them with a passion (which is a surprise to me
> > as she loves watching shows about them) says "DON'T TOUCH IT!!!"
> >
> > Boy: I think it's dead because I poked it with a stick and it didn't move.
> >
> > Me: (thinking about something from last night) Was it behind one of my
> > tires?
> >
> > Boy: Yes, right behind one of the back ones. I moved it with the
> > stick so it wouldn't get hurt.
> >
> > Me: So that must have been the popping sound I heard last night when I
> > pulled in.
> >
> > Anyway, it is indeed dead. It's a wee lil bugger. Anyone care to
> > help me identify it? I did some looking online, but it's very hard to
> > find good pictures of snakes. For the record, it should be a species
> > native to central Maryland.
> >
> > Links to pic:
> > http://www.cqcshoppe.com/shhh/100_0196.JPG
> >
> > That is my finger for size comparison and the black bulge towards the
> > tail is where his structural integrity gave out.
> >
> >
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