OT: legless lizards...

[smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)]

Good question, but given the person I'm dealing with, I'm not going to
try to explain that one right now.

On 7/1/05, Roger concha <rogercv1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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Mike
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