[at-l] Indoor wildlife surprise

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 07:36 AM 6/7/2005 -0400, Carol Donaldson wrote:
>2 years ago I had a baby cottonmouth nestled in the inside crevase of my 
>storm door, attempting to get into the house.  Like a fool "don't try this 
>at home" I attempted to pick him (her?) up in the style of the Croc Hunter 
>and nearly got myself bit.  It wiggled away, needless to say.  Haven't 
>seen another one.  They do live here, even if all the "books" and the Ga 
>Extension Service say 'no they don't.'  I have a neighbor who's seen a lot 
>of them in the swampy area near her house.

If they were ever willing to admit you identified it properly those 
"experts" would probably tell you that the one you saw was an escaped 
'pet', not proof that there is a viable local population. That's what I got 
told by NY DEC folks when I related seeing a rattlesnake about a mile from 
my house.