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Re: [at-l] snake phobia/tarps

the rattler we encountered also played dead...we threw sticks at it and
thought maybe someone had put one of those rubber snakes in the middle of
the trail to scare folks. As I got closer I saw it's tongue move...it was
alive. weird....KC
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> From: db anonymous <db_30360@yahoo.com>
> To: at-l-digest@saffron.hack.net
> Subject: [at-l] snake phobia/tarps
> Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 6:20 AM
> 
> I wish I knew more about snakes (since I hardly ever hike without
> someone in my group seeing one)...and I have enjoyed this thread.  I
> have actually surfed the net trying to learn more about them and I
> never saw anything about the black rattler until I read it on this
> listserve...Twice, I have had encountered snakes that didn't run away
> as described by others on this listserve.  Once, was a rattler that we
> apparently stumbled surprised and angered...we had to wait for several
> minutes before it went away...the other one was a snake that played
> dead...
> While hiking on Sapelo Island (one of Georgia's barrier islands), we
> encountered a coral colored snake (the locals called both a chicken
> snake and a cow snake).  It was stretched out across the trail on
> which we were hiking and we couldn't get past it.  We tried to get it
> to move, by throwing twigs at it...even after getting hit by twigs, it
> would not move on...so we thought it might be dead....As soon as we
> moved forward, one of our members said he saw it move, so we decided
> it was alive.  Since it was just a short trail anyway, we finally
> decided to just turn back.  On our way back, we met the rest of our
> group, and told them what had happened.  When we went back, the  and
> they wanted to go see... of course, when we got back, the snake was
> gone...this was the only time I've seen a snake play dead....
> 
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