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Originally Posted by 86-75309
I have a garter snake that lives in my backyard. It's so used to being around people (well, me anyway) that I literally have to shoo it away from the running lawnmower or it would get pureed by the blade. And there was that one time a couple of weeks ago when I was on my knees pruning the low hanging branches of a shrub that got overgrown and the snake slithered up behind me and right between my thighs. I think it was curious what I was up to.
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It was probably hoping you would scare some prey out for it.
Back when I was a kid my father had some get rich quick scheme involving two dump truck loads of corn cobs dumped in a field by the house. No corn on them just the empty cobs so I am not sure what his plan was. Because there were still a few stray kernels and the cobs themselves made nice burrows the piles soon became totality infested with mice. This of course drew in the garter snakes (some of which got huge in a hurry). One of my tasks was to go out every other day and turn sections the cobs over with a fork. This of course sent mice running everyplace. It didn't take long for the garter snakes to show up as soon as I started flipping cobs. There could be no snakes in sight and after a couple of forkfuls they would start appearing all over the place, grab some lunch and head back into the long grass.
HOLY CRAP After 52 years I just realized that maybe Dad was farming garter snakes with those cobs!