Thursday, April 17, 2008

water snake

Over the summer, I saw this and many other northern water snakes (Nerodia sipedon) near a stream in John Bryan State Park, OH. This one was on the ground but I saw them most often on logs in or overhanging the water. If you try to catch them, they usually make it into the water pretty fast, but I also found out they are fast biters when cornered.
-posted by Andrew Henterly

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