So while we were out in the field one of my classmates yelled snake. Another class mate and I jumped in to go get the snake as it was swimming across the creek. When we got to it i tried to grab it with snake hook and it disappeared into the brush. The other classmate found it and grabbed it by its tail and pulled it out. While they were pulling it out they threw it and it hit me in the chest. We got it in the net and identified it as the Eastern Hognose Snake (
Heterodon platirhinos)
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Awesome!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh, man, did it freak out on you? Did it play dead?
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ReplyDeleteyeah it freaked me out because i didn't know what it was and no sadly it didnt play dead because we were handling him so long i guess he didnt feel threatened anymore
ReplyDeleteWe caught one on a recent field trip, and it put on a great show playing dead!
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