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I love snakes, but I have to admit, I am not a spider fan. I let some live in my house because they do eat flies, but I do not get close. We had tons of spiders at the house we moved out of about a month ago, there were some big brown wolf spiders which I was glad stayed outside. I am more of a ladybug person myself, and they eat bugs I don't like also.
Snake are my buddies. My husband is not a fan of them, but I love reptiles!
I think rattle snakes are neat!
Oh, lol! That takes me back to a trip I took with a now-ex boyfriend, waaay long ago. We were driving along the coastal highway in California... you know - Big Sur and all that gorgeous scenery. But there was a rockslide that hadn't been cleared up yet, and we had to take a big detour through Los Padres National Forest for a chunk of the trip.
I was bummed at the outset, but it turned out to be the BEST thing, because I got to see my very first (and only, thus far) Pacific diamondback rattler!!! It was only a baby maybe 12" or 14" long, but it was so cool. It was basking on a sun-warmed patch of pavement along the road. I made my BF stop so I could get out and take pictures of it. The snake wasn't aggressive and didn't show any signs of aggravation and I could get close to take pictures. My BF, on the other hand, was really annoyed and wanted to get going, but I made him let me observe the snake for a while. I guess that's one reason why he became an "ex." lol What's weird is that he was a biology-zoology college professor! You'd think he'd be interested. Oh well.
One time when I was about 12, a snake of some sort got behind the steps in our garage. It was probably a kingsnake or something similar. My grandpa shot it with a shotgun. I cried over that snake for days. I was so upset and mad at him.
Another time this beautiful snake my grandma killed with a shovel.. I don't remember anything about it except that it had a BRIGHT orange belly.
I don't see snakes very often anymore. Not snakes nor toads nor lizards.. kinda heartbreaking.
That's too funny, you think he would have been interested in that. I have only seen rattle snakes on TV. Depending on the source, there are Timber Rattlers up here in Maine, but I have yet to ever hear about anyone seeing one this far up. Would be cool, though!