i wish we had been taught to recognize that and the cottonmouth as dangerous and that the others native to our part of the state as perfectly okay (because they totally are! i loved the hog nosed snakes that lived under our house because they were great helpers in the war against indoor pests), but that's not the way they do it at all out there. wouldn't be so bad if they weren't so prevalent, but they're everywhere and so...
it's an interesting contrast between eastern and western kansas, though. the diamond back rattler doesn't come over into the easter part of the state much because the climate is wrong for them and so people out here are like "what? kansas has dangerous snakes? really?" (though i do tend to want to hit them with large, solid objects when they prove themselves to be that ignorant.)
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on 2011-01-30 02:41 am (UTC)it's an interesting contrast between eastern and western kansas, though. the diamond back rattler doesn't come over into the easter part of the state much because the climate is wrong for them and so people out here are like "what? kansas has dangerous snakes? really?" (though i do tend to want to hit them with large, solid objects when they prove themselves to be that ignorant.)