This morning at about 8:15am, as I passed the margin garden on Park Terrace West, I saw a three to four foot long black snake fully extended among the plants. The snake looked healthy. After informing the other Volunteers about the siting, Steve sent a link to a photo of a Black Rat Snake http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/images/snakes/blackrat.jpg
Also here is a link to a fact sheet about such snakes:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Facts/FactSheets/Blackratsnake.cfm
They are non-venomous and good for rodent control.
So we hope no one tries to do away with it, as we benefit from its assistance with controlling rats and mice.
Black rat snakes can be considered as a friend for the farmers and are very useful to the environment because they eat rats and pests which carry diseases, and destroy crops.
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