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Post by imec on Jun 15, 2009 23:58:38 GMT
 The snake dens of Narcisse are the winter home to tens of thousand of Red Sided Garter Snakes. The dens are about an hour's drive from Winnipeg and have the largest concentration of this species in the world. Take a virtual tour... www.naturenorth.com/spring/creature/garter/Narcisse_Snake_Dens.html(click on the map about a 1/3 of the way down the page) |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 16, 2009 1:31:47 GMT
That is just the niftiest thing ever! Are the summer feeding grounds nearby?
I love that their dens are in Narcissssssssse.
How wonderful that they are protected there.
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Post by imec on Jun 16, 2009 1:53:40 GMT
Yeah, there are lots of marshes and ponds close by so they just slither off for the summer. The young don't return to the dens until their second winter - they seek out ant hills or other areas where they can get down beneath the frozen ground after their first summer.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 25, 2009 10:01:05 GMT
I've seen this before and nobody ever believed me when I told the story.
But I saw them (fresh-water snakes) in the south of Iran.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2009 19:09:56 GMT
I see a good scenario for a movie here that takes place in a gardening supply store. An innocent customer asks to see where the garden hoses are kept, and suddenly.....
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Post by traveler63 on Jul 15, 2009 3:12:27 GMT
Yuk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2009 3:34:48 GMT
I really enjoyed this. There are so many misconceptions and overall ignorance about snakes. I have great respect for these glorious creatures.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2009 5:18:54 GMT
I spent my childhood watching out for these guys.  Copperhead |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 15, 2009 5:27:15 GMT
I remember crawfishing in a bayou in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. The cottonmouths would come fairly close to us and open their white mouths in a threat display, but never came close enough to strike. Just looked them up on the internet, and supposedly they're very aggressive. That wasn't my experience.
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Post by Jazz on Jul 15, 2009 6:01:36 GMT
I watched out for these guys.   Garter snakes. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2009 6:04:43 GMT
But they are harmless!
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Post by Jazz on Jul 15, 2009 6:15:18 GMT
oops... I know they are harmless, but they were part of my childhood!
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