It's a garter snake, which, to be honest, I don't know all that much
about. They are quite common here on the south-west coast of Canada.
Though they can be easily found foraging for frogs and other snakes in
gardens and the like, around here (I was rather excited when I
discovered this) they will often hunt for fish and such in tide pools or
even the open ocean (this one was on his way down the beach when I
spotted him).
Gary Sibio wrote:
Actually, he still has a little ways to go.The eyes get transparent
again right before they shed. Snakes don't see more than a few feet in
front of them anyway. (The Spitting Cobra may be an exception to
this.) They get almost all of the info about their environment from
vibrations and their tongues which they touch to something called the
Jacobson's Organ on the roof of their mouth. Pit vipers such as
rattlesnakes, Copperheads and Water Moccasins also detect heat with
their pits.
Are my ears turning red?
Class is over; your homework for tonight is .....
Thanks for the education,
Francis
