{"id":226,"date":"2011-09-09T09:42:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T13:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/harmless-snake-in-the-grass-7-september-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-09-09T09:42:18","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T13:42:18","slug":"harmless-snake-in-the-grass-7-september-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/harmless-snake-in-the-grass-7-september-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Harmless snake in the grass, 7 September 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s in the middle of this picture:\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6129534945\/in\/set-72157627506115847\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6187\/6129534945_fc796d74a4.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_80d_KwGdOk\">\na video<\/a>.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_80d_KwGdOk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 September 2011.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nYou can see its tail move.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6075\/6130192966_c9b33d0172_o.jpg\"><\/a>\n<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6083\/6130193230_6d4ebd917e_o.jpg\"><\/a>\n<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6186\/6130193424_211f2c94d9_o.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s probably an eastern coachwhip,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ces.ncsu.edu\/gaston\/Pests\/reptiles\/pages\/ecoachwhip.htm\">\nMasticophis flagellum flagellum<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nThis snake is found on grassy dunes, in sandy flatwoods, sandhills with pines, oaks, and wiregrass, and maritime forests.\nIt feeds on eggs, mice, birds, snakes and lizards.\n<\/blockquote>\nlike this other one:\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ces.ncsu.edu\/gaston\/Pests\/reptiles\/pages\/ecoachwhip.htm\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.ces.ncsu.edu\/gaston\/Pests\/reptiles\/images\/ecoachwhip.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nThe one we saw was in wiregrass under a longleaf.\nThe dogs found it, but its camouflage was so good they kept\nwalking right past it.\nEventually it crawled away. 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