{"id":67,"date":"2012-09-27T11:47:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T15:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/black-snake.html"},"modified":"2012-09-27T11:47:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T15:47:53","slug":"black-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/black-snake.html","title":{"rendered":"Black Snake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nA snakey present from the dogs:\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a title=\"A snakey present from the dogs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8029931111\/sizes\/z\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341cb65b53ef017ee3d0e993970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a00d8341cb65b53ef017ee3d0e993970d-pi.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A snakey present from the dogs\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<small>\nPicture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 September 2012.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2009\/09\/black-snake-vs-yellow-dog.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341cb65b53ef017ee3d0e998970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a00d8341cb65b53ef017ee3d0e998970d-pi.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>\nI like snakes: they eat rodents, and I&#8217;m allergic to rodents.\nBut the dogs don&#8217;t like snakes that trespass on their area near the house.\nThey left this one in the middle of the walkway from the house to the carport.\nYou see it in the truck on the way to somewhere else.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI think Yellow Dog is nostalgic for her YouTube hit,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2009\/09\/black-snake-vs-yellow-dog.html\">Black Snake vs. Yellow Dog<\/a>.\nThey look mild-mannered, Yellow Dog and Brown Dog, but so far\na\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kAOPR67ohZ4\">\nbeaver,<\/a>\na raccoon,\nseveral\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/05\/squirrel-and-snake.html\">\nrattlesnakes<\/a>,\nand\ntwo kinds of\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/copperhead-and-little-dogs.html\">\nwater moccassins<\/a> have found tangling with the dogs is\nnot a good idea.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FdmZombOVc4\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341cb65b53ef017ee3d0e99c970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a00d8341cb65b53ef017ee3d0e99c970d-pi.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>\nAlthough that copperhead did give Yellow Dog a bit of a hangover.\nHere\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FdmZombOVc4\">\nYellow Dog thanks you for your concern.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FdmZombOVc4\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A snakey present from the dogs: Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 September 2012. I like snakes: they eat rodents, and I&#8217;m allergic to rodents. But the dogs don&#8217;t like snakes that trespass on their area near the house. 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