{"id":968,"date":"2013-06-08T09:02:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T13:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=968"},"modified":"2013-06-08T09:04:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T13:04:38","slug":"corn-snake-in-the-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/corn-snake-in-the-hand.html","title":{"rendered":"Corn snake in the hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nSnake in the grass and in the hand:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8985549081\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Snake in the grass\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8548\/8985549081_d665fa41d3_m.jpg\" alt=\"Snake in the grass\"><\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8986744854\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Snake in the hand\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5336\/8986744854_7bcb961436_m.jpg\" alt=\"Snake in the hand\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nYellow Dog caught this snake by the swamp.\r\nShe set it down when I told her too (I was surprised).\r\nWhen she and Brown Dog went off in the brush, I picked it up to transport it\r\nwhere they wouldn&#8217;t get it again.\r\nSnake on the skin:\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8986745448\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Snake on the skin\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8556\/8986745448_ff7dc86a6a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Snake on the skin\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nIt&#8217;s a corn snake,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corn_snake\">\r\nPantherophis guttatus guttatus<\/a>; it eats rodents, which eat corn.\r\nSnake wrap:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8985551035\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Snake wrap\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7428\/8985551035_4f82579fa6_z.jpg\" alt=\"Snake wrap\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nIt was playing possum most of this time.\r\nSnake posing:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8986745976\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Snake ear\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3811\/8986745976_6c167023a2_m.jpg\" alt=\"Snake ear\"><\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8985551343\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Snake posing\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5332\/8985551343_a830ed2a55_m.jpg\" alt=\"Snake posing\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nWhen I set it down back in the woods by the swamp, the snake\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/aKDqRclEGmg\">\r\nmade a fast exit<\/a>; you can hardly see it, it moved so fast.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aKDqRclEGmg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s a still with the snake in it:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8985551655\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Snake exit\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8418\/8985551655_795ee0115d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Snake exit\"><\/a>\r\n<br>\r\nPictures and video by John S. Quarterman and Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms,\r\n<br> Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 June 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snake in the grass and in the hand: Yellow Dog caught this snake by the swamp. She set it down when I told her too (I was surprised). When she and Brown Dog went off in the brush, I picked it up to transport it where they wouldn&#8217;t get it again. 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