Snakes Solutions
 
"The only good snake is a dead snake". I'm sure you've heard this before or said it yourself, but in reality snakes are beneficial to our ecological system. Snakes eat rodents (mice, rats, etc.) and insects, which can carry harmful diseases that can cause illness, or, in some cases, death. In fact, in some states, different species of snakes are protected and it is illegal to kill them.
 
If you find a snake in your yard, home, or dishwasher call a wildlife or pest professional to remove snakes.In many cases snakes can be excluded from a fenced area or backyard with, but it must be done correctly to be effective.
 
 
Aren't all Snakes Poisonous? No! This Hognose snake may look dangerous, but it is actually very gentle and many people keep them as pets. There are about 250 species and subspecies of snakes in the United
States, many of them intricately patterned and brilliantly colored. There are four major types of venomous snakes in the United States, all of which have a variety or two in the eastern half of
the United States.
  • the copperhead
  • coral snake
  • rattlesnake
  • water moccasin
Rattlesnakes, Cottonmouth Moccasins, Copperheads and Coral Snakes have all put their roots down in mainly the southeastern states, with a few reaching up into the northern states.
 
Several species of non-venomous snakes, notably the king, milk, and rat snakes, vibrate their tails in dry leaves to mimic the sound of a rattlesnake to ward off possible predators.
 
However, keep in mind that people keep many snakes as pets and when they become too large, the snakes are often released into the wild. Florida, land of sunshine, endless beaches, palm trees, and resort hotels, is also home to a growing number of Burmese pythons. In
 
Florida's Everglades National Park, 95 pythons were captured last year, not counting a 13-footer that exploded after trying to eat an alligator. In February, a group of tourists at the Pa-hay-okee Overlook came upon a battle between an alligator and a python, with the snake wrapped around the alligator in a tight embrace. After a fierce struggle, the alligator rolled over and grabbed the snake in its mouth, swimming off as the victor.
 
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