This Mississippi woman found a rare blonde snake that we don’t know much about
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife via Associated Press In this September 2008 handout file photo from the Massachusetts Division of Wildlife and Fisheries, a timber rattlesnake rests in a coil on a rock in Western Massachusetts. A Mississippi woman found a rare venomous snake when she was out collecting berries at the end of September, Clarion-Ledger reports. The snake — a blond timber rattlesnake — has been put into captivity. But it will be unveiled to the public in upcoming days. Danielle Ladner of Yazoo County told Clarion-Ledger that she and her friend, Matt Brewer, were picking berries when she noticed the snake right before her. “We were fixing to leave and loading up, and I bent over to pick up the muscadines and I looked up and there he is — 2 feet from my face at eye level. He was right there,” she said. Ladner said she screamed immediately after she saw the snake, protecting her children from the snake, too. So Ladner called the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks to report the snake. However, the department could not find the snake on the following day. Soon after, they found the snake still in the area. Herpetologist Terry Vandeventer told Clarion-Ledger that the snake is rare because it has genetic conditions that make it look, albino, even though it isn’t. “It’s absolutely a rare thing,” Vandeventer said. “Several thousand babies would be born before one pops up.” Earlier this summer, Raleigh Police Department in North Carolina issued an official alert about the cobra zebra snake, which had been spotted in one community, as I wrote for the Deseret News. The snake — called a cobra zebra — comes from Africa. Though it is a shy snake, it can be deadly if it is cornered, according to the African Snake Bite Institute. Utah has seen an influx of snakes in recent months as the scorching drought brought them to the Beehive State, as the Deseret News reported. “We’re getting calls earlier this year than ever,” said Terry Messmer, Utah State University Extension wildlife specialist. “All of them occurred in early June, while other incidences of snake sightings and bites were in later June in previous years. One deadly incident last year was with a person who was out recreating on trails, and these are all sightings in parks.”
Video: When squirrel caught hold of snake's hood and started eating
New Delhi: Many people have taken a lot of cute photos of squirrels from cameras as they look cute. But squirrels are very dangerous, when it comes to themselves, they can fight anyone. A video of a squirrel taking alloy from a snake whose name makes us all tremble has surfaced. You will also be stunned for a moment. In the viral video, you can see that a poisonous snake made the mistake of attacking a small squirrel, after which the squirrel, with its agility and cunning, taught the snake a lesson that even the snake lost consciousness. The video has been posted on a page called Life and nature on Twitter. In the video, you can see a snake wandering here and there for hunting when a squirrel comes in front of it then the snake tries to hunt it. But the squirrel faces the snake attack with great courage. As soon as the snake take out its hood to attack the squirrel, this time the squirrel with its agility grabs its hood and starts munching its hood with its mouth. At the same time, in the video, the snake is seen suffering badly to save its life. In this video, the courage of the squirrel is being liked a lot on social media. America: A girl admitted in ICU after wearing tight jeans, Know exactly what happened ATM machine purchased in junk made boys millionaires overnight, find out how GMC elections: BJP ahead on 41 seats from 44 seats
Snake Appears on Woman's Car Dashboard While She's Driving
© 80s_girl/Getty A stock image of an eastern garter snake. Animal Rescue were called to a woman driver who found a garter snake on the dashboard of her car. Animal control removed a garter snake from a woman's car after it appeared on her dashboard while she was driving. Waterford-East Lyme Animal Control in Connecticut was called on Thursday. They were able to get the woman to pull over on the side of the road safely, where the garter snake was removed by the attending animal control officer. Watch 'Massive" Red-Bellied Black Snake Pulled From Air Conditioner SHARE SHARE TWEET SHARE EMAIL Click to expand UP NEXT The group posted details of the incident on its Facebook page. See posts, photos and more on Facebook. The case is reminiscent of the experience of a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Gail Henderson, last year. Henderson was making her way along Highway 54 in North Carolina on May 6, 2020, when a 4-foot long black snake suddenly appeared on her dashboard, WRAL reported. It was stretched lengthwise across the entire front dashboard," she told the station. "I only realized it was there when it started slithering. It took a second before I realized it was a big, long snake!" The snake had gone unnoticed due to the fact it blended in with the color of Henderson's Subaru. She added: "I managed to pull off the road onto a grassy shoulder and hop out of my car before I completely freaked out." Opening all the doors and windows, the professor of medicine waited at the side of the highway hoping the snake would exit the car itself. Fortunately, help arrived in the form of Michele Steeley and her then 13-year-old son. Steeley, who said she was familiar with the reptiles was able to remove the snake and toss it into the grass at the side of the road. While in both cases the drivers were unharmed, snakes slithering into the carriage of cars can present dangers for road users. These range from bites to distractions that can cause accidents. Both garter snakes and black snakes as encountered in these incidents are non-venomous, but the issue of snakes making their way into cars can be more dangerous in regions with venomous snakes like copperheads or rattlesnakes. Snakes for Pets founder Louise Carter offers an explanation of how snakes could come to find themselves inside a car, especially in areas with high snake populations like Texas, Florida and Tennessee. The most likely way a snake got into a car, the serpent enthusiast who has owned reptiles since she was a little girl says, is through an open door or window. Once in the car's cabin, they seek out small openings like air conditioner vents, footwells, and gloveboxes, and are likely forced out when the car begins moving. Carter also says that as cold-blooded animals, snakes will often crawl into car engine blocks from underneath or from open hoods seeking warmth. This is unlikely to have happened in cases in which snakes appear on dashboards as she says there is no way for the reptile to make its way from the engine to the cabin. "The snake can't get in the cabin of your car through vents or bodywork. They may explore these parts of the vehicle, but there's no way they could get into the cabin from here," she says. "The issue with a snake living under your bonnet is that it may not be easy to find. It may be sat on top of your engine, in which case it'll be right in front of you when you pop the hood. But it may be further down in the inner workings of your car." Carter warns that when snakes find themselves in the interiors of car engines they can quite easily spark fires. Carter advises that if you do find a snake in your car you should keep an eye on it and call an expert to remove it. "By leaving the snake alone, you might encourage it to come out. With you around, it won't feel safe coming out, but with you gone, it might consider leaving," she says. "But the snake might find somewhere new to live, moving from your dashboard to under your seat, for example." To prevent a snake from entering your car in the first place, she says that you should close all windows and doors and try to keep the vehicle stored in a garage, rather than out in the open. Related Articles Start your unlimited Newsweek trial