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In article <50mrab$ld4@news2.texas.net>,
Harold Arnold <hhullar5@texas.net> wrote:

>I' m sort of surprised that your snake stayed in the same place for
>the time you described.  Perhaps It had just ate a rat or other large
>critter and was in a stuper while digesting the meal, or maybe it was
>a cold afternoon.   

Only time we ever see them is in really hot weather. This one had
apparantly gone next to the foundation to cool off. At the suggestion
of animal control, I had first tried blasting it with a hose. This
apparantly cooled him enough to slow him down a lot, but did not
drive him out as many have suggested it should have. 

>I think my policy of killing snakes found around the house is fully
>justified by the danger they present.  Also in my area, the South
>Texas thornbush country,  the specie is certainly in no danger of
>extinction.

We have a 10 acre parcel, and anywhere else but close to the house
we will leave them alone. Our hillside makes a redwood to oak/madrone
to chaparal transition, and anytime except 100 degree heat spells,
the snakes seem to stay above us in the chaparal. This part of
California is getting urbanized enough that you kind of hate to
impact it more than you have to.