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So are hognose, both have venom geared towards amphibians.

A few years back we had a Mexican laborer build a rock wall in the front yard. It was during the winter and even Tucson can get rather chilly. My wife calls me and says Pablo is freaking out about something and I can't make out what he's saying. No my late wife was fluent in Spanish and if she couldn't make out what he was trying to say it must be bad. So O run out and he's saying what sounded like surpon, surpon, shaking in some kind of fear. I mean he was really freaking out. So I take a look and if it hadn't moved I'd never have seen in. A baby bull snake about 6" long at the most. The snake was so cold it could hardly move. That big 6" something Mexican was literally frozen with fear from that tiny snake. I picked it up and took it into my back yard and turned it loose behind my shed.

I know there are a couple of bull snakes living in my back yard and I leave them be. They make a great pet once they become used to being handled. We had one my youngest daughter brought home from school. It was the start of summer vacation and someone had to take it. My wife was not too happy but as there was a tank with a screened top I figured it couldn't get out. No one told me what great escape artists they are. I learned. I put a 5 pound ingot of lead pn the lid and damned if it still got out. A second ingot finally fixed the problem. Of course, daddy dear was also tasked to find mice to feed the thing. That brings out another snake story that was funny after it was all over with, but not at the time. I was at the pet shop getting another mouse for Doobie the snake and the girl that worked there was up on the counter and on the verge of hysteria. She warns me of the Boa constrictor that is out of its cage. I went over and as it seemed to be non-aggressive I picked it up, all 6 feet of it and put it back into the cage and closed it. I asked he if it was handled a lot and she said her boss would take it out and play with it every evening. She told me a bunch of punks came in and turned the snake loose. I think my wife would have l
left me if I'd brought that thing home.
PJ

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