Physical Snake Removal:The most certain way to get rid of snakes is to physically remove them from the area. This is the technique that I most specialize in. If a snake is on the property, I come and remove it. I might catch it by hand, or I might use a tool such as a snake h...
How to Keep Snakes Away Eliminate debris such as wood or rock piles on the property. Cut down heavy brush or trim back hedges. Seal small gaps under doors or decks, etc. Use funnel type traps or glue board type traps along edges. ...
This means that one way to capture an alligator is to chase it until it collapses. Read More The Alligator Diet Alligators can propel themselves up to 5 feet out of the water with their tails. AFP/Getty Images When it is time to eat, alligators are neither hunters nor gatherers. ...
A lot of people don't like snakes, but I do. Which isn't to say that they don't startle me when I stumble upon them. But when neither snake or I panic upon encountering each other, I take the opportunity to try and get a good picture. Snakes are usually found coiled on the ...
After his escape, Padraig went home and became a holy man dedicated to this peculiar deity, then returned to Erin to preach about how the three-leaved shamrock is the perfect metaphor for how his god is three people in one, and how snakes are bad. Every year, on the anniversary of his...
“Snake Doctor.” Mosquito Hawk stems from the dragonfly’s favorite food, Devil’s Needle stems from very old traditions indicating that dragonflies were evil, and Snake Doctor stems from the fact that dragonflies can often be seen in the same habitat as snakes and sometimes even interact ...
Let’s explore the methods snakes use to detect, hunt, capture, and kill their prey. You’ll notice a considerable variation between species.
These strict carnivores use a variety of methods to hunt, capture, and eat their prey, from slowly constricting them to using fast-acting venom or even just swallowing them whole after ambushing them. Understanding these animals’ diets helps us better understand why they’re so ecologically impor...
The ability of a living organism to perform specific actions such as prey capture or predator avoidance is a critical feature that should affect individual fitness. Snakes have an elongate morphology that lacks the regional variation associated with girdles found in limbed vertebrates. In this context...
Most bites occur when individuals or dogs provoke the rattlesnake or if you try to capture or kill it. Rattlesnakes only bite or attack in self-defense, so the best way to avoid being bitten is to leave the rattlesnake alone. In 1988 two doctors at the University of Southern California ...