Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I just looked up grass snakes on Wikipedia. They look very similar to the garter snakes we have here in Virginia.
I found a garter snake by the pool in our backyard a few months ago, picked it up, and started talking to it. It bit me on the nose. Since these snakes are usually non-aggressive, at first I thought it must have been something I said, then I remembered that snakes are deaf to airborne sounds. Now there was a mystery to solve. I remained baffled as to its behavior for several minutes, but at length, reflection came to my aid. Of course the thing bit me. If I no ears and some strange creature picked me up and started showing off how its species could communicate via airborne communication, I’d probably bite the critter’s nose mydamnself.
I kept it around the house for a couple of days, then turned it loose where I had found it.
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