Snake identification help!

[RedSidedSPR]

And like every single freaking snake, no matter size or species, around here.

[d_virginiana]

I've seriously seen someone look at a green snake and go "OMG it's a copperhead!" before.

I can stomach people killing venomous snakes when they start hanging out around their house, but I hate it when they just kill snakes because they're snakes.

[RedSidedSPR]

I was at a friends house a few years ago, and he said: we just found bunch of garter snakes! (yes, they knew they were garters) I said awesome, are they still there? And he's like: sure! Four headless snakes.

I hate people like that.

[d_virginiana]

That's terrible.. I mean, it's just cruel to kill anything when there's no reason for it.

[RedSidedSPR]

I know. I asked why they killed them, he said "it's a snake"!!!

Another friend saw this little baby rat snake. Their favorite saying is "only good snake is a dead snake". Bye-bye harmless, good-to-have, innocent, baby rat snake.

[snakehill]

These people are your friends??!

[RedSidedSPR]

WERE.
(kidding)

i don't have FRIEND friends, by "friends" i meant people i know.

[Didymus20X6]

Maybe that's why you have difficulty finding wild snakes in your neighborhood.

[RedSidedSPR]

These two guys are in VA.

I'm not in a neighborhood. I'm near one, but i'm surrounded by woods, and i herp at a creek 200 yards from the house. No houses there.

I find more snakes at my house surrounded by neighborhoods, than i do at a creek with no human life.

[guidofatherof5]

We provide better living(better hides,heat,cooler temps,water) for them in some cases and offer some degree of protection from predators.
If they live near us, some of their predators might stay away.
Of course, there is a trade off if we(humans) become a predator to them.
Just a thought.