Last night while feeding the garters I removed "Aqua" the water snake from his enclosure and attempted to feed him "garter style" from my hands.

He grabbed the first fish right off the tongs as soon as I waved it in his face.

I recall reading somewhere that Nerodia Sipedon was closely related to Garter snakes, however after searching again, cannot find this data to reference to now.

While Aqua was out, I took some pictures....

This one turned out freaky...


This striking belly pattern is attractive to me...



Here is a nice shot of Aqua from above, He is about 22 inches long.



Many people fear water snakes, they have a tendency to behave in a very hostile fashion when disturbed, and will flatten out to appear larger than they really are, and will often strike out as if to say "Back off or get hurt!"

I personally know a guy who emptied the clip on his 9mm glocke into the creek at the sight of one of these thankfully he missed.

Aqua is rather unique, he has never once attempted to bite nor musk.