tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post115553372447104049..comments2024-03-09T13:49:36.566-06:00Comments on Prairie Bluestem: Sand Adders: Hognose Snakes?Genevieve Netzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-11109243115324951872013-05-08T11:13:18.840-05:002013-05-08T11:13:18.840-05:00We lived in Rock County. See this link for more in...We lived in Rock County. See this link for more information about <a href="http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=museumprogram" rel="nofollow">hognose snakes</a>in Nebraska.Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-76117610272751102122013-05-08T06:09:11.401-05:002013-05-08T06:09:11.401-05:00Which county in Nebraska did you see the hognose s...Which county in Nebraska did you see the hognose snakes? I was in the sand hills of NE once north of Hyannis. I seen tons of bull snakes ( over 20 ) some western racers and a few milk snakes. Didn't see one hognose though!Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-1155923765093516392006-08-18T12:56:00.000-05:002006-08-18T12:56:00.000-05:00Thank you all for your interesting comments! Coll...Thank you all for your interesting comments! <BR/><BR/>Collagemama, your remarks about "snakes everywhere" reminded me of a tangled mass of hibernating garter snakes that I once saw. <BR/><BR/>Threecollie, I am not surprised that your grandfather thought milk snakes were dangerous. They're vividly marked like some poisonous snakes are! <BR/><BR/>Sammie, I'll bet your dad never had any mice in his shop as long as his snake was there! We had a meeting with a big bullsnake when we camped along the Niobrara River at Valentine several years ago. I will have to write that down and post it -- one of these days -- along with some garter snake stories!Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-1155913873653598682006-08-18T10:11:00.000-05:002006-08-18T10:11:00.000-05:00I just about stepped on a sand adder a few days ag...I just about stepped on a sand adder a few days ago. They still scare me and I give out a little scream and jump. My dad also thought they were maybe poisonous and we were warned not to play with them. He didn't believe in killing snakes and I remember how angry he was about mom having the hay men kill a huge bullsnake that wandered into her yard too many times. We thought of that bull snake as "dad's pet". He hung around the rafters in our old shop and ate the barn swallow eggs. We kids thought dad had him to keep us out of the shop as we liked to haul dad's tools off. <BR/>I still don't really like snakes but like mice less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-1155809849676590262006-08-17T05:17:00.000-05:002006-08-17T05:17:00.000-05:00My grandpa used to call milk snakes spotted adders...My grandpa used to call milk snakes spotted adders and had fits when we kids handled them. This was a very interesting post. Thanksthreecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-1155684716464432342006-08-15T18:31:00.000-05:002006-08-15T18:31:00.000-05:00How fun! I wasn't around snakes as a kid, so I gr...How fun! I wasn't around snakes as a kid, so I grew up believing they were all poisonous or else going to swallow me like the boa constrictor in the Peter, Paul, & Mary song. <BR/><BR/>As a young married first-time homeowner and first-time mom, I had my introduction. We had garter snakes everywhere in our little Omaha tract house because it was along an easement. Snakes lurking alongside the steps to the kitchen door, which I hacked up irrationally with a spade, and small snakes in the basement which I eventually learned to pick up with my fingers and carry outside. The neighbor who shot at snakes in his backyard was much scarier than any reptile, and I gradually started cheering for the other side.<BR/><BR/>"Sand adder" calls to mind an image of an ancient, toga-clad mathemetician walking along the beach writing geometric proofs with a long stick. I hope you got to tell your father about the San-Dadder confusion. I recently explained to mine that I believed our storage unit was a Story Junit. We kept books in it, so it made sense to me. Dadder and I had a good laugh.Collagemamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818246340865714754noreply@blogger.com