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Pictured above are the Model Students for the month of September from Twin
Oaks Elementary School. From left to right from the third grade are: (Back Row)
Mitch Goodman, Elizabeth Robinson, Katelyn Paulson, Danica Barkalow, Trevor
Gore, and Kayla Stroud. (Front Row) Corey Crofoot, Ti Potts, Antonio Mantica,
Kyle Wingfield, and Alana Eudy. Not pictured is Jaycee Mann.
Pictured above are the Model Students for the month of September from Twin
Oaks Elementary School. From left to right from the fourth grade are: (Back
Row) Katie Usry, Jaron Frazier, Hannah Bryan, Alexa Millerd, and Matthew Suggs.
(Front Row) Macy Seymour, Christopher Mathis, Alex Rathel, and Cody Johnson.
Pictured above are the Model Students for the month of September from Twin
Oaks Elementary School. From left to right from the fifth grade are: (Back Row)
Russell Cook, Ashleigh Johnson, Amberly Holt, and Jeremiah Tinsley. (Front
Row) Alec Edwards, Lauren Pressley, Cheyenne Goodman, and Christina Rose.
Pictured above are the Model Students for the month of September from Twin
Oaks Elementary School. From left to right from the sixth grade are: (Back Row)
Latoya Phillips, Ryan Satterfield, Alisha Somani, Joshua Carter, and Nikki
Remington. (Front Row) Cody Fowler, Merritt Johnson, Landon Carter, Tejas
Bhavsar, and Susan Horne.
The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, October 4,2001 - Page 5A
Snakes, Folklore and Bare Feet
By Wade Hutcheson Georgia Extension Service
Summertime growing up it was
hard to keep shoes on my feet. I
loved to go barefoot and still do
but with two puppies in the yard
now, when you're barefoot you
had better watch your step.
One particular afternoon I was
running, barefoot, across the yard
when I came across a snake. Ac
tually stepped on it and boy was
I running after that. My brothers
say I didn't and you can't win an
argument with an older brother.
Snakes in our yard were fairly
common. Our farm was out in
the country with woods, ponds
and creeks all around us so we
were used to seeing them. We
would see king snakes, garter
snakes.black snakes, rat snakes,
rattlesnakes and upon going to the
creek or pond the occasional cot-
tonmouth.
People have incredible fears of
snakes whether poisonous or not.
Too many times have I heard the
saying, "the only good snake is a
dead snake." I have also heard
too many times the old remedy
of applying lime or sulfur to an
area to prevent snakes. How this
one got started I'll never know,
but it doesn't work.
Georgia is home to some 40 dif
ferent species of snakes. If you
live in an area surrounded by
woods you may encounter one.
My advice is to be aware that
they are out there but remember
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they are not out to get you.
They're as afraid of you as you
are of them and will usually avoid
you if given the opportunity.
Learn how to tell what snake it
is. Get a resource which gives a
color photo and description to
help you learn their markings and
color patterns. Teach your chil
dren about them and about being
safe and aware when out in na
ture. The Georgia Extension Ser
vice has a good publication so
call your local office for details.
Forget the lime and sulfur and
remember this, clean up and
clean out. Remove objects that
they can hide in and under such
as pieces of lumber, shingles,
metal, junk piles, and yard debris.
These items will also attract the
small insects and rodents that
they prey upon. Cleaning up re
moves the reasons for a snake to
be there. Make the habitat unat
tractive to the unwelcome visi
tors.
Remember too as people move
into areas where snakes live, en
counters with a snake may in
crease. They are an important
part of our ecosystem serving as
both predator and prey. There
fore they should be afforded the
opportunity to co-exist with us.
Second to the question about
what to use to repel snakes is the
question how do I tell the differ
ence between a poisonous and
non-poisonous snake. There is
no single rule to distinguish the
two except for the presence of
fangs.
Poisonous snakes do have
large, triangular-shaped heads
but so do some non-poisonous
snakes. This clue is not always
accurate.
Poisonous snakes have ellipti
cal pupils. All harmless snakes
in the eastern U.S. have round
pupils but so does the poisonous
coral snake. So no single rule
applies except the presence of
fangs.
The take home message is learn
to identify the different snakes.
Maintaining a neat, well kept
landscape which isn't attractive
to snakes for food or cover is usu
ally prevention enough. And if
you're running across the yard
barefoot and step on one don't tell
your brothers cause they won't
believe you.
an
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