{"id":4757,"date":"2013-07-10T08:54:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T12:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2013-07-10T08:54:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T12:54:39","slug":"snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/2013\/07\/snake\/","title":{"rendered":"Snake!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130701b-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130701b-19-299x224.jpg\" alt=\"20130701b-19\" width=\"299\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130701b-19-299x224.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130701b-19-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130701b-19-1023x767.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130701b-19.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe found this snake in the grass&#8230; literally in the front yard grass, the other day.  Scary because it was rattling its little tail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scisnake.com\/download\/snakesreferenceguide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.scisnake.com\/download\/snakesreferenceguide.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Milk Snake:<br \/>\nA slender species, with a<br \/>\nbeige background and brown to reddish blotches on<br \/>\nthe back. The belly has a black and white<br \/>\ncheckerboard pattern. They are often mistaken for<br \/>\nrattlesnakes since they will vibrate their tail rapidly<br \/>\nwhen threatened, which can produce a buzzing<br \/>\nsound if it contacts the ground. Once believed to<br \/>\nmilk cows, hence the name, but like all snakes they<br \/>\nonly drink water! Farmers now realize the great<br \/>\nbenefit of this snake, as its primary diet is rodents.<br \/>\nMilk snakes also prey on other snakes, including<br \/>\nvenomous species, as they are immune to the toxins.<br \/>\nThese snakes rarely exceed one metre in length.<br \/>\nMilk snakes are found throughout southern Ontario. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We found this snake in the grass&#8230; literally in the front yard grass, the other day. Scary because it was rattling its little tail. http:\/\/www.scisnake.com\/download\/snakesreferenceguide.pdf Eastern Milk Snake: A slender species, with a beige background and brown to reddish blotches on the back. The belly has a black and white checkerboard pattern. They are often [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-the-universe-and-everything"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}