Canadian Geographic 'Snakes in the suburbs'

[trader]

the current issue of 'the Canadian Geographic' mag, has a great story about the 'rattlers in Lethbridge' and 'how rattlers and ratepayers are making peace in Lethbridge'. :wink: (Lethbridge is a city south of Calgary...) Great photos! I copied some of the online article for those that want to check out the story and web addresses:

Snakes in the Suburbs
Track the progress of snake conservation in the City of Lethbridge at www.lethbridge.ca/home/For+Residents/Your+Safety+and+Security/
Rattlesnake+Safety/Rattlesnakes.htm where you can print the brochure on snake safety and follow the links to the Helen Schuler Coulee Centre.

See more photos of prairie rattlers and read up on their natural history at www.herpnet.net/Iowa-Herpetology/reptiles/snakes/prairie_rattlesnake.html and http://collections.ic.gc.ca/abnature/speciesatrisk/prairie_rattlesnake_intro.htm

Familiarize yourself with other pit vipers and scroll down to hear 4 variations of what a rattler sounds like at www.geo-outdoors.info/pit_vipers.htm

Foster a fascination and respect for snakes with the kids' books "Baby Rattlesnake" by Te Ata and Mira Reisberg, (Children's Book Press, 1993) or "The Rattlesnake Who Went To School" by Craig Kee Strete and Lynne Cravath, (Putnam Publishing, 2004)

Get up close to rattlesnakes with the large colour photos in Manny Rubio's "Rattlesnake" (Smithsonian Books, 1998).

Study rattlers' natural history and how they factor into religion and lore in Laurence M. Klauber's "Rattlesnakes" (University of California Press, 1983). This manual features 16 chapters addressing everything from post-Columbian knowledge of the serpents, through freaks and aberrants such as two headed snakes, to the technical details of length and body proportion and speed of vibration of the rattle.
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Cheers, Jude

 

[kevyn]

I've been hearing alot about this lately. It's good because there used to be a population of Timber Rattlesnakes in Canada. They became extinct here in the 40's. Crotalu viridis viridis has a significant venom. Highly hemotoxinc with some disturbing results. Much more potent than my Crotalu viridis oreganus. It's good to hear that in Alberta (of all places) they're doing things right.

 

[trader]

It's good to hear that in Alberta (of all places) they're doing things right.

:wink:

 

[kevyn]

Calgary has more mullets per capita than anywhere else in the world. I'd bet my life on it.