Re: The Eastern Milk Snake (OT)

Posted by Michael Soldan on May 30, 2007 at 05:26:42 from (24.235.47.47):

In Reply to: The Eastern Milk Snake (OT) posted by Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, on May 30, 2007 at 04:27:30:

Welp Rod, here's my two cents. 25 years ago a student brought a milk snake to class and it was a beautifully coloured and marked snake. We decided to do a snake study for science class and the students really got into it, so did I. We got to the "legends" part and the snake milking out a cow part. We found lots of people who had heard about it , lots of stories...but could never find some one who had actually seen it with their own eyes. My father was one of those, yes, he had heard it and he knew somebody who claimed to have seen it ...but still no eye witness. Milk snakes hunt for mice and many a farmer was greeted in the morning by finding a milk snake in his stable, this added to the tale and the belief. The other legend is that a snake can grab its own tail and form a cirle and is capable of rolling down a long grade like a hoop. Many people had heard this legend as well, we could find no truth to it, no eye witness or any snake experts who would entertain the idea. A milk snake curled up on a cow ?..well on a cool morning the warmth of the cow may have made a good bed if you were a snake. Your explanation for the tale you told is plausable, yet the legend of the milk snake suckling a cow is mythic in my experience. I am open however to change my mind if I ever walk out in the field and see a milk snake curled around a cow and suckling..I will want to see a little leakage of milk around the mouth to be 100% sure. Interesting tale though Rod!

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• Re: The Eastern Milk Snake (OT) Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, 15:40:12 05/30/07 (0)

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