EVERYTHING you need to know about Garter Snakes

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Garter Snake or Garden Snake or Gardner Snake are all common names for the same species: Thamnophis sirtilis. I 'explain the how to' od snake identification, whether or not it is a venomous snake, will it bite, and the fun of snake discovery. I explain everything you need to know about garter snakes and you can decided what to do if you want to keep a garter snake pet or what to do with a snake bite. I explain why recent science and biology says garter snakes are technically venomous snakes. But there is minimal concern for a human for this snake bite. The venom from this snake is in its saliva and has to be 'chewed' in rather than by a simple bite. The venom of this mildly venomous snake is really only active to subdue a salamander, frog or squigling tadpole so that the snake can move around and swallow it head first while it is numbed or partially paralyzed. These snakes will eat frogs, tadpoles, toads, fish and other invertebrates. They are highly adaptable to different habitats and will eat different things. If you choose to keep a pet garter snake you have many different things you could feed the garter snake. Garter snakes give birth to live young. Garter snakes will den together during the winter and sometimes have masss migrations away from the den. Garter Snakes often act aggressively and will bite repeatedly. A small garter snake will even launch itself completely off the ground in a biting display. Garter snakes will also defend themselves by releasing a very foul smell as a deterent to predation. The bite of a garter snake is more for display then to actually cause any harm. Despite the small amount of venom in their saliva, garter snakes have no fangs, no effective way to deliver venom to a human so they are still considered to be harmless snakes.

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