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Wild Corns? HELP ME FIND THEM?

I have a picture of a cottonmouth and a copperhead as my wallpaper on my monitors at work. People walk by and make snide remarks about the snakes. I casually ask them if they know anyone that's had a stroke or has high blood pressure. Inevitably, the answer is yes. Then I tell them that if they are still alive, thank a snake. Both of these medications were derived from hemolytic viper venom.
 
I have a wall of my snakes at work, and _everyone_ sees it. I get to answer a lot of questions. My wall is right across form the film library window. Today I met a guy who actually had snakes of his own! I get a lot of questions about milksnake/coral snake.

Nanci
 
I actually found a note from an annonymous co-worker stuck on my monitor asking me to take down my pictures. I asked around who did it and found it was a female co-worker a few cubicles away. I asked her about her note and she told me she had a deathly fear of snakes ever since she entered a building as a child and came face-to-face with a "black snake" hanging from the door jamb. For months after that I talked to her about that and she started to ask questions about the snakes I had on my screen.

Last month she went to some property she bought in Costa Rica. Before she went I told her to look out for tarantulas and snakes, Costa Rica was famous for them. She came back and told me she saw a snake on a nature hike. Later that day, she saw one crossing a road and actually stopped and got out and watched it. She told me it was only my "snake therapy" that allowed her to do that. She brought me a postcard of a golden Eyelash Palm Pit Viper that had a note thanking me for the snake-therapy.

One less snake hater...
 
I know everyone's different and all...blah...blah...blah, but I have a hard time understanding people who DON'T think snakes are cute...or atleast awesome. They have no legs! Come on! Personally, I think pets with legs are boring. I have legs for crying out loud...ho hum...

Anyways when I first got Guadalupe (and even now), I told everyone about her. The overwhelming response I got was, "eww snakes creep me out..." But then when I showed them pictures of her, even the people who were "deathly afraid of snakes," most people's reaction was "oh, she actually is cute." (Although, the general concensus was that they wouldn't want to have one).

I guess my point is that I am so happy to have a unique, adorable, fairly low-maintenance pet...that doesn't make me gasp for sweet, life-giving air with her deadly fur...(I'm allergic to dander.)

Sarah
 
John Albrecht said:
Anne Arundel, Charles, Calvert & St Mary's Counties in Maryland are loaded with cornsnakes. Go get yourself one.!
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Which county has the best colored corns
 
I heard MD has the ugliest corns. I don't know how any corn can be ugly but that's what I heard. I just thought it would be fun to herping here in my own state.
 
onelifetolive45 said:
I heard MD has the ugliest corns. I don't know how any corn can be ugly but that's what I heard. I just thought it would be fun to herping here in my own state.
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they are abrown muddy colored animals . I heard that there was a county that had some nice colored ones I'm not sure if it was Calvert & St Mary's Co or not HELP anyone!!!!! :crazy02:
 
Look, try any of the counties. The chances of you finding any corn that meets the definition of perfect is unlikely to happen. As secretive as these snake are, any corn find is a memorable event.
 
Maryland Cornsnakes

There are 2 disjunct populations of cornsnakes in Maryland. One population is in the western part of the state, in the Cumberland area. They tend to be somewhat dark and are not very common. The eastern population which is mainly south and east of the line between Baltimore and Washington is lighter colored. Some are very attractive and they are somewhat common.

As for killing snakes, I usually appeal to people's intelligence. I have a friend that was bragging about shooting a ratsnake. I told him I was disappointed because I thought he was more intelligent than that. I also asked him if this was what he wanted his son (my son's friend) to learn about how to treat wildlife. He promised to never do it again.

Another friend of mine watched as his teenage son shot a cornsnake in their driveway. He claimed he was protecting his younger brother and sister. So I asked the kid if he now felt more manly. I also reminded him that I know that he knew it was a harmless cornsnake. He finally admitted that he knew it was harmless and he said he felt stupid now.

This was all in South Carolina, where people generally think that every living thing was put there by God for them to shoot at and every tree is meant to be chopped down. I've renamed the Sand Hills State Park to "Sand Hills State Tree Farm". Another story altogether.......
 
John but what county, what line south and east of the line between Baltimore and Washington . I'm from NY and have no idea what you are talking about. I want to go this spring and what month do you think would be the best . You are a ace field collector. I know your name you are one of Gerry S. friends he is a good friend of mines. I could swear I here him mention your name when talking about feild hunting. Please john can you explain it just a little better :)
 
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