. Coast Watch. Risorse Marine; oceanografia; gestione delle zone costiere; ecologia costiera. Legname rattlesnake serbatoi e campi erbosi, alcuni serpenti hanno ampliato la loro gamma. Che potrebbe non essere quello che le persone con un serpente fobia desidera ascoltare. Ma molte persone potrebbero voler riconsiderare le loro paure, forse anche incoraggiare alcuni serpenti nonvenomous per appendere intorno a. "Un serpente nonvenomous è circa la cosa migliore che si potrebbe tenere nella vostra iarda posteriore," dice Bowen. Una specie come il kingsnake orientale, un grande, Shiny Black snake con il bianco o crema o anelli gialli, si trova di fronte orientale della Carolina del nord e mi

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. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Timber rattlesnake reservoirs and grassy fields, some snakes have expanded their range. That may not be what people with a snake phobia want to hear. But many folks may want to reconsider their fears, maybe even encourage certain nonvenomous snakes to hang around. "A nonvenomous snake is about the best thing you could keep in your back yard, " says Bowen. A species like the eastern kingsnake, a large, shiny black snake with white, cream or yellow rings, is found across eastern North Carolina and is a well-known snake-eater immune to many poisonous snake venoms. The presence of the kingsnake or other common vermin- eaters such as the rat snake or black snake discourages venomous snake species from moving into an area. How do you determine if a snake is poisonous or not? Poisonous snakes have slightly larger jowls than nonpoisonous ones. Rattlers, copperheads and cotton- mouths have a single row of scales under the tail, but nonvenomous species have a double row. Other poisonous snakes can be determined by their markings. Pit vipers have elliptical pupils. In most cases, you're not going to want to get close enough to look for these clues. If you do come across a snake you can't positively identify, use common sense: leave it alone. Most people are bitten by poisonous snakes as they try to kill the creatures. Like most wild animals, snakes are more afraid of humans than we are of them. Snakes are hardly social. They don't exhibit play behavior and spend almost no time with their young or with other snakes. "If they don't have a reason to move, " Braswell says, "snakes stay still and hide. They're in the business of survival. Going around picking on things larger than you are does not promote survival." But if a snake is provoked and feels it has no alternative, it will bite, Braswell says. If you're bitten by a snake, get immediate medical attention. Do

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