Snake Trick

Okay . . . for those of you who may not know . . . this is an Eastern Hog Nose snake. It is not venemous to us humans, however it is a venemous snake. It is not a constrictor so it eats it prey whole. Which means a lot of wiggling and such. So God gave it a set of rear fangs at the back of its throat so that when it is eating a frog for example it will inject a venom that will paralyze it to make it easier to swallow. Okay okay so what is the trick. When you pick at or threaten this snake, the first thing it will do it flare out it's neck like a cobra and make a loud hissing noise! However, if you are not scared and continue to pick at it, it will play dead. Seriously ya'll! It will roll over on it's back, open its mouth, and usually hang it's tongue out and "appear" dead. Of course all you have to do it flip back over on its belly and it will very fastly FLIP back over dead again! haha It is hilarious! Just look at the picture above. Now this is a baby only about 12 inches long. We got him from a friend's yard and of course named him "Possum". This was just too funny not to share.