Eastern Hognose Snake Traditional Cache
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This is the first cache from Snakeman72's Series of Snakes" caches...(try saying that fast 10 times in a row..lol) This cache should be a quick park and grab and I chose this location because of the defense mechanism the Hognose snakes portrays when threatened This area can be quite or busy at times
The cache contains a log and a pencil.
The Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos) are thick-bodied snakes that reach about 46 in (115 cm) long. Hognose snakes most distinguishing characteristic is their upturned snout, which aids in digging in sandy soils by using a sweeping, side to side motion. Hognose snakes are extremely variable in color and pattern. The eastern hognose has a background color that can be yellow, gray, brown, green or black, often patterned with large, rectangular spots down the middle of the back that may resemble eyespots. The scales of this snake are keeled and the underside of the tail is usually lighter than the rest of the venter. The females of this species have a tail that has a fine taper to the end of the tail, while the males have a slight bulge near the cloaca and the tail then tapers off drastically. Eastern Hognose snakes can be found in the eastern half of the United States from southern Florida north to central New England, the Great Lakes Region, and some regions of southern Canada. These snakes are found throughout Georgia and South Carolina. Eastern Hognose snakes prefer woodlands with sandy soil, fields, farmland and coastal areas. Hognose snakes are active strictly by day and are often seen crossing roads in the spring and fall. They prey on frogs, salamanders, small mammals, birds, and invertebrates; but toads are their favorite and almost exclusive food in most areas. Hognose snakes are notorious for playing dead when threatened. When confronted, the hognose snake will suck in air; spread the skin around its head and neck (like a cobra), hiss, and lunge pretending to strike. If this threat display does not work to deter a would-be predator they will often roll onto their back and play dead, going so far as to emit a foul musk like fecal matter smell sometimes accompanied by small droplets of blood. If they are rolled upright while in this state, they will often roll back as if insisting they really are dead. It has been observed that the snake, while appearing to be dead, will still watch the threat that caused the death pose. The snake will resurrect sooner if the threat is looking away from it than if the threat is looking at the snake. Despite this fairly convincing show, hognose snakes almost never bite..
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