5/15/2011

En·mi·ty:

noun: the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers..."-Genesis 3:15

This uninvited visitor had made his way into the house, on a ledge in the hallway outside the kitchen. Fortunately, I was not home at the time. Also good, black rat snakes are non-venomous constrictors, and I'm pretty sure that's what this is (josh apprehended him with the aid of a towel and put him in a bucket, and jeremy stood guard while i took pictures...just in case he was POISONOUS). Interestingly, he kept rattling his tail, probably trying to convince us he was very, very dangerous & we should back off. Here's his mugshot:

And here's the wikipedia pic of a black rat snake; pretty similar, eh?:

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