I never believe the the stats of where animals are or are not anymore. Nuture moves all the time. Chicago doesnt have cougars but we had one a couple years ago. Rattlesnakes have been seen in grant park. Wolves are moving back into the area. There are armadillos EVERYWHERE in TN east of the TNN river. Then I find out they are great swimmers and over the years they crossed the mississippi and the TNN rivers. More common there than raccoons are in chicago. Eventually rattlers may be in main. They definately have the tolerance for the weather. Someday they will be there. Might take the venomous a bit longer. Ive picked up different snakes by my house but I would have been too nervous to mess with something that looks like that in the water. Kudos to the OPOriginally Posted by WingedWolfPsion
It's a Northern Water Snake--a really big, beautiful one, too.
Cottonmouths don't LIVE in Massachusetts.
There are only two venomous snakes in Massachusetts--the Timber Rattlesnake, and the Copperhead.
Water snakes are notoriously bad-tempered.
Edit: My bad, you were in Maine. Maine doesn't have copperheads, or timber rattlers. Or any other venomous snake species, for that matter, so feel free to go about your grabbing or netting with impunity. lol
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