Quote Originally Posted by Crowfingers View Post
A person that tells me that they had a 4 foot black "rattlesnake" in their yard and was too afraid to got out after that is usually at least a little comforted to know that harmless black rat snakes wiggle their tails and hiss to act scary and venomous. I explain that the snake sees them as a giant predator that wants to eat it and the snake is just trying to look as un-meal-like as possible. I will then explain that these snakes eat the mice / rats / sometimes even venomous snakes (especially in the case of king and indigo snakes).
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Does your group wait to get invited to these public events or do you ask to participate when you learn of one?