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His fluid motion — pulling the mesh nets from the water, swapping the old bait for a fresh chunk of porgy — was interrupted only by the occasional water snake on top of a trap or a turtle inside one.
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Rick Rojas Emily Kask, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Lofty pine trees shade the sun; pools of standing black water snake a path to an expansive freshwater lake.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2023
The team spotted native brown water snakes and a large gator.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
The snakes are believed to be northern water snakes and likely came from wetlands behind the hotel.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
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Rick Rojas Emily Kask, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Lofty pine trees shade the sun; pools of standing black water snake a path to an expansive freshwater lake.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2023
The team spotted native brown water snakes and a large gator.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
The snakes are believed to be northern water snakes and likely came from wetlands behind the hotel.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for water snake
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However, eastern garter snakes and eastern rat snakes are both native to Virginia.Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
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Apart from garter snakes, which are known to cluster together in their hundreds in what’s called a hibernaculum during the winter months, most snakes are solo actors.New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2024
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All sorts of animals that would horrify the average homeowner — like a four-foot-long venomous coral snake — were now his neighbors, which led to deeper reflections.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Nov. 2024
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This family of about 400 species includes coral snakes, cobras, and mambas and is considered medically important since their bites can destroy tissue, cause the heart to collapse, induce blindness, and more.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Sep. 2024
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However, certain species — such as rat snakes and rough green snakes — are better at climbing than others.Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 12 July 2024
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During their surveys, researchers encountered several of these green snakes lurking in a cave, the study said.Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
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According to the Weixin post, snakes native to North America like the Texas rat snake and the milk snake were discovered in the smuggler's trousers.Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 12 July 2024
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The Guatemalan milk snake had much smaller hemiclitores, measuring 0.1 inches long and 0.06 inches wide, per the Times.Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
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In Hawaii, a gopher snake could threaten the food chain because the species has no natural predators in the state.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Cadden added that after speaking to a Game and Fish expert on reptiles, the slithery creature appeared to be a gopher snake, one of the most common nonvenomous snakes in Arizona.Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
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Explore her life at the center and learn how rat snakes survive in the wild.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024
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However, certain species — such as rat snakes and rough green snakes — are better at climbing than others.Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 12 July 2024
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The backyard was home to a population of wildlife, such as bull snakes, racoons and skunks.Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
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Various rat snakes are also known for eating a bunch of bird eggs, as are bull snakes, kingsnakes, and eastern racers.Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
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Filmed over nearly four years, the series explores locations from the Himalayas to the Western Pacific, featuring wildlife stories including elephants that have learned to stop buses to steal food in Sri Lanka and sea snakes hunting in partnership with fish.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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There was yet more to see—wild horses and noodle-nosed saiga antelope, coves of turquoise water filled with shipwrecks and sea snakes, and camel caravans on the Turkman border.J.R. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2024
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“Water snake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water%20snake. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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