snakes

2020 is odd.

And I am staying far away from Burnsville...

It's a no from me.

The internet is full of 'warnings' this week about an ominous-sounding zombie snake that lives in portions of the United States, including Minnesota and Wisconsin. Don't buy into the fear-hype.

This seems like something out of a bad horror movie.   The five-bedroom house sits on pastoral acreage in the rural Idaho countryside. At a price less than $180,000, it seemed a steal. But a bargain it wasn't. Ben and Amber Sessions soon realized the dream home they'd purchased for their growing family in 2009 was infested with hundreds upon hundreds of garter snakes. vi...

As a homeowner, there's a never ending list of problems to deal with.  Clogged toilets.  Roofs to patch.  Lawns to mow.  ...And snakes to get rid of..??? A house in Idaho is infested with garter snakes.  So many, that two different sets of people have moved away.  ....And now it's languishing on the market.

A highly poisonous Egyptian cobra got loose this weekend at New York's Bronx Zoo, sending guests, zoo neighbors and zookeepers alike into a nervous tizzy. The 20 inch-long snake forced the zoo to shut down and stay closed through Sunday.