do rattle snakes live in massachusettes?
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The Timber Rattler is native (if rarely seen) in the Eastern US, and Massachusetts is included in its range, but because of the high population density of Mass. (and the long-time tendency of people to kill rattlesnakes around their houses) I imagine that you would be hard pressed to find any rattlesnakes there.\n\n**Update**\nI found a website with the timber rattler's range laid out on a map: http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/tirafs.html
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Rattlesnakes are important because they eat other animals considered vermin, like rats and mice.
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The state of Maine has tons of them, particularly north of Augusta. Good luck.
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Assuming it's true, then it's probably because of creatures' abilities to adapt to their environments.  Over centuries, evolution and genetic mutations and such allow different species to form, to become most suitable for their habitat.\n\nHowever, I'm a bit doubtful that a snake, a cold-blooded animal, would be able to survive in such a cold region....
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I don't think you'll find garter snakes in the midwest.  The one you're after is the western ribbon snake
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yes this is very latest new and you can search in yahoo. A woman of 30 year in India has married to a Cobra Snake and now she live near to that tree.
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Snakes eat rodents and other unwanted pests.
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It depends on the region of the country.  In Pennsylvania, turtles dig down into the ground and try to reach the frost line, which is about 42 inches.  Some don't make it that far.  Some turtle have been found at about 3 feet in the ground.  Some have been found closer to the surface. An early spring thaw and then a quick freezing may kill some turtles who come to the surface too soon. Rattlesnakes in our area hibernate in a den which is usually in rocky area or a side of a small mountain.  The dens vary in depth and some can be rather deep.  The snakes usually bunch up to conserve heat.\nHope this helps.  I live near a stream and every fall I find many turtles, such as box and wood, heading towards the stream area in September.  I recently have found some Nice specimens on my last walk by the stream.  They are tough creatures and nature is constantly amazing to observe.
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Probably California kingsnake. Here's a link to photos.
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Only place where I know that cockroaches thrive is in the repuglican house and senate. Oh and the white house for the last 5 years, as for the terra-rists ( if you can do it I can also) they live in the white house also.
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The following link has info about habitat, size, pics, etc.\n\nhttp://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Vertebrata/Mammalia/Dipodidae/Zapus/hudsonius/
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I have collected biological specimens in South Carolina and I found not shortages of the species you mention. I suspect either the habitat in your area is not suitable, or perhaps they are casualties of insecticides or rodenticides. We often cruised the roads that at night and found both the spotted as well as the striped skunk. Chipmunks are diurnal and they were very common in most areas and home owners hated them. Here's a bit more detail on them. Eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius)\n  This is one of the smallest skunks, (about 1/2 the size of a house cat), with short legs, and a long, bushy tail with a white tip. It has a black coat with 4 broken white stripes, and a white patch on the nose, and front of the ears. The average total length is 470-563 mm average weight being 450-700 grams. This species mates by April, and 2-6 young are born during May or June. The male gives no care to the young. This species is nocturnal, and they climb trees more than other skunks. They are quicker and more alert, also. There is no true hibernation, just short inactive periods in the winter to conserve body fat. Several may den together in the winter. They have a characteristic handstand defense mechanism which makes the skunk appear larger. Striped skunks are easily recognized by their characteristic colors and pattern. The fur is black with a white stripe that begins as a triangular shape on the top of the head, forks into two stripes that travel down the sides of the back, and usually merges again near the base of the tail. Another white stripe runs from the base of the snout between the eyes and ends on the forehead. Stripe width and length vary with each individual. Stripes sometimes occur on the tail, but more often the tail is composed of both black and white hairs intermixed. Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) is about the size of a domestic cat, with a small head, small ears, short legs, and a long, fluffy tail. Feet are plantigrade with five partially webbed toes. Claws are longer on the front feet to aid in digging.\nChipmunks. About twenty-five species fall under this title, native to Europe, Asia and North America. The common species of the United States is the Eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus.\nThe name stems from the loud chip sound that they make, in addition to a rapid trill sound. They are also called the striped squirrel or ground squirrel. However, the name "ground squirrel" is more usually kept for the genus Spermophilus - though Tamias and Spermophilus are only two of the 13 genera of ground-living sciurids. \nThough they are commonly depicted with their paws up to the mouth, eating peanuts, or more famously their cheeks bulging out on either side, chipmunks eat a much more diverse range of foods than just nuts. Their omnivorious diet consists of grain, nuts, birds' eggs, and insects. Come autumn, many species of chipmunk begin to stockpile these goods in their burrows, for winter. Other species make multiple small caches of food. These two kinds of behavior are called larder hoarding and scatter hoarding. Larder hoarders usually live in their nests until spring.
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Yes, the habitat and range of the king cobra does extend as far as southern China, but don't worry because these reclusive and elusive snakes will not venture on to crowded streets. They would be way, way out in unpopulated wooded areas far from human contact.
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My daughter found one in her apartment in Milledgeville which backs onto a wooded area.  I found this information for her.  She was not pleased about the part where they fall on the bed at night!\n\nScorpions \n\nPrice, Terry. Forest Health Guide for Georgia Foresters. Georgia Forestry Commission. Fall 2001.\n\nScorpions are nocturnal and are rarely seen by people unless they invade the home. Scorpions often invade houses built in wooded areas. The little southern devil scorpion is a common species throughout the South (Figure 210). It is not a dangerous species but it can be very annoying by invading attics, closets, cabinets, and vacation cabins and utility buildings. Reports are common of scorpions falling from ceilings at night onto beds with sleeping people.\n\nScorpions can be discouraged from taking up residence \ninside homes and rental cabins by keeping the yards and areas adjacent to the buildings clear of wood piles and other debris. Most stings from scorpions usually occur when people walk barefoot through the house at night or working outside without gloves.\nStings from scorpions in the southeastern U.S. are not life threatening and usually require no medical attention, unless the victim happens to be sensitive to the venom.
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Well first off there are snakes in Hawaii. At least 2 species of sea snake are found in Hawaii. There are however no native land snakes.\n\nThe reason is simply because Hawaii is a chain of islands located a long way from any other land mass. Animals that can not fly or swim very, very well simply can't make it to Hawaii.\n\nIt really is that simple.
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snakes are immune to there on venom but not to other species\nof snakes
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as i can remember there are only a few study in that topic but not yet proven in a large scale.\nbut 1 thing i know is that snakes feel it first. How?\nBecause they live underground.\nyou see earthquake is a seismic activity beneath the surface. they travel in waves. and when i say they travel.\nbecause snake lives underground they feel the waves first even if the waves are weak. but if the waves gets stronger and stronger they leave their homes.\na good example of these is water in a tub. like a bath tub if you cause a seismic activity or knock or hit at one end of the tub, there are ripples that represents these waves. if you hit the tub harder you will produce a bigger ripples. \njust like in quakes, weak waves are first detected then higher and higher. \nhope you got what i meant.