I love, love, love, love, love hognose snakes!

I was a young kid the first time I encountered one in the wild. The hognose lifted the front half of its body off the ground, flattened its neck, and hissed at me like a cobra when I got a little too close. I was the type of kid who just HAD to catch them all, and I knew for sure it couldn’t be a cobra, so I persisted. Then the snake rolled over on its back, opened its mouth, stuck its tongue out, and slobbered in an ill fated attempt to appear dead. It was so “dead” that when I rolled it back upright, it immediately rolled over on its back again. Like any dead thing would do.

Just overall super neat behavior and comical to say the least.

Certainly a much more entertaining deterrent than most of the other snakes in my area that just seem to shit themselves and emit disgusting smelling mess in the process.

That last one is dead. Very dead. Not edible. Leave it alone. Says on their medical record DNR (Do not ressessitate). Leave alone. Will die again. Tastes bad anyway. Won worst actor in drama class. Kept dying on stage. Is dead now. Best to leave them be. Can’t eat dead snec. Tastes bad. Eat fresh smol-eye snec instead. This one is dead though. mhm.

I don’t care what anyone says, snakes have amazingly cute faces. How can you look at this and not just love it?

I’m writing a book with a snake as the familiar of the MC. I love 'em.

The one playing dead is my spirit animal.

The green one with the triangular face can actually fly