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The Mighty Hunter

If you follow along on Twitter, you probably saw the tweet regarding the snake that lives in our pool patio drain.

Here is what you can see of him.  On a clear day.  When the sun is shining directly overhead.
 

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Here is a scale pic to show the relative size of the drain.
 

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Here’s how we found out we had a snake in the drain in the first place.
 

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Yep, Hermes, the (apparently) great hunter, both smelled and saw the thing plotzing around in there.
 

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And with the optimism of the very young, thinks if he just gets the right angle, he can get his paw down in there and snag the beastie.
 

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That angle didn’t work, how about this one.
 

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It’s still there…how about this way.
 

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Or maybe this way.
 

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Ah screw it…
 

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I’ll just lay in the sun instead.
 

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What?
 

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We’re pretty sure it is a Mole Kingsnake, which spend most of their life underground.  And since his main diet consists of bugs and lizards, I’m more than fine with him being a guest in our drain!