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	Name:	WSMS -
	Subject:	snakes
	Date:	6/21/2005 12:29:07 PM

Snakes don't dig their own holes, they use holes dug by other animals. Down here, the holes that the rattlers use are Gopher Tortise burrows. Snake collectors pour gasoline into these burrows, and the fumes drive the rattlers out into the open. But the fumes overcome and kill any other animals that might be in there (with or without a snake) including the Gopher Tortises, Gopher Frogs, Indigo Snakes, and anything else that might be using one of these burrows for shelter.

The snake rodeo has almost single-handedly led to three animals being placed on the Endangered or Threatened Species list: the Gopher Tortise, the Gopher Frog, and the Indigo Snake. Since nobody cares about these animals because they aren't furry and cuddly, their demise is inevitable. But no one stops to consider that it was bug control that led to the near-elimination of the American Bald Eagle. Nature is one big web, and what you do to one strand of that web affects the rest of the web as well. No one cares that the Indigo Snake is going to become extinct, but they don't take into consideration that the elimination of the snake as a predator will allow their prey (rodents) to multiply exponentially. And nobody cares that the Gopher Tortise will soon be gone, but when they go, so will thier burrows, which are important to many other animals.