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[Jon Wennerberg]

On Jan 30, 2009, at 8:04 PM, drmayf wrote:

Ahhh, the dreaded snow snake....wtf is that?

thanks for info below..

mayf



They're related, biologically or at least in the literature, to snipes  
and other stuff.

I suppose there is some real thinking behind the legends, though --  
because it's very common to see tracks in the snow -- tracks that  
wiggle and meander as might a snake's.  But the culprit is the vole, a  
little mouse-like creature that tunnels along about an inch or so  
under the surface of the snow.  A couple of beers and the vole tunnels  
might well look like something left behind by a snow snake.

Further deponent sayeth not.

Jon, your friend and mine.