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	Name:	Lakewood -
	Subject:	Now I don't wanna go swimming
	Date:	5/12/2009 12:30:15 AM

My family has been swimming and skiiing and boating in Lake Martin for 54 years. We've seen one or two snakes in the water but never in a threatening relation to any person. They are far more interested in avoiding you than anything else.

I watched a TV show a couple of years ago about black mambas in Africa. Those very big and very poisonous snakes will pursue you to bite. (Dunno why, people are far too big for them to eat.) No American snake has a personality remotely like that. You almost have to poke a copperhead to get it to bite.

But particularly when returning to the Lake in spring after an extended absence, reasonable caution in exploring your environs is a good idea. Keep your yard trimmed back.

I'll tell you what I think about: gators. I think it's only a matter of time before one is encountered somewhere in the Lake. They've been slowly expanding their range northward in Alabama and throughout much of the southeast in recent years. They caught one walking down the road in Elmore County a year or two ago (Or so I read in the paper).