I just saw my first Eastern Hognose today. It was pretty cool. It was in my sisters garden. She just gently touched it with a stick and it's head puffed up and took a stance like a mini Cobra. It went into a hole under one of her raised beds. I am glad my dog Luna did not see it, as she is a digging machine. I have enough work in my garden, without having to repair hers. These are beneficial snakes that eat all kinds of nasty garden bugs.
It was about, maybe, 14 inches long. If Todd saw it, undoubtedly, a new species would have been named: Copperhead Rattle-moccasin Cobra, and it would probably be a spitter
Picture is from the MI DNR website.
