I tend to dispatch water snakes whenever I encounter them. To me, it's no different than culling undesirable fish in my ponds. I have seen what they may do when the population is left unchecked, and I don't want to see them everywhere I look.

I'm not the least bit afraid of snakes, of any variety, and will usually pick one up straight away. Water snakes are the only species I will remove. All others are left alone, or at worst picked up and admired for a few minutes.

"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.