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The Great Serpent Mound is a 1,348-feet-long (411 m), three-feet-high prehistoric effigy mound located in Peebles, Ohio.It was built on what is known as the Serpent Mound crater plateau, running along the Ohio Brush Creek in Adams County, Ohio.
It is found on the offshore islands of Western Lake Erie, as well as the mainland of Ottawa County, Ohio. In 1999 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the subspecies as a threatened subspecies after the population fell to 1,500 individuals. In 2011, the subspecies was removed from the list after the population increased to nearly 12,000 ...
Copperbelly water snakes have a solid dark (usually black but bluish and brown) back with a bright orange-red belly. They grow to a total length of 3 to 5 feet (91 to 152 cm). They are not venomous. The longest total length on record is 65.5 inches (166 cm) for a specimen from the northern edge of their range.
In northeastern Ohio and Michigan folklore, Bessie is a name given to a lake monster in Lake Erie, [1] [2] also known as South Bay Bessie [3] or simply The Lake Erie Monster.The first recorded sighting of Bessie occurred in 1817, [2] and more sightings have occurred intermittently and in greater frequency in the last three decades. [2]
The background color can range from olive-brown to black, and it may also be possible to discern two rows of dark spots between the side and back stripes. These features do little to distinguish it from most other garter snakes species, but the placement of the lateral, or side, stripes is unique to this species. In Butler's garter snake the ...
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By 2009, the population recovered to 11,980 snakes, safely exceeding the population minimum goal of 5,555 adult snakes required by the 2003 recovery plan. Monitoring was to occur for 5 years following this delisting. The Lake Erie watersnake is just the 23rd species or subspecies to be removed from the list due to recovery. [33]
Ohio is a top 10 producer of turkeys, turning out close to 300 million pounds a year, according to a new study. See where the state ranks nationally. Ohio ranked top 10 for most turkeys produced ...