Labels:text | screenshot | font | document | rectangle OCR: What about nests of snakes? Snakes lay eggs in warm, damp areas such as within rotten logs and old sawdust and leaf piles. Live bearing snakes give birth in secluded spots within the home range of the female parent. Once the young are born or hatched they are on their own, and tend to disperse within a few hours or days. It is rare that anyone encounters such a group of snakes. Louisiana snakes lay eggs from May to July, and these hatch between late July and late September. Live-bearing snakes give birth in August to October. Most "snake nest" stories are the result of several snakes being seen together, which is an infrequent event. Lack of suitable hibernating sites may force snakes to congregate in favorable spots such as cavities in embankments, old foundations, walls of abandoned buildings, etc. In such cases the snakes are temporarily utilizing a resource, and are not congregated for social purposes. As soon as weather conditions permit, the snakes will disperse over a wide area. There is little reason for anyone to believe that he or she will "step on" or "swim into" a supposed nest of snakes.
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