My Grandfather was from NE. but, as a young man, followed the wheat in MO. and KS. He told of this joint snake and also cottonmouths and the copperheads. He said the MO. ones smelled like cantaloupe and that they would sneak up on you. Not like western rattlers that warned you off. I remember one in Princeton CA., we were out in the orchard walking along talking. He had a hoe in his hand as he had been hoeing weeds. All of a sudden, he put his arm out in front of me to stop me and without missing a step, swung that hoe down and cut off the head of a rattler in our path. I never even saw the thing. He had no fear of any snake but hated rats. He said , as a kid, he got trapped in a corn crib by some. Barbara Hammons Davis ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.