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The pillowcases are writhing. Everyone has been handed one, and some are moving more than others. Large scales show through the thin fabric, and in at least one pillowcase, a head is seeking a way out. It won\u2019t have to wait too much longer. Today, we\u2019re unleashing twenty six eastern indigo snakes onto The Nature Conservancy\u2019s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the largest release in the five years of the reintroduction program. It will also be the first year that many of the suitable gopher tortoise burrows here will have game cameras pointed at their openings. We split into three teams and seek out the marked burrows, and within moments of opening our bags, the shy, captive bred snakes slither into the safety of their shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Nature Conservancy\u2019s Brian Pelc poses with an eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Before setting our snakes down, though, many of us pick them up to pose for photos. They neither struggle to get free or become aggressive. They are docile and tolerant of us humans. But we shouldn\u2019t underestimate them for this. This is an apex predator. Indigo snakes eat eastern diamondback rattlers<\/a>, copperheads, cottonmouths- all the snakes we\u2019d regret accidentally stepping on in the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an apex predator, they have a critical role to play in this sandhill habitat<\/a>. And yet, they had been missing, their role unfulfilled. Establishing them in the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines region is a further boost to decades of habitat restoration projects here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/a>
The Nature Conservancy in Florida\u2019s Fran Perchick holds a pillowcase containing an eastern indigo snake. If you look closely, you can see the snake\u2019s scales through the fabric.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bringing Back the Eastern Indigo Snake- a Team Effort<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before our teams head out, David Printiss says a few words.\u00a0Printiss is The Nature Conservancy\u2019s North Florida Program Manager, overseeing the Preserve. What we\u2019re doing today is the fun part, but he doesn\u2019t want anyone to forget how much work, by how many people, got them to this point.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click here to head to the WFSU Ecology blog and learn more about the efforts to reintroduce the Eastern Indigo Snake to the area.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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