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Milk
snakes (Lampropeltis triangulum) may be found living in various
habitats: open prairies, wooded stream valley and rocky canyons.
Though they are harmless to humans, many milk
snakes are killed because of their resemblance to the venomous but
non-aggressive coral snake, and because of the fallacious belief
that milk snakes will steal milk from cows. Though milk snakes live
in barns they pose no threat to cows and may actually help farmers
by keeping the rodent population in check.
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