As we got closer, I saw little black lines on the highway, then some quick dark movements darting off the road into the grass. Then we arrived at the Narcisse Snake Dens, a Manitoba Wildlife Management Area. Snake dens in Canada? In fact, the greatest quantity of snakes in one place is not in Africa, Australia or Central America, but about an hour and a half north of Winnipeg.
Once parked, our guide led us on a short hike to the snake dens as the occasional red-sided garter snake slithered across our path. At one point, he swooped down and expertly picked up a specimen. It wriggled a little, then calmed down and looked at us placidly. About 40 centimetres long, black with a red stripe, he looked harmless, even a bit cuddly. The guide gently put it down and then we all peered over a wooden railing into a well-established cave about 4.5 metres below the path.
Read on: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/destinations/travel-canada/think-you-know-the-bessst-place-to-see-snakes-think-again/article2401332/
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