See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A gray rat snake was found hiding inside the toilet of an Alabama ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gray rat snakes, or chicken snakes as they are more often called, are non-venomous and one of the most commonly encountered snakes ...

A Grey Ratsnake sits in a tree in Kettering, Ohio. DEVIN MEISTER / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO “If you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you.” That’s great advice and a truism for almost all wildlife, ...

“If you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you.” That’s great advice and a truism for almost all wildlife, something even a 4-year-old can recognize. It’s especially true for Ohio’s longest reptile, ...