The king of the prarie

Ducky found a speckled king snake half frozen by an old dry spring, while hiking with mom. She brought it home and tried to house it in many different places but the only container this King was a very tall unused plastic garbage can ( he climbed out of every thing else) . King speckles,(as Ducky named him) tried to bite bite people when his head wasn't being held, so Ducky put up a sign: BEWARE OF SNAKE ( HE BITES). on his garbage can. Other than that, he was a nice pet for a few days.
Speckled king snakes aren't poisonous at all. Many people think they are because of their behavior, or the name King tagged on them. But really, their name comes from their diet: other snakes, both poisonous and harmless. This is the smallest one I've seen, though the Adults are not much bigger. I've never seen them hunt before, It must be a remarkable feat to hunt down a larger venomous snake.