The photographs on these pages involve a certain amount of intention to deceive, something this magazine normally does not do. The fearsome monster at left is actually a garter snake, the same small, harmless creature the little girl is playing with at right.
Enlargement works wonders.
The photograph that fills the following pages depicts a matter of some delicacy. That jumble is composed entirely of males waiting for a female to emerge from a den. Various species of garter snake are a familiar sight in many parts of North America. But the red-sided garter snake, native to central Manitoba, would appear to be in a class by itself. At the very northern limit of where reptiles can live, it hibernates for a full eight months.