Last year our school offered a German Exchange. Being me, my biggest objective was to capture a wild grass snake. Towards the end of the trip, we visited some sort of thermal springs (full of naked old people!!! yuck!) and I actually managed to find one hiding under a boardwalk. She was approximately 4 feet long and missing a few inches of tail. What a giant. They are so garter like in their ways. It was like I was just handling a big sirtalis for half an hour! Anyways... we let this monster go back to her smelly puddle and I left feeling very satisfied with my trip. These are such a cool species. If they were available in Canada I would definately have a few