Overview. 1  One of the most common uses for peppermint oil is as a flavoring for various types of candies, including mints, candy canes, peppermint sticks and chocolate confections. Ancient Egyptians used the peppermint plant as a medicinal herb, but an English botanist who found the peppery mint growing in a field first described it in 1696.
The smooth earth snake eats primarily earthworms and other soft-bodied arthropods. Behavior Given their lack of sufficient defense mechanisms against larger animals, earth snakes are generally not aggressive towards humans and are harmless if encountered.
There are black rat snakes, black racers, black kingsnakes, and many more which are black something, but no black snake. If you're in the eastern U.S., you may be talking about black rat snakes, which are very common and grow to around 6 feet in length. They eat rodents, birds, and bird eggs. Another common one in the eastern U.S. is a black racer, again, very common and they grow to around 4 feet or so. They eat anything, such as rodents, birds, eggs, snakes, lizards, frogs, and grasshoppers. Most snakes are rodent eaters, but there are dark colored water snakes, which eat fish and frogs.