The 129 degree reading reached in Death Valley Sunday (National Weather Service via National Park Service) Death Valley now shares the record for hottest U.S. June temperature ever recorded with Volcano, Cali, which shot up to 129 on June 23, 1902. The 129-degree temperature was still five degrees shy of Death Valleyâs all-time record high of 134.
Plains garter snakes eat a wide variety of animal prey. The diet of plains garter snakes and common garter snakes is very similar, so they probably compete for prey where they are found in the same area. They eat frogs and toads, salamanders, fish, birds, small rodents, leeches, earthworms, and grasshoppers.
The backward-pointing teeth and throat muscles are used to work the prey slowly down into the stomach. Garter snakes are opportunistic hunters. They will eat almost any animal that they can catch: grasshoppers, earthworms, frogs, toads, salamanders, and small birds and mammals. Garter snake habitat can be found in parks, meadows, woodlands, and yards, wherever there are ponds or streams nearby.