Hopefully the snakes are all denned up for the winter just in case. Mention that you suspect water might be getting in. Also, their dens, Experts Crown Their Choice For New Jersey Chili Champion, Heres New Jerseys Top Breakfast Food And Its Not Pork Roll, A Slice of Heaven The Best Bakeries in Ocean County, NJ You Need to Try, Snooki Strikes Gold with Stunning Secret New Jersey Waterfront Flip. I live in NJ(Southern) and beleive the only rattlesnake here is the Pine Rattler and do live in a heavily wooded area. Mold and mildew . The best paid comedy writer couldn't have made it any funnier. That method also works when you are painting interior walls. definitely smelled like cucumbers!! I will assume that, as it is the first specimen to grow in my garden, it has not had an opportunity to cross-pollinate or graft, but I will call the cooperative extension tomorrow, just to be on the safe side. When the snake feels danger, it releases the cucumber-like smell as a defense. There are actually several fern species that have a smell similar to a cucumber, and one would expect ferns on a hiking trail near a river. I occasionally chased a few of them down to catch them for research. Leave doors and windows open so some gas escapes and call your gas company from another place. She's just making a valid point about not smelling cucumbers when seeing an actual venomous snake. This is to make sure you can smell it if there's a leak. Some people with less direct exposure with these species (occasional run ins in the wild, but not direct handling) also DON'T associate them with a cucumber smell. The crows seems to go after them.. Not sure what is going on.. but I see this pretty often.. I do have health insurance. These are available for less than $100. It would be like being chased by a turtle. Not surprisingly, flower blossoms become more fragrant in the late afternoon (around four pm) until early morning hours. So yes mam, they do chase people! I don't recall about the smell in the copper heads but after smelling the rattle snake I would trust my nose and believe anyone on that. In particular, if you smell cucumbers in your garage or attic beware. I wish nobody's family members would die, including my sister and dad. I never smell it in the daytime and have been smelling it since mid January when we moved in. Do you have a good sense of smell? So what causes the cuke smell? I attend reptile shows on a regular basis that have venomous snakes and have been surrounded by these animals, I have several friends who breed them, and I've kept them myself. There are actually several fern species that have a smell similar . We do have one native weed that stinks but it smells like cat pee if you walk on it. White to pink blooms are heavy in spring to autumn. Call an exterminator already! They are extremely poisonous snakes and they are rapid strikers that you cant dodge. The genus includes several ornamental vines, including the sweet potato (edible). Rattlesnakes can also give off a cucumber-like odor. He has made over 200 national television appearances and served as the home improvement expert for CBS's The Early Show and The Weather Channel for over a decade. The sense of smell is entirely subjective, just like an appreciation of cilantro. But google, do we have copperheads in Michigan? The most likely culprit is an appliance, such as a dishwasher, washing machine or air conditioner. The wind is coming from the right direction for that, but it seems too strong to have traveled from that far away. I was amazed when I moved to NH that there are NO native poisonous snakes. But that smell is now indelibly put upon my memory and when I smell it now I am very cautious.