one day we saw a snake in the lake that looked like a coral snake…
Among the roughly 21 species of snakes that call Wisconsin home, there are two that are venomous – the timber rattlesnake and the eastern massasauga rattlesnake. Both snakes live in the southwestern part of the state. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, timber rattlesnakes live among the rugged open bluffs of southwestern and western Wisconsin. The snakes eat a variety of rodents.