I went to Hopbrook Marsh in sudbury on the 1st. I was dying to catch some minnows to fill 29 gallons of free aquarium space. Instead of fish, though, there was other cool wetland wildlife. I found a group of Northern Water snakes basking on the riverbank. When i picked one up, though my mom made me put it down because of the dangerous "Snake germs." It is safe to pick up snakes around here, as there are no native venomous snakes to Massachusetts.