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The garter was originally, in ancient and medieval times, a leather or heavy fabric strap or harness worn about the chest, to which sections of leather or metal armor were fastened or suspended. Garters of recent times are undergarment accessories designed to prevent hose and socks from rolling or sliding down. Arm garters have also been in style for men during the 1800s and early 1900s for fastening long sleeves out of the way, particularly in working environments. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In British English, garters are known as suspenders White wedding garter Garters are items of clothing, used to keep stockings up. ...
Garters rely primarily upon sight when hunting, "hearing" (sensing ground vibrations), taste and smell, the latter two combined in use with the Jacobson's organ located in the in roof of the mouth.
The spring aggregations are often the time that garters are collected by humans, an unfortunate occurrence as it disrupts the natural balance of males and females and reduces the natural diversity of the gene pool of that population, weakening it and potentially affecting it's long-term survival.
Garters not being kept as breeders may be handled and, with continued exposure, will calm down and take an interest in their surroundings when taken out of their tanks.
For example, red-sided gartersnakes have red longitudinal lines on their sides and are darker than the light-colored western plains gartersnake with yellow longitudinal stripes.
Gartersnakes are hardy and very cold-tolerant and are one of the last snakes to retreat in the fall and one of the earliest snakes to come out of hibernation in the spring.
Gartersnakes are not dependent on just one source of food but tend more to be opportunistic hunters and feed on a wide variety of prey animals encountered over the course of a day.
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