Southern black racer (scientific name: "Coluber constrictor"), the racer is more likely to suffocate or crush its victim into the ground, rather than coiling around it in typical constrictor fashion. Man remains the greatest enemy of black racers. Many are killed on highways and others are intentionally killed out of fear. The white chin causes some people to kill this snake, believing that it is a cottonmouth – a venomous snake more commonly called a water moccasin. The venomous snake has a white lining inside of its mouth. Racers are nonvenomous and do not breed with cottonmouths. Natural enemies include such birds of
S. C. Homersham S. C. Homersham Samuel Collett Homersham (ca.1816–1886) born in Kent, England, was an English hydraulic engineer and hydrologist. He studied rainfall patterns and subterranean water in various parts of England. He also studied impurities in water and effects of softening water supplies. He experimented with various designs of valves for use with water pumps. Homersham studied the feasibility of atmospheric railways in England. He joined the British Meteorological Society in 1850, having previously been a member of the Meteorological Society of London which was founded in 1848. Homersham married Mary Susannah Collen and had ten children. His eldest son, Samuel