I think that's where the snake is hiding.
I nudged the wires and got quite a shock: a two-foot snake had been hiding there, waiting to serve himself lunch.
He knows the roots of every blade of grass and every hole even a snake might hide in.
I was much alarmed at this story, and remarked to him that our danger had been greatly increased by lying on the boughs in which the snakes like to hide.
Avoid areas where snakes may be hiding such as under rocks and logs.
A terrestrial and nocturnal snake, when not active, it hides in holes, leaf litter, and in or under rotting logs.
Cobras and other venomous snakes hid in the tall grass, and the crocodile-filled rivers swelled.
Before a moult, the snake stops eating and often hides or moves to a safe place.
Bites typically occur when plantation workers are harvesting Cocoa beans or when moving coconut palm husk piles, where the snakes like to hide.
But a snake hides in a grape basket sent from the main land and poisons the princess.