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anyone who knows me knows that I am terrified of snakes. I love animals*, but something about snakes just completely freaks me out. They have no legs! They have sharp sometimes poisonous teeth! They can slither into your house through little holes and you dont even know it until its strangling you with its giant muscular body.. anyway..
More proof that snakes are evil. They can bite you even when they are DEAD. that's not right...
*honestly, I really do love most animals, and value animal life often times more than human.. but i won't budge on the snakes.. they leave me alone and i leave them alone. its a nice compromise.
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Well - technically the snake wasn't dead yet - just dying. And that's what he gets for chopping it's head off in the first place. Had he left the snake alone or maybe "re-directed" it's path away from personal property, it's possible that that one snake could have occupied a very large surrounding perimeter and reduced the amount of rodents and pests significantly over just a couple of years - you know, the ones that carry disease and all.
Snakes make wonderful pets - people who keep venomous ones for bragging or to show off are idiots - but most otherwise are wonderful, easy-maintenance pets.
Buckwheat
whatevs. just keep your snake away from me and i'll be happy.
Snakes are not evil though humans come pretty close.
I work with timber rattlesnakes and man is it an uphill battle to convince folks these are not mean animals.
humans can definitely be evil.
i see nothing wrong with my fear. snakes are safer with me being afraid of them, b/c i will do everything humanly possible to avoid them. I will probably be the first person ever to levitate b/c i will see a snake and will myself to fly up into the air away from it.
perhaps if that guy in the article had my fear he wouldve just run away as fast as he possibly could've and the snake would still be alive (and still be evil...)
wait, you work with timber rattlesnakes?
i hope that was mentioned in the job description...
;)
I couldnt agree with you more! I love animals but snakes are just not for me!
The choice to work with snakes was mine so that should tell you volumes about me.
I understand people fearing them but I wish they would develop a healthy respect instead.
People hate these animals down here and too often kill them on site.
Not an easy business being a snake advocate....
I suppose it would be easier if they were either cute or cuddly but even I'll admit that is a stretch.
I've handled them when I have to, but I haven't actually TRIED cuddling one. That is where my "healthy respect" kicks in I guess.
Ron Davis said...
"I understand people fearing them but I wish they would develop a healthy respect instead."
"Not an easy business being a snake advocate...."
I agree with your comments here Ron.
I like it when a person who fears snakes will come to visit me and once they see either my children or their own pick up and handle my snakes - all of a sudden they want to try to handle them - so far it's happened twice. Once they see a little 2 year-old girl (my daughter) holding a snake twice her length - they really come around and feel like they too might be able to survive the experience.
As for cuddling . . I think the closest you could get to cuddle a snake would be with a Ball Python. They are the smallest of the Python family in the pet trade and they really like to just “ball” up – sometimes they wrap around your hand and arm like a bracelet and will stay that way for hours. They are the best snake to handle when you need to clean the tank – just pick up and let them hang out, clamped to one arm, while you do the cleaning and water change.
I think growing up with them or being educated about them hands-on really makes a difference. The phobia seems to be passed down as well, from parent to child, from what I’ve noticed.
Buckwheat
im really the only one in my family with a fear of snakes. and i've been to people's homes who own snakes and handle them in front of me. i dunno, i cant really explain it, its just a gut-reaction that i have. i'm generally a reasonable person, its just something i feel regardless of reasoning..
Like i said, the snakes are better off for it. though even if i weren't afraid i certainly wouldn't kill them.. if i see one going across the road in front of me i dodge or brake to avoid it. possibly b/c im afraid of it getting into my car and attacking me ;) but mostly it's because i do respect animal life.
mosquitos sucking my blood are the exception tho...
Sounds like a genuine phobia to me.
I was told this week that my work with rattlesnake conservation is actually endangering people here...not sure where to go with that one.
I used to own a snake but now it's just the wild ones I deal with. I track them and it's amazing how often the rattlesnakes will not even move or rattle.
As for mosquitoes...
Even the Dali Lama confessed that his "relationship with mosquitoes is not so peaceful" Don't know if he kills them (doubtful) but if you manage to piss off a Buddhist you've got to be pretty bad.
As long as we're trashing on pests, ticks can go the way of the dodo as far as I'm concerned.
Have a good weekend all. I'm actually off to track snakes tonight (do I know how to spend a Friday evening or what?).
"Melissa said...
possibly b/c im afraid of it getting into my car and attacking me ;) "
That one brought a smile to my face . . seen a few too many movies or let your imagination run wild there 'eh! Just know this about most snakes - they won't ever make it a point to chase you down and attack; you are the bigger animal and they either want to go and hide or stay still hoping you don't see them. Most, if not all, snake attacks are when a foot step was too close to their hiding place (they snakes don't know it when they are on a hiking path) and they strike in self-defense. The odd stories about huge snakes and human attacks are hard to confirm since the stories are all told by locals (none in the United States - these are usually in or near rain forest climates where everything grows big and mostly without human interaction) and nobody knows whether or not the pictures have been altered. Either way – it won’t happen here. I have heard of pet Pythons getting loose in the States and consuming neighbor’s dogs, but not people.
Ron – if you frequently run into the person who mentioned “you are endangering people’s lives with Rattlesnake conservation” – ask them how they’d like a plague of mice or rats instead, and the millions of disease-laden insects that feed off of them. Snakes are essential to every environment in which they were meant to inhabit. It’s not their fault that they are unable to distinguish the family’s barn’s attic from a tree branch, or Melissa’s car from a sleepy, cuddly den!
Buckwheat
it's definitely my imagination. i come up with some pretty silly stuff. for instance, now for the next few days or so, i will probably be afraid that a snake has made a home in my car. i will just have to keep the windows rolled up for a while..
thank you ron and buckwheat, for trying to reassure me. i promise to never offensively injure a snake and will, at all cost, levitate to avoid them.
This levitation thing....is that easy to do or does it require the presence of a snake?
To be honest the right kind of spider might cause me to at least try to levitate. I don't think spiders are evil just creepy.
I'm rational about it until they get on me then I get a little ruffled. Haven't floated or disapparated (spelling?) yet but
it would be cool--even if it took a spider or snake to do it.
i would still take staying on the ground minus-snake over levitating, if it required a snake to be present. i'll work on levitating minus-snake.
incidentally, it always creeped me out when harry potter spoke in parsel-tongue.
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