How do you feel about snakes?

We have a Copperhead Hunt here every year. I never participated in it as a hunter, but I have ate it as a spectator. The snakes are then ‘milked’ for their venom and released. It’s unlikely that anyone would die from a bite, but I have seen a few of the hunters who had been bitten become very ill.
 

oldman said:
I think I told this tale previously, but it makes interesting reading. I was fishing along the banks of a medium size stream one sunny afternoon. I wasn’t having much luck, so I decided to move to a different location. As I was walking along the bank, I stopped and thought for a moment about casting my line from there. Without any warning, I felt something crawling around my ankle. When I looked down, I saw a bunch of small garter snakes wrapping their self around my ankle. I quickly picked up my foot and shook them off. Pretty cool, I thought at the time.

Then, there was the time I was walking through the grass in back of my home in Florida when I felt something “pinch” my leg just above my ankle. When I looked down, I saw this brownish colored snake with very cool looking markings scurrying away. I had no idea what kind of snake this was, but I walked back into the house and told my wife what had just happened.

She insisted that I go to the hospital, even though I told her that if it was poisonous, I would know something by now. And, besides, “Do you know how long we’re going to be there?” After a 10-minute go around, I finally convinced her that I was going to be OK. We looked up Florida snakes on the Internet and I am pretty sure that it was a rat snake. (Non Poisonous) I think they were after the Geckos that are all over the place in my area.
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In the entire United States, there are only 4 venomous snakes:
Rattlesnake
Copperhead
Water Moccasin
Coral Snake
Of those 4, Rattlesnakes are easy to identify with the rattles at the end of their tail & the large, triangle-shaped head. Coral Snakes are usually hidden & rarely bite, even when handled by people who don't know any better. And their Red & Yellow rings around their entire body is a warning.
The fact is, when venomous snakes are left alone, they don't attack. They know they'll starve for months while they make new venom, so they don't want to waste it on you - that's why they avoid people whenever they can.
Here is someone who tried to get 50 Rattlesnakes to attack him. Note their reactions:
 
win231 said:
In the entire United States, there are only 4 venomous snakes:
Rattlesnake
Copperhead
Water Moccasin
Coral Snake
Of those 4, Rattlesnakes are easy to identify with the rattles at the end of their tail & the large, triangle-shaped head. Coral Snakes are usually hidden & rarely bite, even when handled by people who don't know any better. And their Red & Yellow rings around their entire body is a warning.
The fact is, when venomous snakes are left alone, they don't attack. They know they'll starve for months while they make new venom, so they don't want to waste it on you - that's why they avoid people whenever they can.
Here is someone who tried to get 50 Rattlesnakes to attack him. Note their reactions:
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That’s interesting. Learn something new everyday.
 

Ball pythons are excellent pets, had one in college. Very mild mannered, in fact the first time we put a mouse in his tank he ended up curling up in a ball(which is what they're named for) to hide from it. However we realized later that the mouse ended up biting him all over his back. He had scars from it that never went away. Great experience owning it and very easy to care for. I just didnt like dealing with the rodents when it was feeding time, especiially when it got bigger and moved on to rats.
 
How do you feel about snakes?

Feel snakes? Feel snakes? I wouldn't touch them buggers with a barge pole.....urrrrh. 😊
 
We have several snakes in our area....mostly garter and black snakes....and I see an occasional Copperhead...which I give a wide berth. They do a good job of keeping the mouse population under control. If I see one in the immediate yard around the house, while I am mowing, etc., I stop and scoot it away with a stick, so I don't run over it. Keeping a snake, as a pet, however, is not something I would Ever consider.
 

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