mgraham333 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 take a look at this before you answer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rat Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Well, I don't love them eating my dog, but I'm not phobic about them either. They're wild animals, and like many wild animals they'll bite or kill your ass when provoked or even if just given the chance. Grizzly bears are kinda cute, but I keep out of their way. --eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Use3D Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I reside in the company of 50+ snakes. FYI: That's an african rock python. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I've always loved them. Used to own a 9 foot long boa constrictor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 We're very polite about snakes here. From the grounds of the home of the Sitwell family (early 20thC bright young things!): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD45 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Snakes is fine. Just keep the clowns, monkeys, and bees away from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Snakes is fine. Just keep the clowns, monkeys, and bees away from me. ← and mimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Where's "mnytime"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Where's "mnytime"? ← hehehe As for snakes, I hate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I reside in the company of 50+ snakes. FYI: That's an african rock python. ← ...and where would one find something like this??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgraham333 Posted July 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Snakes is fine. Just keep the clowns, monkeys, and bees away from me. ← Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgraham333 Posted July 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I reside in the company of 50+ snakes. FYI: That's an african rock python. ← Sounds like my uncle. He raises them and breeds them to come up with new "variations". Just run-of-the-mill stuff - nothing like Dr. Moreau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I reside in the company of 50+ snakes. FYI: That's an african rock python. ← ...and where would one find something like this??? ← Africa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Love 'em, though not as pets. When I was a wee lad Marlin Perkins of Wild Kingdom fame was the curator of the St. Louis Zoo. His specialty was reptiles. So perhaps he was a positive influence on me. That and not reading Genesis until a very late age. From about age 9 until my teens we'd run around in the woods and meadows and sometimes catch snakes for fun, though often as not just enjoy watching them. Garters and racers didn't like to be handled anyway, though hog-nosed snakes were always fun to come across. The latter are great at bluffing, either by puffing up with air & hissing or playing dead. Once in a great while we'd come across a king snake which was always a treat. As a constrictor it felt like you were holding a muscle. Unlike garters they seem to know that biting a big human probably isn't going to achieve a desired result so they tend not to do so. I've always been proud of the fact that as teens we were aware that a pet store in town would have given us $15 (in the late '70s mind you) for one but we always let them go where we found them. I've always been kinda disappointed that in all my desert hikes I have yet to see a rattlesnake. Though last year in Canyonlands I saw a number of good sized gopher snakes which were cool to see slither around the slickrock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I reside in the company of 50+ snakes. FYI: That's an african rock python. ← ...and where would one find something like this??? ← Africa? ← That answer was too obvious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Are we talking reptiles or personality types? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 "Snakes?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I owned several reptiles as a child, including a boa constrictor. Snakes is fine by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I also owned a couple of snakes growing up. Mom used to pet its little head with her finger like it was a dog! Full name of my garter snake: Sly and the Family Snake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Are we talking reptiles or personality types? ← No difference for me, I hate them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 (edited) I also owned a couple of snakes growing up. Mom used to pet its little head with her finger like it was a dog! Full name of my garter snake: Sly and the Family Snake. ← Cool! I like your snake's name. I had a few garters, too. It was so long ago that I can't remember if I named my snakes at all. I do recall going to the grocery store with my mom, as a trying-to-be-very-hip seven-year-old with a boa casually draped around his neck. This attracted far less attention than one might imagine, perhaps because it was in Berkeley, California, in 1968. My mom made me get rid of my boa when my brother was born. She kept having nightmares about the snake getting loose and "constricting" the baby. Funny thing was, the snake was only about a foot long and had trouble even with the anemic white mice it was fed bi-weekly. Edited July 21, 2005 by Kalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I came across one sunbathing in my front garden last year. Not exactly an every-day sighting in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 (edited) With a handle like "sidewinder," you must at least have SOME sympathy for snakes. Edited July 22, 2005 by Kalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 I owned several reptiles as a child, including a boa constrictor. Snakes is fine by me. ← Why am I not surprised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 I owned several reptiles as a child, including a boa constrictor. Snakes is fine by me. ← Why am I not surprised? ← As someone said in another thread: "we all have our hobbies." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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