snakes - friend or foe?

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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    tybird wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    tybird wrote:
    Friend....somebody has combat the reproductive prowess of the rodents. 8-)
    and i love your avatar the best :mrgreen:
    Thank you...it was a Carolina anole that would sit in the entrance of a bird house at my Grandfather's place
    I love anoles. We have them in our yard. They are so pretty and acrobatic.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    I love snakes,my sister had snakes when she was in her 20's,they are very warm and their skin is like silk
    “There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
  • ClaireackClaireack Posts: 13,561
    I haven't really encoutered many snakes. Had a python round my neck in a display thingy once. But that's about it. I'm really not sure what I think about them ...
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,160
    no problems with them.
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  • Mamasan23Mamasan23 Posts: 16,389
    I have a friend that used to have a snake as a pet (I have no idea what kind, but it was big) and he would wrap it over his neck and take it out for walks. Strange fellow that one.

    Personally, snakes don't bother me, so mark one down for friend!
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    "the bravest family in the world"
    http://youtu.be/o0uyHgz6-NI
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • I love snakes! For me they have only one problem... Eating my pets O_O

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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    I love snakes! For me they have only one problem... Eating my pets O_O

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=155351021151946&set=a.155350911151957.28919.100000311469233&type=1&theater

    (I think that's visible for everyone...)
    yeah they enjoy your pal there. i am sorry :twisted:
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,160
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157

    capybara
    the largest rodent in the world.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    FOE!!!
  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Kill em all
    81 is now off the air

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  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    81 wrote:
    snakes are the devils work.

    any animal without legs is the devils work.

    any animal with more than 20 legs is the devils work

    they are all evil and are banned from my homestead.


    i hope we can still be pals
    :P
    Sorry Chadwick, but I have to go with 81 on this one. They freak me out and give me the heebie jeebies.
    But I will still be your friend.
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    I wonder why they call some men snakes? Is that for lying?
    Never really got the connection there.

    Snakes freak me out a bit but I think that is the startle effect...
    the unexpected and well we got some very poisonous ones here,
    have to be careful for copperheads here near the lake.
  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    pandora wrote:
    I wonder why they call some men snakes? Is that for lying?
    Never really got the connection there.

    Snakes freak me out a bit but I think that is the startle effect...
    the unexpected and well we got some very poisonous ones here,
    have to be careful for copperheads here near the lake.

    pretty sure it's biblical.
    81 is now off the air

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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    81 wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    I wonder why they call some men snakes? Is that for lying?
    Never really got the connection there.

    Snakes freak me out a bit but I think that is the startle effect...
    the unexpected and well we got some very poisonous ones here,
    have to be careful for copperheads here near the lake.

    pretty sure it's biblical.
    ah why I didn't get it
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,160
    Long dead snake found in Florida

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7qnCV5u7cE
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • DURPDURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    Have a Diamond Back Rattlesnake tattooed on my left leg.
    My butt itches!
  • The best snake is a dead snake.

    Hate 'em, always have. Now that I'm in the South, I have to worry about poisonous ones too.

    FOE :thumbdown:
    "Then the Spirit of God hovered over the water, and God said, Let there be music, and there was Pearl Jam."

    Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    chadwick wrote:
    a topic inspired by brianlux's spider thread.

    i love snakes. i wish there were more of them. my favorite part of any zoo is their snake/reptile house.
    i've kept both lethal and none lethal snakes. i used to get bit by the none lethal ones quite a bit due to always looking for them and picking them up with my bare hands. a garder snake is a pissy little shit that has a fun little bite to 'em. they draw blood and bruise ya, it kinda hurts, but a good hurt.

    i remember camping with dad and he was bitten by a copperhead or something when we were in this firewood pile. all he did was drink more beer and whiskey. he took a nap maybe. it was invigorating.

    our first bad ass snake we kept was a columbian redtail boa. her name was Connie. she climbed the christmas tree every year and hung out for awhile. when she bit ya it was bloody, she got dad a few times.

    no matter they are my pals. if you kill snakes you are not my pal.


    I Brake For Snakes.

    I love the Chadwick.... You say it so well!
    If you kill snakes you are not my pal.

    I was holding my bro's boa while he was cleaning the cage. He went into another room, and the boa started constricting my neck. Slider is almost 10 feet long. A little bit of cold water, and Slider was off me. He needed a stronger heat lamp. If you kill a chicken or cow... I'll be in your kitchen


    I have suffered more python and anaconda bites, maybe I just happen to work with friendly boas
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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    The best snake is a dead snake.

    Hate 'em, always have. Now that I'm in the South, I have to worry about poisonous ones too.

    FOE :thumbdown:


    3 snakes are a problem for you where you live.
    I hate this thread. Kingsnake (coral snake), cotton mouth, copperhead.

    I really doubt you will every get to see one.

    Australia is so lucky
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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    81 wrote:
    Not to derail the thread but does anyone know the purpose of the common housefly? Do they truly hold an important place in our ecosystems? Just had this conversation the other night so I thought I'd ask here.


    they eat shit

    No snakes do not.

    How do fleas fit in the ecosystem? At least mosquitoes can carry disease
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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    tybird wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    tybird wrote:
    Friend....somebody has combat the reproductive prowess of the rodents. 8-)
    and i love your avatar the best :mrgreen:
    Thank you...it was a Carolina anole that would sit in the entrance of a bird house at my Grandfather's place

    I thought there was only 6 species of anoles?

    I need to go on my Herpetology forum more often. :cry:
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  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    Long dead snake found in Florida

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7qnCV5u7cE

    There is not a single recorded snake 50 feet long?
    And your link sucks

    :twisted:
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,291
    Diamondback Rattlers all over the dame place here. Well, I should say not exactly where I live, but a 10 minute drive and you'll see them. In about a month, they all start coming out to soak in the sun....you can't drive down the road without hitting one. :D
    I played a round of golf in Fountain Hills, AZ yesterday....saw squiggle marks in the sand trap....they are coming!! :lol:
    DS, I'm sure, just pooped himself reading this.... :lol:
  • STAYSEASTAYSEA Posts: 3,814
    mca47 wrote:
    Diamondback Rattlers all over the dame place here. Well, I should say not exactly where I live, but a 10 minute drive and you'll see them. In about a month, they all start coming out to soak in the sun....you can't drive down the road without hitting one. :D
    I played a round of golf in Fountain Hills, AZ yesterday....saw squiggle marks in the sand trap....they are coming!! :lol:
    DS, I'm sure, just pooped himself reading this.... :lol:

    And, No you can't have them all as pets. :cry:


    Rats turned to "snakes"

    They don't eat, don't sleep
    They don't feed, they don't seethe
    Bare their gums when they moan and squeak
    Lick the dirt off a larger one's feet
    They don't push, don't crowd
    Congregate until they're much too loud
    Fuck to procreate till they are dead
    Drink the blood of their so called best friend

    They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way
    Don't pack themselves together and run as one
    Don't shit where they're not supposed to
    Don't take what's not theirs, they don't compare

    They don't scam, don't fight
    Don't oppress an equals given rights
    Starve the poor so they can be well fed
    Line their holes with the dead ones bread

    They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way
    Don't pack themselves together and run as one (2x)
    Don't shit where they're not supposed to
    Don't take what's not theirs, they don't compare...

    Snakes...They don't compare (2x)
    Ben, the two of us need look no more (6X)
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    STAYSEA wrote:
    I Brake For Snakes.

    I love the Chadwick.... You say it so well!
    If you kill snakes you are not my pal.

    I was holding my bro's boa while he was cleaning the cage. He went into another room, and the boa started constricting my neck. Slider is almost 10 feet long. A little bit of cold water, and Slider was off me. He needed a stronger heat lamp. If you kill a chicken or cow... I'll be in your kitchen


    I have suffered more python and anaconda bites, maybe I just happen to work with friendly boas
    boas are pretty mild especially when fed often. pythons & anacondas will bite the hell out of you. a 10-12 foot burmese python is a big gnarly fucker who is all power & when they hit your arm it's a blood bath & painful. a hungry big snake is ready to fuck shit up. i liked keeping my pythons fed more often than not so i could handle them daily with no real threats.

    asian water monitors... same deal. they enjoy biting & making you bleed. i'd hold the monitor i friended up to my nose & he'd fork tongue my nose. you could've bit my nose off w/ ease. he got my hands & arms often. again, feed the fuckers. but we can't be having overweight retiles either, comfortable & happy reptiles are lovely.

    this ball python who lived w/ me ate a rat once a week if not two every ten days or so. plus mice as a small snack. this dude was beautiful & as ball pythons go, was absolutely harmless.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    non-venomous = friend
    venomous = foe


    I tend to classify any animal who can easily kill me with one bite as a foe.


    i classify any animal that can easily kill me as an animal to be respected.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    STAYSEA wrote:
    ...
    Australia is so lucky

    yes we here in oz are so very lucky to have so many things that can kill us. WOO!!!!!! ;)8-)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    mca47 wrote:
    Diamondback Rattlers all over the dame place here. Well, I should say not exactly where I live, but a 10 minute drive and you'll see them. In about a month, they all start coming out to soak in the sun....you can't drive down the road without hitting one. :D
    I played a round of golf in Fountain Hills, AZ yesterday....saw squiggle marks in the sand trap....they are coming!! :lol:
    DS, I'm sure, just pooped himself reading this.... :lol:
    sounds like heaven to me. i wish my dad was still alive. i'd have him read this & he'd wanna come visit :lol: once we had a couple western diamondbacks. then oneday she had her offspring in our livingroom. that was truly the best time ever to witness. little nasty shits ready to go.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
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