Snake Sighting: Terrifying Run-In in My Backyard

[zoobyshoe]

Can't blame 'em. I hate it when I go to plug somthing in and end up grabbing a bull snake.

 

[moose]

I have crickets you can feed to your snakes. Lots and lots and lots of crickets! I find at least one or two in the house every night. At least they are the big, cute crickets that I don't mind picking up and putting back outside, not the ugly camel crickets I had in Cincinnati. If the snake prefers mice, I think there's one of those in my attic, or ZZ can bring back a REALLY big one.

Here, the number of crickets is directly proportional to the number of scorpions


There is no way to repell a scorpion, or to poison one easily, so we repell and kill crickets... I remember one time a scorpion somehow got into my house , I was freaked out while going to sleep

 

[pattylou]

There is no way to repell a scorpion, or to poison one easily, so we repell and kill crickets... I remember one time a scorpion somehow got into my house , I was freaked out while going to sleep

So... you couldn't sleep then til you killed a cricket?

 

[hypatia]

I once took a group of kids to a nature center. The guy was talking about the snakes, and I was trying to act all cool about it{smile and nod}, when in one swoop he put the snake on me!
I was paralyzed with fright, I don't even think I was breathing. My eyes started tearing up, and one of the kids asked me if I was ok. When I couldn't answer him, the nature dude FINALLY understood that I was ready to pass out, and got the snake off of me.
Now I take kids to the bird and fish nature center. Its much safer

 

[Evo]

I once took a group of kids to a nature center. The guy was talking about the snakes, and I was trying to act all cool about it{smile and nod}, when in one swoop he put the snake on me!
I was paralyzed with fright, I don't even think I was breathing. My eyes started tearing up, and one of the kids asked me if I was ok. When I couldn't answer him, the nature dude FINALLY understood that I was ready to pass out, and got the snake off of me.
Now I take kids to the bird and fish nature center. Its much safer

I would have freaked out. SNAKES ARE SCARY! I get goose bumps just thinking about them.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I used to catch garter snakes as a kid. You have to hold them right behind the head, and they aways open their mouths really wide.

I looked in the mouth of one very carefully, once, and didn't see any fangs, so I stuck the tip of my finger into see what its bite would feel like. I figured it would be a little harmless pressure. I was very alarmed, though, when it clamped its jaws together and cut the skin of my finger with its tiny, tiny razor sharp teeth. I flug it up in the air and ran inside. My finger had a U shaped cut in it that was bleeding.

The bite wasn't strong at all, its teeth were just amazingly sharp.

So, I guess all snakes have some kind of teeth, even if they don't have fangs.

 

[hypatia]

I think I was way past freaking out..I was looking in the face of death, and death slithered back at me!

 

[Yaaks]

I love snakes... they are interesting once u understand them...
back where i live its rather common of having to encounter with the deadly foe(The Cobra, Russels Viper, Saw Scaled Viper and the Common Krait) quite often...

Stories from where i live..
http://www.nationalgeographic.co.in/explore/adventure_diaries_india/stephendiaries_day5.asp

 

[Mk]

I was trying to get out of my backyard gate when I looked down and saw a snake. SNAKES ARE SCARY! I had to get a stick and hit the ground near it to get it to go away. SNAKES ARE SCARY!

And to think I was walking around barefooted.

Apparently the cats have been slacking off, it's their job to keep these things away from the house. Besides, they eat frogs and I love frogs.

Stupid jaws of death eats everything, but she didn't even look at the snake.

I need some skunks, they eat snakes don't they?

This is a handy use for the official franzbear® M2A1-7 model
M2A1-7 model.

I use a fiberglass shovel and rip off its head. I do the same thing with rabid dogs.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Stories from where i live..

It says in India there are as many as 20,000 deaths by snakebite a year, and that the 18 foot long King Cobra can rear up to a third of its height and look a six foot tall man in the eye.

 

[SpaceTiger]

Snakes rule, as do spiders, scorpions, and hand puppets. Unlike humans, they only attack in self defense (for the most part).

 

[honestrosewater]

Snakes rule, as do spiders, scorpions, and hand puppets. Unlike humans, they only attack in self defense (for the most part).

Oh, yes, I forgot - I have no pity for venomous hand puppets either. Unless they have those googly eyes. I'm a sucker for the googly eyes. :!)

 

[matthyaouw]

Don't worry, it's just as scared of you as you are of it.
The only difference being when you are afraid, you run, when they are afraid, venom time.[/size]

 

[Yaaks]

It says in India there are as many as 20,000 deaths by snakebite a year, and that the 18 foot long King Cobra can rear up to a third of its height and look a six foot tall man in the eye.

People from rural-India, mostly Un-Educated have this sense of extreme fear of snakes to which they often fall prey(out of carelessness ofcourse)..Most of them hardly bother to wear footwear while working at the fields(The sad part is, most of them can't afford a decent pair of sneakers)..

 

[Mk]

Snakes rule, as do spiders, scorpions, and hand puppets. Unlike humans, they only attack in self defense (for the most part).

Humans attack for fun?

[edith yes, hunting]

 

[honestrosewater]

Don't worry, it's just as scared of you as you are of it.
The only difference being when you are afraid, you run, when they are afraid, venom time.[/size]

Maybe I should keep a dead rat in my purse to throw to the snake if I'm ever attacked. Ooh, and I could fill the rat with lead, so when the snake eats it, the snake is too heavy to chase me. Better yet, I could just keep a big chunk of lead in my purse to drop on the snake and crush it. But I'd better wear really thick boots in case I accidentally drop the lead on my foot. The boots would also protect me from the snake bite, so that works out well.

 

[cefarix]

ive held a huge python in real :) and seen a snake eat a mouse in real too...that was inside a cage though

 

[Yaaks]

here are a few pics taken by me...
1>A Trinket in my backyard
http://us.a1.yahoofs.com/users/41e41964z35c4715b/b128/__sr_/842d.jpg?phDlwJDBzMzciGxA
2>Ahhhhhhh!
http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/41e41964z35c4715b/b128/__sr_/bb0b.jpg?phDlwJDBI3dUNCmK
Totally harmless (non-venomous)
3>The Scary, deadly Malabar Pit Viper from a trekking expedition, Coorg(India)..
http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/41e41964z35c4715b/b128/__sr_/e8e5.jpg?phDlwJDBoxYeok4d

 

[honestrosewater]

here are a few pics taken by me...

Links don't work for me. Anyone else? I want to see the snakes.

 

[Kerrie]

I was trying to get out of my backyard gate when I looked down and saw a snake. SNAKES ARE SCARY! I had to get a stick and hit the ground near it to get it to go away. SNAKES ARE SCARY!

And to think I was walking around barefooted.

Apparently the cats have been slacking off, it's their job to keep these things away from the house. Besides, they eat frogs and I love frogs.

Stupid jaws of death eats everything, but she didn't even look at the snake.

I need some skunks, they eat snakes don't they?

I despise snakes too, Ophidiophobia is the common name for those who fear them, and I totally see myself falling into that category. Have I ever mentioned my story of how I became scared of them? At age 4, visiting my granny in rural NC, I had to use the "bathroom"-aka outhouse. They never endulged in getting the luxury of plumbing. As I sat down on the pot with my pants around my ankles, a little garter snake slithered around my feet. Since then, I've never been the same.

 

[arildno]

As I sat down on the pot with my pants around my ankles, a little garter snake slithered around my feet. Since then, I've never been the same.

That's the stuff nightmares are made of.
I can understand you can't ever get "free" of that experience..

 

[wolram]

Evo, it is not snakes that are scary.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blgreensnake.htm.

Oh and by the way snakes can fly.

http://www.flyingsnake.org/

 

[stoned]

is it not she beautiful ?

 

[Moonbear]

So... you couldn't sleep then til you killed a cricket?

That was my problem the first night here...those big fat crickets also chirp a lot! They keep coming in through the garage.

I don't mind snakes that much as long as they keep their distance. They eat bugs and mice, which I think it a good job to let them keep doing. I don't even mind them up close as long as I'm positive they are non-venomous. Really, I'd much rather have a snake in my attic than mice; at least I know the snake won't be shredding my sweaters if it turns them into a nest.

And where's DocToxyn? A whole thread on snakes and I don't see him in it anywhere?!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Does anyone remember the movie "Sssssss"?

...Deliciously oblivious to the mechanisms of Dr. Stoner, David bumbles about the film questioning changes in his physiology including shedding his skin, developing scales, and turning green. Unfortunately for Dr. Stoner's daughter, she does not uncover her father's plot until it is too late, finding her father dead thanks to a bite from David [now] the King Cobra...his end [comes] thanks to a hungry mongoose.

http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/features/snakeweek/fe-snakes/ssssss.asp

 

[Evo]

A mongoose! YES! Thanks Ivan! How could I forget Riki Tiki Tavi?

Moonbear, snakes will shred sweaters, they're evil.

I thought for sure this thread would lure Doc Toxyn in.

 

[Moonbear]

A mongoose! YES! Thanks Ivan! How could I forget Riki Tiki Tavi?

Riki Tiki Tavi is the first thing that came to mind when I read Ivan's post too! He was so cute.

Moonbear, snakes will shred sweaters, they're evil.

NOOOOOOOOOO! *runs up to attic to get rid of mouse-hunting, sweater-shredding, furry, fanged, flying snake*

I thought for sure this thread would lure Doc Toxyn in.

Tsk tsk...what is he up to? He must have some experiment keeping busy. Probably counting sweaty mouse feet or something like that.

 

[Evo]

Tsk tsk...what is he up to? He must have some experiment keeping busy. Probably counting sweaty mouse feet or something like that.

That's right, he studies sweaty mouse feet.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I don't think mice sweat. They're like Russ.

 

[Evo]

I don't think mice sweat. They're like Russ.

Poor Russ. But he looks hot in his shorts and sunglasses, but you're right, he didn't look sweaty.