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2024-08-22 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Besoeker 2024-08-22 00:47|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 I thought it was an article on dealing with "Religion of Peace".

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-08-22 02:19|| 2024-08-22 02:19|| Front Page Top

#2
Answered 11 out of 12 questions correctly.

Milk Snake vs. Coral Snake.

Besoeker - I'll bet you have seen some sizeable Rattlers in your neck of the woods.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-08-22 05:10|| 2024-08-22 05:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, Timber Rattlers. They're generally non- aggressive and will try to get away from approaching humans. Copperheads will coil and stand their ground. Wearing high-top boots and carrying a stick while walking in the woods is always a good idea.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-08-22 05:28|| 2024-08-22 05:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Of course you don't get any discussion of whether ringneck are venomous or not mind you they are bo threat to humans, Also there gave been envenomations recorded from garter snakes that chewed on some body for over 15 minutes. Also I wonder if some of the western garter snakes might be poisonous since they feed on newts that have a pretty nasty toxin in their skin,. Some snakes do repurposes these tovims hence toys get a real poisonous snake.

Posted by Vinegar+Spolusing6485 2024-08-22 06:24|| 2024-08-22 06:24|| Front Page Top

#5 My rule of thumb (hasn't let me down yet), treat ALL SNAKES as potentionally deadly. That doesn't mean you must attempt to kill every snake you see.

People also die from bee stings and insect bites. Levels of toxic immunity varies.

Same rule applies to firearms. If you have not personnally cleared it, assume it is loaded. If it leaves your possession (even for 10 seconds), clear the damn thing again.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-08-22 06:29|| 2024-08-22 06:29|| Front Page Top

#6
As a Teen, I used to get $2.50 ea for an adult size cotton mouth, or Timber rattler.

(that's when $1 got you an RC, a Honey Bun and a handful of Squirrel nuts/Zippers or MOO Cows candys)

I'd watch him milked them and kept saying to myself NO way in Hell would I man handle a 5 +ft poisonous snake.

But he told me he made good $$$$ selling venom to some medical place. He also sold the heads and tails. Plus, he bragged he occasionally ate a rattler.

He jokingly said ... The plus side was, His Wife never bothered him, while he was working in his snake shack.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-08-22 06:55|| 2024-08-22 06:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Eh - 9 out of 12, and I was just guessing on some, based on my dad's rule of thumb for ID'ing snakes. My late father was a research biologist - gave the most wonderful nature walks around, when we were kids.
His suggestion was that if it had a noticeable, and well-defined neck, it was venomous. If it was entirely sleek, from head to tail, probably not - but the coral snake was an exception to this guideline.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2024-08-22 08:55|| 2024-08-22 08:55|| Front Page Top

#8 got most of them wrong. That's why my carry gun has shot shell.

Posted by Mercutio 2024-08-22 09:19|| 2024-08-22 09:19|| Front Page Top

#9 The flat, spade-shaped head is a dead giveaway of vipers

Posted by Frank G 2024-08-22 10:12|| 2024-08-22 10:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Having been born and grown up in south Alabama I got them all. I have seen them all. One that wasn't shown was the Eastern Diamondback. Biggest one I ever saw measured 8'-4" long. Snakes aren't poisonous, they are venomous.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2024-08-22 11:36|| 2024-08-22 11:36|| Front Page Top

#11
He jokingly said ... The plus side was, His Wife never bothered him, while he was working in his snake shack.

That there is funny.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-08-22 12:19|| 2024-08-22 12:19|| Front Page Top

#12 If it says "It will pay for itself" is a dead giveaway.

Snakes aren't poisonous, they are venomous.

Oklahoma Wildlife has a hilarious be snake aware campaign using this point as one of their education gags.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-08-22 12:26|| 2024-08-22 12:26|| Front Page Top

#13 Remembering Ft. Irwin and the warnings about the Mojave Green

"According to Emedicinehealth.com , approximately 7,000 snakebites are reported in the United States each year, with five to 10 of those being fatal. What makes the Mojave Green rattlesnake noteworthy is the potency of its venom, which by one estimate is about 16 times as toxic as the Diamondback rattlesnake venom."

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-08-22 17:52|| 2024-08-22 17:52|| Front Page Top

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