Why do people act like cowards when it comes to snakes?

I was hoping there was a discussion forum dedicated to those creatures that are better looking than people when it comes to certain stages of their lives. For instance, I have handled an adult fox snake myself; and I’m skeptical when I hear about stories about people who are attacked. I know they’re considered when it comes to being crafty when it comes to what the Bible says; and I have a feeling that if you’re getting bit by a fox snake, when they’re only trying to take a picture; or you’re showing too much fear. As far as their physical beauty goes, I have seen a female fox snake and handled her when she was gravid; and I feel that human girls who are carrying children are uglier for the most part; and I’ve never met one that looks ugly when it’s long; and I know they never stop growing, so that fox snake could’ve been the reptilian version of an old human lady because she was going through a second shed when I had her released; and she looked nice. That’s not to say I would do inappropriate things with them that the Bible says not to or even ask, but they are fun to play with. If I liked a girl enough and she forced me to choose between her and a pet snake, the human side of me would choose her; but I’d probably shower her with presents in an attempt to bribe her into letting me have both. Another thing about snakes is that you don’t have to worry about pleasing them as much and getting them to like you. As long as you’re basically giving into everything they want except freedom to leave, they’re often perfectly happy with you. True, they’ll bite at first if you try to catch them and get a hold of them most of the time; but they can tame down and get used to being handled easily enough. Racers are aggressive; but I can pick one up with no more than one bite; and as the saying goes, no pain, no gain. As far as the fear of finding venomous ones goes, it never hurts to have proper hiking boots unless you have two legs that resemble one of Brenna Huckabee’s and to get some sort of snake identification book for dummies if they have any in that series or look around at used book stores for snake books. I managed to find out one at a comic book store for only three dollars, and I have a question and at least one criticism for the writers they called them poisonous snakes instead of venomous ones, and they didn’t research their facts about the difference between poison and venom. I have always heard that there are only four venomous snakes in the United States that are a threat unless you count invasive ones, but they mentioned a rear fanged one called a crowned snake. If you want to get technical, you’ve also got ring necked ones that are harmless and hognosed snakes. Anyway, I was wondering if crowned snakes have venom strong enough to kill people or if I should just basically heed the warning of the Beetles and let them be.
Take care. God loves you.

I glanced through the whole thing and the thing that stuck out at me was your testimony was received by who you fallow. I think?

I follow the Lord, but I have seen Scripture that commands us to be as shrewd as serpents but as harmless as doves, and I have a feeling that may be His way of telling us to exercise some responsibility as far as we’re physically or mentally able but to not do things to try to harm people. Also, even though these legless “devils” were cursed by the Lord, the Bible indicates in Isaiah and Psalm that they’ll be in heaven. Isaiah tells us something to the effect of that a child shall put his hand in a cobra’s nest, and Psalm says that the Lord shall preserve people and animals, and Isaiah was a prophet. I thought of a definition of a cobra to mean something besides a deadly snake, but I’d better keep that to myself under the circumstances. Here’s something to really think about when it comes to snakes. Seven is one of the Lord’s favorite numbers, and there are seven letters in the word serpent. Obviously they all would’ve gone extinct if God despised them too much.

That one went right over your head. Testimony away dude.

It’s basically my attempt to get people to quit trying to outrun them or kill them just to make a game out of it. They should also consider the saying that there but by the grace of God goes you. In other words, you’re only human because God allowed it when He could’ve easily allowed you to be one even when it comes to being a rattlesnake which is one of the most commonly mutilated and killed and eaten in the United States.

Jason Irelan wrote:

she was going through a second shed when I had her released; and she looked nice. That’s not to say I would do inappropriate things with them that the Bible says not to or even ask, but they are fun to play with. If I liked a girl enough and she forced me to choose between her and a pet snake, the human side of me would choose her; but I’d probably shower her with presents in an attempt to bribe her into letting me have both

Jason Irelan wrote:

Another thing about snakes is that you don’t have to worry about pleasing them as much and getting them to like you.

Jason Irelan wrote:

I was hoping there was a discussion forum dedicated to those creatures that are better looking than people

I summarized your story here for others to follow a little easier. Nothing to be concerned about here folks!!

I got some comics online to look at, so I’ll just wait until someone wants to tell me about the effects of crowned snake venom if we still have those in Florida where I live. I live in a city part of Florida, and snakes aren’t exactly in abundant supply like these anoles that keep hanging around our house. If I’m in the right mood, I’ll chase them until they’re hidden. I’ve caught a few and would even name one Geico even though they’re anoles. I don’t know what breeders how much work they have to do to get more, but I know they’re one of the cheapest lizards in pet stores. I even offered an anole to a neighbor who has a ball python so he could feed it to the snake, but he said no. They tend to die because I get too lazy to feed and change the water as often as I should; but if I could catch a snake, it would be a different story. I’ve seen a few of them get in the house and hurry faster than normal to catch them because we have enough trouble with bugs and spiders. Last time I went on a hunt for those living rare jewels, I accidentally walked into a stupid spider web. I wish they’d hunt insects and spiders to extinction so we wouldn’t have to put up with them anymore. If it was just spider webs outside, it would be one thing; but when I’m walking out of a restroom door at work and run face first into a cobweb unexpectedly, it’s not exactly fun.

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How’s your head feeling this morning Jason?

WHY DO PEOPLE ACT LIKE COWARDS WHEN IT COMES TO SNAKES?

Because any creature that has no visible signs of propulsion should be feared.

Jason Irelan wrote:

As far as their physical beauty goes, I have seen a female fox snake and handled her when she was gravid; and I feel that human girls who are carrying children are uglier for the most part; and I’ve never met one that looks ugly when it’s long; and I know they never stop growing, so that fox snake could’ve been the reptilian version of an old human lady because she was going through a second shed when I had her released; and she looked nice.

What the F$%^, did I just wake up in the twilight zone? I’m going to shut my computer off, turn it back on and hope this thread never happened.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

What the F$%^, did I just wake up in the twilight zone? I’m going to shut my computer off, turn it back on and hope this thread never happened.

Maybe run some updates too while you’re at it.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

What the F$%^, did I just wake up in the twilight zone? I’m going to shut my computer off, turn it back on and hope this thread never happened.

Calm down,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, He is only here to make the rest of us look normal.

Better than yours,so with all due respect, maybe you shouldn’t be such a chicken. Earthworms don’t have visible signs of propulsion, but that doesn’t stop people from going fishing. Slugs don’t have visible signs of propulsion and are about as slow as molasses in January, so are you going to turn tail and run if you see one of those? I did my Google homework on crowned snakes; and they are a protected snake as far as killing and catching goes, which means you’d need thousands of dollars if you want one as a pet unless you want to hope you don’t get caught in this country that likes to take away freedom instead of putting a couple of them together on a regular basis so they don’t have to go extinct by breeding them.

Jason Irelan wrote:

Earthworms don’t have visible signs of propulsion, but that doesn’t stop people from going fishing.

Speak for yourself. For 35 years if I had to use crawlers to catch fish, I didn’t fish. I stay away from areas that have slugs.

Not that I’m thrilled about snakes but I am working on getting over my fear to touching, holding them. So far I’ve been able to touch the back of one. Baby Steps.

A very interesting thread for a number of reasons.

Brian Klawitter wrote:

Not that I’m thrilled about snakes but I am working on getting over my fear to touching, holding them.

I’ve never met a dead snake I didn’t like.

Huntindave wrote:

I’ve never met a dead snake I didn’t like.

Yup that’s me too Dave.

However I’m trying to become a kinder, more understanding, 2018 kind of BK.

why don’t people believe in paragraphs?

No fear here, I march right up to them and kill them. A garden hoe works great if you can’t shoot them.

My dog hates snakes.

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iowa_josh wrote:

why don’t people believe in paragraphs?

Same reason folks don’t use capitalization at the beginning of their sentence?

Ok, I might have been wrong in a previous thread last week…where’s Dutchboy when we need him?

saddletramp wrote:

No fear here, I march right up to them and kill them. A garden hoe works great if you can’t shoot them.

And risk jail time for decapitating an innocent lower life form that had no reason to believe they were in an area where they weren’t supposed to be, and your use of the garden hoe is a display of fear because you’re too afraid to let them live. I could suggest another way to get rid of a snakes in your yard, but you probably wouldn’t want to shop for prostitutes who will do “favors” for you. It’s like the old joke where one goes up to a dude and offers to do anything for $10, and you tell her to paint your house or in your case get rid of snakes. The reason I brought up the subject of prostitutes is because of the gardening tool you mentioned that you would use that reminds me of them. As far as Twilight zone goes, there was a singing group called the Fifth Dimension; but Rod had a habit of having nightmare stories; and with no snake and no girlfriend, life can be a nightmare at times.

Oh, I’m right here.

Anyone notice his actual username is @amandahugnkiss

Reef W wrote:

Anyone notice his actual username is @amandahugnkiss

Cue the first bar or note of the theme song to The Simpsons which has had episodes with snakes.

You will do MUCH, MUCH better on this site with video. Maybe give us 20 minutes of a glob of night crawlers.

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