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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: EagleKeeper on December 04, 2013, 08:24:54 PM
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Over a decade ago I worked for a pet shop chain.
My job was to look after the reptiles, amphibians and fish. At the time I was really enthused with the salt water fish and that's where I spent most of my time.
I rebuilt the filters (they handled all the water) so that it would be easier to change the stupid cotton filters that were at the top. I also installed a ginormous protein foam fractioner on the salt water side.
Anyway, I also had to look out for the reptiles and one of those beasts was a albino Burmese python.
Big girl...11 foot.
As reptiles go she was really mellow, we had a black and white tegu that scared the poops out of me, I mean you can look into the eyes of some reptiles and understand that all they want to do is eat you.
Ok, back to the python. The rote was to take her out of her enclosure and back to the back room. I'm sure that everyone understands that snakes eat warm blooded creatures right?
So my deal was to feed it fresh rodents right cause I wanted her to be healthy, It was a draw people came in just to see this huge snake.
So what I did to feed this snake was to grab a rat by the tail and whip it around and render it unconscious (meaning dead) by whacking it on the edge of the table.
So now the snake is fed and I have to put it back into its enclosure. You sort of have to pass it in hand over hand, I made the mistake of presenting the hand that I used to handle the rats and she smelled it.
These big snakes, they look kinda sluggish but they are not.
She smelled the rat smell on my hand and I suppose the full tummy feeling had not registered yet but anyway she hit me between thumb and forefinger, as I looked at it her head spanned 3/4 the width of my hand.
She wraped me up all the way to my neck but that was it, I walked around the store trying to find someone to help me unwrap this snake.
Heck it was only 5 minutes before opening.
You know the damn thing about constrictors, they leave their teeth in you and their saliva makes you bleed.
I'm sure the same thing goes with monitors.
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I never cared for snakes.
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I never cared for snakes.
I love snakes.
I took in a royal python
The original owner didn't understand what happens when they shed their skin.
Anyway the snake took a crap and it became trapped between the partially shed skin and it's real skin
So that became an abscess and that's when the snake came to me.
I treated it with neosporin and fresh bandages. After about 4 weeks or so it was a brand new snake.
A beautiful royal python.
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I never cared for snakes.
Obviously racist homophobe...
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Well, I should clarify further. I don't hate snakes, but I respect them, and keep my distance from them. I have no desire to handle them for pleasure, and I would never own one as a pet, ever.
My favorite place to observe snakes is in zoos- typically I gravitate towards several types of pythons with their beautiful markings, or the snakes that exhibit iridescent scales. There was a zoo in Pensacola that I used to love visiting before a hurricane messed it up (I don't even know if it is open anymore), because they had a wonderful snake exhibit.
My hands-on experience with snakes has recently consisted of the release of various non-poisonous snakes further outside of town after I stumbled onto them either hanging out in my garage or around my ducks. When I was younger and performed a lot of cleanup and fence mending duties, it seemed like I was bit at least once a year by a snake. After a bite, I would gingerly scoop them up and move them to an area where I was not working, where they would simply scurry off to find a new hiding spot. While the bites used to freak my mother out, I never had any problems result from them.
On the other hand, I hate water moccasins with every bone and fiber in my body. They are almost always extremely aggressive on land AND in water, and I will kill them on site. I hate those bastards.
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There has to be a moral to the story in there that reveals the true nature of liberalism. Like maybe libs sinking their teeth into the publics outstretched hand that is offering a handout ?
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...and then squeeeezing them until there is no more.
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There has to be a moral to the story in there that reveals the true nature of liberalism. Like maybe libs sinking their teeth into the publics outstretched hand that is offering a handout ?
I guess I forgot to add
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I'm okay with reptiles, except snakes. Have two yard turtles and once had an Iguana.
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I guess I forgot to add
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Yes, that would obviate the requirement for a moral to the story.
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I friggin hate snakes. EK, I used to be a Fish Dept Manager a LOOOOOOOOOONG time ago. I am not coming back to this thread again though, because I really hate snakes. Hate em. If that makes me a racist homophobe, fine. I hate em!
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I friggin hate snakes. EK, I used to be a Fish Dept Manager a LOOOOOOOOOONG time ago. I am not coming back to this thread again though, because I really hate snakes. Hate em. If that makes me a racist homophobe, fine. I hate em!
What, a snake got loose in the fish dept., and ate up all the fish ? Sounds fishy.
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I friggin hate snakes. EK, I used to be a Fish Dept Manager a LOOOOOOOOOONG time ago. I am not coming back to this thread again though, because I really hate snakes. Hate em. If that makes me a racist homophobe, fine. I hate em!
Dang, If I were working for you I coulda made you famous.
I once saved a green moray from starvation only to allow a shift change. The idiot that took over for me let the moray get out of its tank and it died on a salt covered floor.
It took me about a week but I found frozen squid at a Chinese shop. The moray pounded the squid, I thought I was home free.
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What, a snake got loose in the fish dept., and ate up all the fish ? Sounds fishy.
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It's no good. She says she won't be back. I guess we can all talk about her now. :-)
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You haven't experience life until a baby Boa slithers around your arms and back on bare skin.
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What, a snake got loose in the fish dept., and ate up all the fish ? Sounds fishy.edit,
I know a cute fish story, but no snakes were involved.
A couple of guys I worked with had a koi pond with expensive fish and woke up one morning to find some very happy tall long legged birds standing in the middle of the pond and.....you guessed it... no fish.
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It's no good. She says she won't be back. I guess we can all talk about her now. :-)
That ain't right. I forgot what this thread was about and clicked on it again! :panic: I will skip over snake posts. I have a unhealthy fear of snakes. However, I have saved a snowflake eel from the same fate, EK. Eels don't bother me and they taste good too. I really don't like snakes. I don't like them so much that my Mom LIED to me when I was a child and told me that I had a mongoose in my closet to protect me.
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my Mom LIED to me when I was a child and told me that I had a mongoose in my closet to protect me.
:rotf:
Did it work?
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:rotf:
Did it work?
Yes. And she said it would only come out if my closet door was shut, which made no sense, but I was young and impressionable and to this day I can't sleep with my closet door open. It didn't help much when I found a SNAKE IN MY BATHROOM this past summer. I am almost back to normal now. It amused the bejaysus out of Biersmythe. I was not so amused. :mad:
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I'm scared of snakes because of this one time in band camp I was running from some thugs on the roof of a rail car. I fell through the roof into a car full of snakes, then many years later I was lowered into a pit looking for the lost Ark. I suddenly found myself face to face with a cobra.
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I'm scared of snakes because of this one time in band camp I was running from some thugs on the roof of a rail car. I fell through the roof into a car full of snakes, then many years later I was lowered into a pit looking for the lost Ark. I suddenly found myself face to face with a cobra.
HAHA!!! OK Indiana. :rotf:
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HAHA!!! OK Indiana. :rotf:
I'm trying out to be the CC version of Gnads. Well the story telling part anyway, Vesta is her grammar and spelling counterpart.
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I'm trying out to be the CC version of Gnads. Well the story telling part anyway, Vesta is her grammar and spelling counterpart.
Off to a Great start.... :-)
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Off to a Great start.... :-)
Then there was this time when I helped Luke Skywalker blow up the Death Star, but I'll save that story for another day.
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Then there was this time when I helped Luke Skywalker blow up the Death Star, but I'll save that story for another day.
HI5.... :rotf:
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Yes. And she said it would only come out if my closet door was shut, which made no sense, but I was young and impressionable and to this day I can't sleep with my closet door open. It didn't help much when I found a SNAKE IN MY BATHROOM this past summer. I am almost back to normal now. It amused the bejaysus out of Biersmythe. I was not so amused. :mad:
How did a snake get into your bathroom???
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How did a snake get into your bathroom???
He turned left at the kitchen and slithered in.
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When I lived in Raleigh, one of the idiot neighbors that lived in the unit above me had a snake that escaped and got into the AC vent. It was an older building, so some of the air ducts were the fiberglass-and-foil types and not stamped metal. The snake crawled down into one of them and died. It happened during the middle of July when it was 90+ degrees outside. Man, it was awful. The entire building smelled like death for weeks.
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He turned left at the kitchen and slithered in.
SHHH!!!! DAMN IT!!!! hehe
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SHHH!!!! DAMN IT!!!! hehe
lol :cheersmate:
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I'm scared of snakes because of this one time in band camp I was running from some thugs on the roof of a rail car. I fell through the roof into a car full of snakes, then many years later I was lowered into a pit looking for the lost Ark. I suddenly found myself face to face with a cobra.
Oh, Henry.
That reminds me of a story about when I was imprisoned in a top secret soviet facility, and I was forced to invent a candy bar that would wind up saving the world. At least the northern hemisphere, maybe more.
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Oh, Henry.
That reminds me of a story about when I was imprisoned in a top secret soviet facility, and I was forced to invent a candy bar that would wind up saving the world. At least the northern hemisphere, maybe more.
HEHE Not you too!!!! :-)
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Several years ago, I was in (I believe) Monett, MO in the early morning with my camera equipment, looking for interesting areas to photograph. There is a creek that runs through the area, and I thought it looked like a great spot to take a photograph. When I got down to the water, it looked even better than when I saw it from afar. A dam of logs had created a small waterfall, and I quickly gathered my equipment to snap some photos.
When I got down to the water's edge, there was a nice open chasm that would have put my camera at the same level with the lower part of the water. I hopped down into it the chasm, and just as soon as I landed, I noticed all of the crevices and the floor was absolutely FULL of snakes. I don't mean five or six or ten snakes, but an entire nest. By the grace of God, I didn't land on one when I hopped into the chasm.
I took one photograph facing one wall of the chasm (figuring nobody would believe me). By the grace of God again, I scurried out of there without disturbing a single snake. I have the photograph in an album somewhere. If I can find it, I will upload it. Unfortunately, it's in black and white. I didn't know I was going to be shooting wildlife. ::) As I was leaving, a man was approaching the same edge of the water with a little boy of about five or six, who looked very excited to try out his new Scooby-doo fishing pole. I told the dad to not go anywhere near the water, because the area was full of snakes. I'm guessing my pale complexion and clammy looking skin was a giveaway that I wasn't joking.
I still have nightmares about that snake pit.
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Several years ago, I was in (I believe) Monett, MO in the early morning with my camera equipment, looking for interesting areas to photograph. There is a creek that runs through the area, and I thought it looked like a great spot to take a photograph. When I got down to the water, it looked even better than when I saw it from afar. A dam of logs had created a small waterfall, and I quickly gathered my equipment to snap some photos.
When I got down to the water's edge, there was a nice open chasm that would have put my camera at the same level with the lower part of the water. I hopped down into it the chasm, and just as soon as I landed, I noticed all of the crevices and the floor was absolutely FULL of snakes. I don't mean five or six or ten snakes, but an entire nest. By the grace of God, I didn't land on one when I hopped into the chasm.
I took one photograph facing one wall of the chasm (figuring nobody would believe me). By the grace of God again, I scurried out of there without disturbing a single snake. I have the photograph in an album somewhere. If I can find it, I will upload it. Unfortunately, it's in black and white. I didn't know I was going to be shooting wildlife. ::) As I was leaving, a man was approaching the same edge of the water with a little boy of about five or six, who looked very excited to try out his new Scooby-doo fishing pole. I told the dad to not go anywhere near the water, because the area was full of snakes. I'm guessing my pale complexion and clammy looking skin was a giveaway that I wasn't joking.
I still have nightmares about that snake pit.
I would die.
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We want a picture of the snake's nest.
And by we, I mean me and Iassa !
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We want a picture of the snake's nest.
And by we, I mean me and Iassa !
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Insane family member bought a constrictor type of snake. She was 16 at the time and the snake was a baby. She even slept with the crawlie under her pillow. 3 years later Mr. Snake was getting a bit large and she married and became prego. So--she with many tears turned Mr. Snake loose, waving good by to her pet.
A week later she heard screams from a neighbors home, seems Mr. Snake had crawled onto a warm lawn mower to sunbath. She watched as the Police, fire department and an ambulance responded to the 911 calls, mingled with the neighbors who gathered to see what was going on.
Somehow she managed to keep a straight face over all the panic, quietly cheering on Mr. Snake to keep up the fight and get away.
Does Insanity run in family's ??
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Insane family member bought a constrictor type of snake. She was 16 at the time and the snake was a baby. She even slept with the crawlie under her pillow. 3 years later Mr. Snake was getting a bit large and she married and became prego. So--she with many tears turned Mr. Snake loose, waving good by to her pet.
A week later she heard screams from a neighbors home, seems Mr. Snake had crawled onto a warm lawn mower to sunbath. She watched as the Police, fire department and an ambulance responded to the 911 calls, mingled with the neighbors who gathered to see what was going on.
Somehow she managed to keep a straight face over all the panic, quietly cheering on Mr. Snake to keep up the fight and get away.
Does Insanity run in family's ??
That depends, how is the mental state of your relative's?
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We want a picture of the snake's nest.
And by we, I mean me and Iassa !
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There is no I in me.
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There is no I in me.
Your "me" is in our TEAM !
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Your "me" is in our TEAM !
Curses! :rofl:
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That depends, how is the mental state of your relative's?
Can't be too bad, no one in jail at this time------Oh wait-----I mean, well you know we would be a dysfunctional family if all members were sane with no hang ups or hang downs.
Personality's of children from the same parents has since I am an only child fascinated me all my life. Not to mention how identical twins can become so different in some cases in personality.
I babysat for identical twins, girls and they looked alike but one was very fem. and the other a butch at 13 years old. One grew up to become a teacher, the other a stripper. Just what is a mental state for anyone ????
The only thing my family has in common is we do not like Obama. One 2ND. cousin is a Paul bott but as we never see him whoop-tee-do.
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whoop-tee-do.
Mini poll; Is Vesta partaking of the grape a little early on Sunday morning or, have her morning meds not kicked in?
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Mini poll; Is Vesta partaking of the grape a little early on Sunday morning or, have her morning meds not kicked in?
Who gives a whoop-tee-do? :rofl:
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Can't be too bad, no one in jail at this time------Oh wait-----I mean, well you know we would be a dysfunctional family if all members were sane with no hang ups or hang downs.
Personality's of children from the same parents has since I am an only child fascinated me all my life. Not to mention how identical twins can become so different in some cases in personality.
I babysat for identical twins, girls and they looked alike but one was very fem. and the other a butch at 13 years old. One grew up to become a teacher, the other a stripper. Just what is a mental state for anyone ????
The only thing my family has in common is we do not like Obama. One 2ND. cousin is a Paul bott but as we never see him whoop-tee-do.
It amuses me that I could say good morning Vesta, and you would post a story from your youth.
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It amuses me that I could say good morning Vesta, and you would post a story from your youth.
Not my youth, this nutty kid, what else to expect from a teenager, is I expect, the same kind of people that brought those horrid snakes to Florida. Why parents allow their kids to keep these beasts in their home is beyond me.
I do not understand why adults would want a snake, alligator or bob cat in their homes. Sooner or later they get too large and are turned loose to fend for themselves, akin to dropping 5 year old children off in the forest and expecting them to survive.
Difficult enough to raise domesticated animals, cows, sheep, horses and hogs. Unless one is into miniature potbelly pigs that sleep with them like dogs, undomesticated animals and reptiles need to be out in the wild learning to fend for themselves.
Say is this anything like raising Liberal kids ?