How Typical!

[moosenoose]

I was looking back through some old posts and had to have a laugh!!!Wish I had a dollar for this one! :lol: :lol: :lol:

HOW TRUE!!!!

 

[jimmy_the_kid]

yep pretty dumb question

 

[murfle]

One of my co-workers, when I was telling another about our little guys (Diamond pythons), turned to me and asked if I'd ever been bitten. I said yeah, the day we bought them one was a bit scared so had a quick go at my hand, didn't hurt any though.

He seemed shocked and asked if their poison had made me sick.

I should have said yes - at least I could have feigned snake-venom related illness and gone home early.

 

[moosenoose]

lol Yeah, my Mum-in-Law flipped out when one of the kids told her that they'd been bitten. She asked if I should have taken her to the hospital to have her checked. So bizarre how people react to snakes. Up until recently, my identification of snakes hadn't been too great. Apart from carpets, which I admit I'm still working on!! I would imagine that people who have no association with snakes at all, would then also put them in one big catagory - snake+dangerous.

p.s The worst formula though, through being uneducated about them is this;
snake+dangerous = shovel

........So Sad!

 

[kevyn]

I was reading an article Bob Clark wrote about Reticulated Pythons and he mentioned that he had someone call him and ask him what to do if his python began to "reticulate him"? I found this pretty funny.

 

[instar]

A neighbours kid asked me today if my carpet had been "milked" lol had to explain a few things and gently used a biro to display the lack of fangs. amazed me that this kid thought id allow her to play with and carry around a venomous snake! or for that matter that she thought it was venomous but had been playing with him, completely unconcerned till then. Luckily hes a wuss, she began to annoy the hell out of him, which sparked the teeth display. (with the biro, to show a bite would hurt),it was only then she asked if he'd been milked.lol

 

[ackie]

lol, wen i got a green tree snake about 3 years ago, my friend asked me if it had been devenomated and wen i sed it had no venom he then asked had it been defanged...talk about thick headed.

 

[BROWNS]

For people with no idea about snakes these questions aren't really as dumb as we think.

Here's a dumb question..My sister asked me if the bhp my nephew was holding was venemous,to which i said no,do you think i would let him hold a venemous snake?She then said,but it can still make you sick can't it....I have explained pythons vs elapids etc to her before but she still gets flustered when i let my nephew handle my snakes.Go figure????????

 

[AGAMIDAE]

Unfortunately, its a myth that will never go away...as a Brisbane Snake Catcher I hear that one all the time along with xbreeding Brown Snakes with Carpet python, these question got me so angry, then I thorght about it...these people are asking something they dont know and I beleive its not something to get peeved about but rather educate those with the misconceptions..I now longer get angry, but i am happy to be able to set the records straight...

 

[moosenoose]

Funny how people catagorize snakes into one group.

AGAMIDAE wrote:
...these people are asking something they dont know

The trouble I now find with my youngest, my 2 yr old daughter, is that she has the opposite view on snakes - she thinks they're all friendly and none of them bite, or contain venom! So as the education process continues with a lot of adults, to teach people that not all snakes are venomous or enjoy chasing kids around playgounds I've got to keep mine aware that you can't approach a tiger snake and pat it! :lol: :roll:

 

[Hickson]

Moose,

In the past when I've done stuff like that with kids I always preface it (before they see the snakes) with a statement that they should never play with snakes, except with someone who owns snakes and knows what they're doing. I finish any presentation the same way, and emphasize it. Never fool with snakes - if you do, then you're a fool. This appears to work.
Having said that, these are kids that don't have snakes in the home as 'pets'. Not too sure how you should cope with your daughter, Moose.

Hix

 

[moosenoose]

Yeah, it's a bit of a worry. She's certainly fearless, and hasn't been bitten by anything yet! The other two have been bitten by all sorts of young pythons at various stages and are well aware that they bite LOL Hopefully because she's 2 she's going through that fearless stage they go through, I suppose most kids, including Irwins baby 'Bob' would dearly love to get in and play with the croc like his Dad lol It's like anything I suppose, when you grow up around these things you have to be taught what they're like. If you give your kids rubber snakes to play with, the chances are they'd try and approach the real thing if given half a chance, depending on the age of the child. It's like kids with Koalas LOL Cuddly & cute - YEAH RIGHT!