I am going to rant about people's irrational fear of snakes. This seems to be the place to do it! A post came up on my fb page the other day, a group of 'concerned citizens' were demanding a petition to male the council do something about the 'massive snake population' on a block of land owned by council near there neighborhood. The post stated that the snakes were a huge risk to the community and that the council should turn the land into 'something productive' instead of a breeding ground for snakes. It also stated that this was the time of year when snakes were breeding and so they were particularly aggressive because they were protecting there young. There was a photo attached of a cat lying on the road looking at a large brown snake. I couldn't believe it! There were tons of comments calling on the council to kill or relocate the snakes and destroy there breeding habitat. I got straight on there and stated that firstly, this is the snakes natural habitat, we are invading there land, not the other way around. Secondly, not breeding time, thirdly, snakes don't protect there young. I also stated that as the picture clearly showed the snake had no intrest in the cat, why would it chase a person down the road???? The best thing those People can do is educate there kiss and there neighbors. Of you see a snake, LEAVE IT ALONE, walk away. If its in your yard or in your house. Call someone to come and relocate it. Sorry for the long rant, and sorry if it doesn't make much sense, I'm typing it up on my phone. It just makes me so mad that these people have no idea what they are talking about!!!!! All they are doing is spreading ignorance and fear where there could be education and management.
when me and my mum inquired about a job so looks like I am going to teach them a fair bit.
