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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby 4dawgma » Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:57 am

my snake's bigger than yer snake :mrgreen:
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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby BR549 » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:58 am

Well seeing as how everyone is so scared of snakes just take a look at the following: Every year in the United States these figures are averages compiled by the U.S.Justice.

42,000 plus people die each year in auto accidents
20,000 people die each year from the common flu
120 people die each year from airplane accidents
90 people die each year from being struck by lightning
12 people die each year from snakebites
5 people die each year from Anthrax poisining.

This means you are more than 3500 times more likely to die in an auto accident.
1667 times more likely to die from the common flu!
10 times more likely to die in a plane crash
7.5 times more likely to be killed by lightning!


Now this is just the actual deaths not the number of times they happen. There are more than 6.5 million car crashes each year in the U.S. alone Also there are more than 8000 snakebites in the U.S. alone! This means that 1 out of every 667 snakebites is fatal in the whole U.S each year! But one out of every 155 car crashes result in a death!

Snakebites are about the least of your worries in life! The last report I saw in 2007 there had NEVER been a recorded death from a snakebite in the state of Mississippi!
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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby quack_a_tack » Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:59 pm

BR549 wrote:Well seeing as how everyone is so scared of snakes just take a look at the following: Every year in the United States these figures are averages compiled by the U.S.Justice.

42,000 plus people die each year in auto accidents
20,000 people die each year from the common flu
120 people die each year from airplane accidents
90 people die each year from being struck by lightning
12 people die each year from snakebites
5 people die each year from Anthrax poisining.

This means you are more than 3500 times more likely to die in an auto accident.
1667 times more likely to die from the common flu!
10 times more likely to die in a plane crash
7.5 times more likely to be killed by lightning!


Now this is just the actual deaths not the number of times they happen. There are more than 6.5 million car crashes each year in the U.S. alone Also there are more than 8000 snakebites in the U.S. alone! This means that 1 out of every 667 snakebites is fatal in the whole U.S each year! But one out of every 155 car crashes result in a death!

Snakebites are about the least of your worries in life! The last report I saw in 2007 there had NEVER been a recorded death from a snakebite in the state of Mississippi!

I believe this to be true, but there is that 1 and I be damned if it is gonna be me. Also there has been no "reported" deaths due to snake bites themselve. But there have been deaths due to snake bites, infection, bacterial problems. Even in Rattle snake bites, infection is more of a threat than the venom itself, to an adult.
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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby aweyerman » Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:17 pm

4dawgma wrote:my snake's bigger than yer snake :mrgreen:
Now now don't want people trying to prove it. Just for arguements sake, NOONE SHOULD PHOTOGRAPH SAID "SNAKE" AND/OR POST THESE PICTURES OF SAID "SNAKE" TO THIS WEBSITE. Thanks.
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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby dukhntn » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:00 pm

jacksbuddy wrote:
edub20 wrote:water moccasin or cottonmouth, highly venomous snake.... It is aggressive in the wild state but may become quite tame in captivity. It is classified
I hate to hijack the thread, but...How do they know this? I mean, really! What kind of person sees such a mean, dangerous, and deadly serpent like a cottonmouth, and decide that they want to take it home as a pet? :shock:
Captivity=zoo, either that or some crazy Appalachai snake handling church.... Although I new a guy in school that had a rattlesnake he caught and kept as a pet. Got drunk one night, took it out and struck him on the forearm. Sick for two weeks, but no long term effects.
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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby donia » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:08 pm

dukhntn wrote:...Although I new a guy in school that had a rattlesnake he caught and kept as a pet. Got drunk one night, took it out and struck him on the forearm. Sick for two weeks, but no long term effects.

was that at college station, here? we had a python (had to move when the neighbors found out) and heard about the guy with a rattlesnake as a pet, that struck him...had heard he was feeding and it mistook him for the mouse, but stories get wild when run through the grapevine, dealing with animals....

...yes, i can handle constictors, but snakes in the wild give me the willies.
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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby dukhntn » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:10 pm

donia wrote:
dukhntn wrote:...Although I new a guy in school that had a rattlesnake he caught and kept as a pet. Got drunk one night, took it out and struck him on the forearm. Sick for two weeks, but no long term effects.

was that at college station, here? we had a python (had to move when the neighbors found out) and heard about the guy with a rattlesnake as a pet, that struck him...had heard he was feeding and it mistook him for the mouse, but stories get wild when run through the grapevine, dealing with animals....
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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby donia » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:15 pm

dukhntn wrote:Nope, friend of mine from pharmacy school. One of the dumbest-smartest folks I've ever met.

we always wondered what the attraction was. yeah, it sounds cool, but at some point, the cage has gotta get cleaned out and that means dealing with the snake to get it out.... :!:
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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby dukhntn » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:21 pm

Makes no sense to me either, although a lot of what people
do doesn't.
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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby MSDawg870 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:06 pm

Bankermane wrote:They are all anacondas to me.
That's what she said.
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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby jwking » Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:19 am

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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby southernvaughan » Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:29 am

I ran over 5 of those nasty stinkin white mouthed bastards an Eagle Bend Rd yesterday. Dont know what was goin on but there was one about every mile or two...
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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby 4dawgma » Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:37 am

most snake are actually quite friendly











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Re: Speaking of Snakes...

Postby southernvaughan » Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:44 am

4dawgma wrote:most snake are actually quite friendly











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I'd hit it... Move it on over snake!

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