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Sheriff · Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:38 pm Post subject:

Poor snake was worried he might just wind up 'thong' material. Laughing

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Jimbo357mag · Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 9:29 pm Post subject:

That snake looks almost friendly. Very Happy

...but I can't help remembering that fable about the girl and the almost frozen snake.

The snake then bites her, then says to her as she lies dying in disbelief, "Silly woman, you knew I was a snake when you brought me home!"

...jimbo
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contender · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:17 am Post subject:

I have found rattlers to be "tame" compared to copperheads around here. We have a saying; "A copperhead will lay in a trail waiting on someone to bite!"
This rattler had his counciling,,, I told him as I released him to find a peaceful old log to sleep in,, & conjure up an amazing tale to tell all his buddies about his misadventure of riding in a cat litter bucket!
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messerist · Bearcat Joined: 05 Jul 2010 Posts: 21 Location: Minnesota

My 8-year old is in Awe! He thinks you are "Super Brave!" He wants to know if you've ever been bit on the toe?

contender · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:51 pm Post subject:

Nope,, never been bit on the toe.
The only snake to ever bite me was a black snake. I had rescured it from a barking dog,, and the snake was focused solely on the dog as I picked it up.
Well,, as it sat coiled up in my open palmed hands,, it decided that the dog was no longer a threat,, and decided to take out it's frustrations on the biggest thing it could find,, my nose. I saw it about to strike,, and was in the process of just gently tossing it back on the grass, when it barely got the tip of my nose. The 3 of us standing there got a good chuckle,, as I didn't have hardly any marks. (But my nose is big enough to make it an easy target!)
Tell that 8 yr old youngun' that it's not necessarily brave,, it's just that I understand the critters,, and I was NOT harming or threatening it in any way.
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hr2lrn · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:12 am Post subject:

contender · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:23 pm Post subject:

I may be full of it,, but I ain't that big! My foot size is 11,, and I'm only around 210.
Oh,, if I catch any copperheads tomorrow on that job,, I'll see about some pics of them as well. ( I have a
complaint of a copperhead living in a couple of rocks close to a gentlemans home. )
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