Snake!!!

[TreasureHunter02]

Found this little bugger in my front yard. I'm located in northern Texas. Any ideas?
Really docile and friendly.

 

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[Digs68]

Hi Folks; Breezy, I like your tact. Me, Not so much. I see a snake I go from Calm, Cool, Collected to absolute BEZERK in .2ms. I stated my reasons before in an earlier Thread months ago. It is my Faith. It is thus my Belief that what the Bible says about snakes is true. That according to the Bible they are the ONLY creature on Earth that has EVER been DIRECTLY cursed by God and were thus BANNED from ever entering Heaven. God also placed a wall of Enmity between snakes & Man. Read Genesis. This is my Faith to which I am Entitled just as much as any Man and I stand by it. I give to God what is God's & I give to Man what is Man's. I "REALLY" don't want to get started on it for I don't want to blast or offend anyone else who thinks differently than myself and many others here regarding snakes. If you notice I even refuse to use a Capitol letter in the name snake. Only God & Man are given that Honor. A Capitol letter is used when in the process of Description of People, Places, Dates, etc. I refuse to give snakes even that honor. Are you getting my drift ??
NOW: If anyone has a use for them then I pray that they serve you in UTTER Servitude. To me that is all they are good for and I seriously question that. Bottom line for me is that if a snake comes near me or mine it will die and I will have a Priest here in .3ms to ReConsecrate my house and "ALL" that is in it to cleanse it from the Evil they possess. I kid you not. To me they are the DIRECT reincarnation of Satan himself hence they deserve my Curse of them before my God. It is with this said that I wish you all well and I will bid my exit. PEACE:RONB

You're certainly entitled to your beliefs!
I would like to think that, with God at your side, you'd have no reason to fear snakes or any other of satan's pawns. It wouldn't mean tempting fate by wading through a viper pit by any means! Lol!
The little critters don't bother me any, though I still can get pretty good air time if one unexpectedly slithers across my foot! I'm much more avoiding of wasps! Sometimes they attack without warning, if they feel you're threatening their nest, when you walk into a low room, or reach for something without knowing they're there. And there's a whole lot more of them!

 

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[GopherDaGold]

It's blatantly obvious that you don't know squat about snakes of any kind... I have eaten rattlers many times and lived to tell the tale. "oooooOOOOOoooo! The scary slithering thing that may bite me if I step directly on it while bumbling around like Helen Keller!"

What's blatantly obvious is that you don't know squat about 'tongue in cheek' and you don't know the proper way to address a lady. Breezie has been on this forum for a long time and has earned the respect of everyone here. We don't take kindly to noobs bashing our respected members and friends. I think you owe her an apology.

 

[Xraywolf]

They do way more harm to the environment than snakes!

Should be open season on wandering felines - Along with geese which are nothing more than rude, flying rats.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

Personally I don't like cats, maybe I'll splatter the next one I see invading my property.

...and then feed it to the snakes.

 

[laidback4sho]

Lol, religion. One of the reasons I'm glad I left the south. Poisonous aka venomous snakes is another.

 

[smokeythecat]

Try this out: Isaiah 11:8 The infant will play near the cobra's den, and the young child will put its hand into the viper's nest. Now that is out of context, is, well, out of context. The CONTEXT is the end of the age, the millennial kingdom, when EVIL is removed from the earth.

And God reigns. TRUE evil is found in PEOPLE. Just watch the news.

 

[kcm]

Yes, but evil is also all around us - not only within. There are the forces of Good and of Evil. Both are necessary. For there to be light, there must also be darkness. For there to be love, there must also be hate. For there to be life, there must also be death. All of these things must exist, for without one, you can never see the other. ...Or something like that. But snakes, themselves, are not evil.

Personally, I do not like snakes. I also do not like mushrooms or liquor. Doesn't make any of it evil.

 

[smokeythecat]

I don't want any snakes in the house, for sure, but outside, out of sight, out of mind, I leave them alone. Just remember that death itself, named by God as the last enemy will also be destroyed. One day there will be no death.

Here's the quote from Revelation chapter 21.

Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”

I don't make this stuff up.

 

[Backwoodsbob]

We are in the age now if I'm not mistaken.

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[smokeythecat]

Yes, we are near the end. Not in the millennial age though, although it's coming.

 

[RGINN]

According to Webster, venom is a type of poison produced by animals such as snakes in order to disable or kill. Venom is a type of poison. Not all poison is venom, but all venom is poison. If a snake is venomous it is, by definition, poisonous. Saying that snakes are venomous rather than poisonous is like saying that a cottonmouth is not a snake, but rather a water moccasin. And when venomous snakes come in to my yard, they will be executed. Sorry, but I like dogs better than snakes.

I think you're wrong on that. A 'venomous' designation means you could eat it. 'Poisonous' means you better not eat it. For example, you would not eat a 'poisonous' mushroom, but you could eat a 'venomous' rattlesnake. And as usual, I will catch flack over my post, be ridiculed, run down etc., so google 'Herpetologica', and W.D.W. Ginn, and look over whatever published research my son currently has, so I don't know a lot but do have a little knowledge about that sort of thing. And in addition, he would get wound up about it, but I have no problem with you killing any snake you see. I understand why people do that, and I have no problem with snakes as long as I know where they're at.

 

[excav]

How did all this start over one little, harmless ringneck snake?

 

[kcm]

*hehe* everyone's mind works differently. You can start with a can of coke and end up with a leg of lamb....while the lamb is still wearing it!

 

[Breezie]

It's blatantly obvious that you don't know squat about snakes of any kind... I have eaten rattlers many times and lived to tell the tale. "oooooOOOOOoooo! The scary slithering thing that may bite me if I step directly on it while bumbling around like Helen Keller!"

Hello Mr. DiamondDan, snake authority & eater of rattlers: Here is a pic of my cat, Mo-Mo who was minding his own business in the backyard when bitten by a snake. He is NOT blind, so he was not 'bumbling around like Helen Keller.' I'll spare you and everyone else the details and vet bill cost. I also have a dog and 2 young grandchildren, who like to play in my fenced in, manicured backyard. I love my cat, but feel very fortunate it was the cat who was bitten and not one of my grandchildren. And as you said, it is
'blatantly obvious that I don't know squat about snakes,' but I know enough about them that I don't want them in my yard and around the people and pets I love.
Regards,
Breezie

 

[DiamondDan]

Breezie, I am sorry about your cat gitten bitten by a snake, and as the father of a three-year-old and owner of several cats and a dog, I can empathize with your desire to keep dangerous animals out of your yard and home. However, I have to speak out against the irrational and ridiculous fear of snakes that many members of this forum obviously harbor.

False information and folklore are not sound foundations on which to build a prejudice, and it annoys me to no end that intelligent people resort to their most primitive instincts and deeply-ingrained reactions when it comes to an ANIMAL.

That's right, snakes are simply animals. They have no concept of bloodlust. They are driven by basic survival instinct and would much rather slither away and hide than get into a fight. I'm sorry to say it, and although your cat did not deserve to be bitten, it was probably thwapping at the snake.

Snakes are amazing animals, and do not deserve unwarranted hatred. I apologise for being a bit blunt in my previous post in this thread, but I respect and care about all animals, and the ridiculous and wholly uneducated posts in this thread got me a bit heated. Thanks, and take care.

Dan

 

[Breezie]

Breezie, I am sorry about your cat gitten bitten by a snake, and as the father of a three-year-old and owner of several cats and a dog, I can empathize with your desire to keep dangerous animals out of your yard and home. However, I have to speak out against the irrational and ridiculous fear of snakes that many members of this forum obviously harbor.

False information and folklore are not sound foundations on which to build a prejudice, and it annoys me to no end that intelligent people resort to their most primitive instincts and deeply-ingrained reactions when it comes to an ANIMAL.

That's right, snakes are simply animals. They have no concept of bloodlust. They are driven by basic survival instinct and would much rather slither away and hide than get into a fight. I'm sorry to say it, and although your cat did not deserve to be bitten, it was probably thwapping at the snake.

Snakes are amazing animals, and do not deserve unwarranted hatred. I apologise for being a bit blunt in my previous post in this thread, but I respect and care about all animals, and the ridiculous and wholly uneducated posts in this thread got me a bit heated. Thanks, and take care.

Dan

Hello Dan,
Thank you for your apology. Opinions vary.
Regards,
Breezie

 

[kcm]

I have to agree with Dan. Yes, it's sad when an animal OR a person gets bitten. Every now and then there will be a snake that is more agitated than usual. Many people don't/won't believe this, but in the same exact way that different people have different personalities, so do animals as well. Some are more aggressive; some more timid.

Before the urbanization of mankind, all land was for all nature. However, we have come to think of our towns and cities as "ours", and wildlife ain't invited!! Problem is, we never forced the wildlife to go to school to learn such things.

And for the record, I had a dog back in high school - a white Spitz - that got bitten in the neck. We hoped he would be strong enough to fight the venom, but he wasn't. That was really, REALLY difficult time! But I hold no malice to the snake.

And finally, many people think that all animals have a natural-born instinct to avoid snakes. That's not true anymore. As domestic animals have become pampered and used to not seeing these creatures, many are more curious. ...Animals "learn" through experience, just as we do. Don't think so? Just look at the animals that are curious about a skunk....until they get sprayed! Then, usually, they will avoid disturbing skunks in the future. Though there are always exceptions to the rule. We used to have a dog that just flat-out didn't care about the smell of skunk. Seemed to make her (the dog) angry somehow, as she'd go out of her way to kill any skunk that came around! Funny thing is, after awhile, she learned how to do it without the skunk having a chance to spray.

Neither I nor Dan (if I may speak on his behalf) mean any disrespect to you or your cat, and hope that your cat comes out of it ok.

 

[BARKER]

Hi; Breezie, Well said. I don't care if a snake is venomous, poisonous or not. I'm not going to ask it. And I'm not going to waste any time. I "WILL" kill it, PERIOD. God, I hate semantics sometimes. My reason is they are PURE EVIL and are thus deservant of my curse of them. I believe the only reason God allows snakes to survive is to remind Man of just how real Satan is. In Genesis God said,"You and Yours" will Never enter Heaven when He spoke to the snake after the Temptation. He further said," You will eat dirt all the days of your lives. I have placed a Wall of Emnity between you and Man." "You shall be Cursed for All Eternity." To me, Snakes are nothing more than the reincarnation of Satan in the flesh and thus are deservant of only death.
I'm gonna stop here because I'm starting to get riled again. If you have a use for them then good luck with it. REMEMBER: you were Warned ok. PEACE:RONB

 

[kcm]

Hi; Breezie, Well said. I don't care if a snake is venomous, poisonous or not. I'm not going to ask it. And I'm not going to waste any time. I "WILL" kill it, PERIOD. God, I hate semantics sometimes. My reason is they are PURE EVIL and are thus deservant of my curse of them. I believe the only reason God allows snakes to survive is to remind Man of just how real Satan is. In Genesis God said,"You and Yours" will Never enter Heaven when He spoke to the snake after the Temptation. He further said," You will eat dirt all the days of your lives. I have placed a Wall of Emnity between you and Man." "You shall be Cursed for All Eternity." To me, Snakes are nothing more than the reincarnation of Satan in the flesh and thus are deservant of only death.
I'm gonna stop here because I'm starting to get riled again. If you have a use for them then good luck with it. REMEMBER: you were Warned ok. PEACE:RONB

Ok Ron, let me try it this way:

You consider ALL snakes to be "pure evil" simply because Satan took the form of a serpent, as mentioned in the Bible. Do I understand this correctly? Then by that very definition, EVERY SINGLE PLANT ON THE FACE OF THE eARTH is pure golden, as God took the form of a burning bush. Sorry, but is exactly the same difference.

 

[cw0909]

i remember when i saw this on you tube, i was whoa wtf, why would
someone teach a snake to do that, so i went to find the source of vid
the owner says the snake learned to open doors on his own. i always
thought given a chance the snake would rather go his way, and i guess
if it has to learn to open doors to that end so be it, there is a link in the
dialog to a vid where the snake didnt get a door open, why it didnt know
to turn the key. the smart snake died b4 it learned anything else about
door locks/keys

Julius Escaping
guess you have to go to this link to get the pg with dialog
click on Julius Escaping
https://vimeo.com/lickmyvg