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curator,
I just can't abide those snakes, though I'm an animal lover. I watched a snake climb a tree in the back yard yesterday. Those things just make my skin crawl.
posted by
songbirdshafer
on June 9, 2006 at 8:07 PM
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Xeno,
I can't quite tell. Are the people in the picture looking at a snake on the floor?
posted by
songbirdshafer
on June 9, 2006 at 8:05 PM
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Just dropped by to say
AHHHHH! SNAKE! my reaction exactly.
posted by
curator
on June 9, 2006 at 8:08 AM
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posted by
Xeno-x
on June 8, 2006 at 3:26 PM
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well we have coyotes in St. Louis
and deer busting into jewelry stores in malls.
posted by
Xeno-x
on June 8, 2006 at 6:28 AM
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depends upon the snake
north america has four poisonous types
rattlesnake
copperhead
cottonmouth water moccasin
whichare pit vipers
and then
the coral snake, in southern swamps, which is a relative of the cobra.
other than that, things are all right.
SE Mo -- i lived on a farm and encountered snakes about every day -- no big deal.
pit vipers are easy to recognize from several feet away -- heads are sort of triangular - arrowhead - shaped -- small neck,then the back of the head flaring suddenly. with other snakes, the head is abouit the size of the neck.
coral snakes have red, yellow and black stripes around the body (the mostly friendly garter snake has stripes running along the body from head to tail) -- very easy to recognize. The scarlet king snake (harmless) has similar marking to the coral snake,but probalby you shouldn't try to distinguish one from another if you encounter either.
dogs have a system that sort of "immunizes" them from poisonous snake bites. My uncle had a beagle at his farmin St. Clair, MO (now has to be developed into condos or somthing like that) that was bitten in the neck by a poisonous snake -- the neck swelled up tremendously, then the swellng went down and the dog went on as if nothing had happened.
it's only people htat have to worry -- and thenthe poison isn't deadly to a healthyperson -- getting to a medical facility within a half hour or so (and especiallykeeping your cool so that your heart doesn't pump the poison faster) and treatment can effectively deal with the snakebite in most cases (latest recomendation: DON'T APPLY A TOURNIQUET -- that can do more harm than good -- and don't cut the two tooth marks and try to suck out the poison -- I guess only do this if a medical facility is hours away -- and if you have sores in your mouth -- if you suck out the poison, the poison will get in your system too.
a vacuum cup in a snakebite kit would be best.
asnyway -- there's some of what I know.
posted by
Xeno-x
on June 8, 2006 at 6:26 AM
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kingmi,
The rustic life ain't for everybody, that's for sure. I lived in town most of my life, and snakes or not, I like my country better.
posted by
songbirdshafer
on June 7, 2006 at 7:15 PM
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songshafer, I'll take the pavement, and parks...and count my blessings!
posted by
kingmi
on June 7, 2006 at 6:52 PM
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Ariala,
It is a wild place to live. This area has cliffs, deep ravines, caves, thick forests, and sometimes when the coyotes howl at night, it sounds like the sky will split open.
posted by
songbirdshafer
on June 7, 2006 at 6:46 PM
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Wow...sounds like a wild place to live! (My kind of place!)
posted by
Ariala
on June 7, 2006 at 5:52 PM
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