I am so freaking scared of snakes. An irrational fear, but I can't help it.

Ugh.

if eric were still on vj, this thread would have gone off on a wild tangent by now.........

Eric and his giant trousersnake!

Exactly.

BTW yes I'm scared of snakes. I know most of them aren't venomous but how the fukc am I know which one isn't?

I heard that all snakes which don't choke their prey to death are venomous, but that doesn't mean that the venom is harmful to humans.

Either way, I find them creepy!!

If I know it's not venomous, I am not that scared. If I am not sure if it is, then I am scared. We have a lot of garden snakes and black racers around here. They don't really scare me because if they sense you coming they quickly sliver away and leave you alone.

no fear of snakes....caught many of them as a youth and stuck them down girls dresses////


of course ..eric would say.//.i got a large python in my pants

I'm scared of snakes. I can't even stand looking at pictures.

Well, when I worked at the zoo, part of my job was to handle snakes for visitors to pet. It was one of my favorite animals to handle. I only got nervous once when I was handling a very large ball python. It was wrapped around the back of my waist, with part of it coiled around my right arm and I was holding its upper body in my left arm when it decided to go on a trip up under my hair by my neck. I just moved it off my neck and it settled down. The larger snakes were generally less fidgety though. I loved them though and enjoyed teaching kids about them. I always thought it was too bad though when parents would steer their kids away from the snake because of their fear, not letting the kid learn that they weren't that scary afterall. That said, part of my talk was to tell them that they could get bit by a snake in the wild if it felt threatened, so to leave them alone.

Yes i have to admit that I am scared of them. I watch on tv sometimes but that is ok, but still scary

Now what happen to Eric.. was he booted from VJ?

Yogi

I think he tripped over his trousersnake...

i eat snakes for breakfast.. after the kitten

awww too bad.. did they have to chop it off and now he has a vienna Sausage?

Did someone say trousersnake?!

Miss Julie, this link is not for you!

No, I love petting them.

I'm not scared of snakes. I'm a volunteer at the zoo and anytime we have big events on the weekends I end up having to carry around one of the snakes for people to pet because none of the other volunteers want to do it. When I was little my aunt had a boa and it was massive. Also, playing outside a lot when I was little we found snakes all the time. One time we chopped one into pieces with a shovel just for fun

Poor snake!

Just the poisonous ones.

me too!

Saludos,
Caro

Irrational fear of them here too. And I don't care if they are poisonous don't like any of them

Yikes.

I love snakes. When I was a kid I used to go hunting for green snakes and I'd chase my sisters around while waving it at them I would love to have a snake for a pet and have been seriously considering getting a corn snake for my son.

snakes are good, garlic sauteed

not scared of them, no. been bitten by one of those below too.

here's something for you to dream about.....

Only when they are very unsuspected.

Perv!



Charles hates me

Two snake pics in a row...can't take it anymore

Of course I want to know all about your snake bite - how big was the snake, which body part got bitten, how much anti venom did you get, do you still have a scar, what happened to the snake...

I watch too much venom Er...



Mom has the hots for Dr. Bush. He's got a great bum, she says.

Same here. I would even have a nonpoisonous snake as a pet. Now wasps of any kind, like the yellowjackets we have here, make me run away screaming.

You can't be scared of snakes where I come from

Never been afraid of non-poisonous snakes. I went to a pre-school that always had animals; frogs, snakes, rodents of every variety) we never had any fear of these.

rattlesnake bite, one i'd caught just outside where i lived and it twisted in my hand - it was a baby rattler. it was on the right hand middle finger, snagged me with one fang. no anti-venom given, the docs cut my finger open without painkiller so it could swell. i'd liken it to having someone stick a needle in you and then pumping you full of air, it hurt when it started swelling. and 2 weeks later i deployed on a reforger to germany
still have the scar, if i hit the edge of something with that finger just right it hurts. the snake was killed by a neighbor, i wanted to let it go but i wasn't there.

and before that, i did have a pet rattlesnake but had to give her away.

Wow, it still hurts! That'S crazy. I am always amazed to hear that even such a tiny snake can seriously hurt you.

Well, ok, but here is the story I actually wanted to hear:

When I was living on a ranch in Texas, working as a cowboy, I got bitten by a 6 ft Eastern diamondback rattlesnake. It left a 2 1/2 inch bite mark on my calf and I was immediately taken to Venom ER. I was treated with 26 ampullae of anti venom for three days and since then I have worn my Eastern diamondback rattlesnake belt every day.

Not scared of snakes. I used to play with them when I was younger.

Nope, as long as they're not poisonous. I was at the Renaissance Faire Saturday, and there were some people displaying reptiles, including some snakes.

Here's a corn snake. I held it, but no picture of that.


Here's me wearing a boa constrictor

I hate snakes. from the name of the file here, I won't try and click on it!

no, as long as its not poisonous and it is small

PiNk

oh i forgot one thing - that happened in 1984. and the smaller ones have more potent poison.

Nope....not scared of snakes....see them in my yard all the time.