"That's right - I kicked your *ss!"
LOL!
Posted on 09/07/2011 8:06:06 PM PDT by Morgana
FOSTER -- But some parents in Boone County are outraged after finding out there have been three real snakes found loose in Brookview Elementary in just two weeks time.
Boone County Schools Assistant Superintendent Jeff Huffman says the snakes appear to be garden snakes, also known as garter snakes.
Grandmother Nancy Dickens says the whole situation is a little shocking.
"I would go find someone to help me get it out of there," Dickens said. "I would try to keep the kids away from it."
Huffman says an exterminator has been called to the school on two different occasions this school year.
He adds that he does not believe students are in danger.
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“wussification-of-America”
Yeah, what has happened? Some years back, my Mom discovered a copperhead trying to get inside a hole in the back steps of the house. Sent me to get my Dad to kill the snake. Dad went in the front door and was in the house for a while. By the time he came out with the shotgun, Mom had gotten a garden hoe, pulled the snake out of the steps, cut its head off and cut the body into several pieces.
Of course, both of my parents were raised on farms.
Hubby and I were hiking along the Carquinez Strait in Benicia (northern California) when we came upon a tiny snake in the path. I picked it up to move it out of any danger, and it bit my finger.
Its tiny teeth didn’t even make it through the first layer of skin, and I laughed and placed it in the grass by the side of the trail.
I admired the brave little thing for “scaring off” a predator about a bazillion times its size.
Snakes are really cool, especially the non-venomous varieties, and I don’t get why people are so upset about harmless garden snakes.
You’re right about the wussificaton of America and Americans.
I'm sure there's at least a half dozen little boys who would jump at the chance to catch them.....and take them home. LOL! (Yea, I was a little boy once)
Years ago I read an article about some little kid who went off fishing by himself. When he got home, he complained that the worms he was using were trying to bite him when he baited the hook. Turns out they were newly hatched copperheads...........LOL!
"That's right - I kicked your *ss!"
LOL!
Can’t you hear me laughing? Ha. Ha. Ha.
These aren’t even copperheads - they’re garter snakes, fercyinoutloud! Put the poor thing outside and block the hole where they’re getting in.
Squeeeeee!!! It’s even smaller than the one I “ran away” from. Mine was about the size of a pencil.
Oh my goodness! What a cute little thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_tELkI0vbU
My Mom found a copperhead in the basement of our cabin, many years ago. My aunt poured boiling water on it, while my Mom beat it to death with a boat paddle. LOL - I wish there had been a way to videotape that!
We caught one of those in our yard a few months back. I never knew there were such itty bitty snakes around here, and at first, I thought it was a worm. Looked it up on the internet just to make sure it wasn’t poisonous, and it said that this species has a very mild venom, for the bugs it eats. We let it go after keeping it in a jar for a few hours. Ours had some bluish colors on its belly.
I’m very much a snake fan. Do not understand the herpophobes.
Yep. Wusses.
Sounds like fun! If you see him again, say hello for me.
Me too. Me neither.
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HAHAHA! Can’t wait ‘til my great-grandson starts school. He wears garter snakes around his wrists as ornaments!
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