And what of those who suffer from it now?
Screw them, too?
Posted on 05/16/2018 2:09:33 PM PDT by libstripper
I was born and raised in Hawaii, so I have no built-in fear of snakes because there were none there. I grew up catching lizards and toads, however, because I love reptiles.
Now I live on the Mainland, and still don’t have a fear of snakes. A healthy respect, yes, but not a fear. I saved a baby snake who had found his way into a swimming pool last summer, while people watched in horror. I did make sure it didn’t have that little rattle ball thing on its tail first. :)
(Now sharks, that’s a whole ‘nother matter LOL)
I love you.
:)
[pretty sure Libs won’t rush us holding sharks, though]
LOL :)
;^)
True.
The number of “men” these days who shriek worse than little girls at the sight of a snake is embarrassing.
It gets weirder because if you confront them with, say, a bear they go “take my picture with it.”
They seem to have this mentality of “if it has fur, it can’t hurt me.”
Introduce scales and they’re quivering in terror.
I shudder to think how they’d have behaved if my mini dinosaur lovebird was gnawing a bloody hole into them right after they said she was “cute”.
And boy would that scaley footed hellbeast put on a show of being “harmless” until you got within optimal beak distance.
Then it was all blood and screams.
That seems a little hasty.
I don’t care. The chances are getting Lyme Disease are very small compared to the chances of suffering an encounter with a snake. Especially in the South.
I’ll admit I have an incredible phobia of those awful creatures but I can’t help it.
And what of those who suffer from it now?
Screw them, too?
Whut?
The nekkid attack part?
It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, anyway.
;)
Now *bears* scare me.
I cannot out run them.
They can and do attack without provocation, unlike snakes, and they are big enough to eat me.
Irrational fear versus rational fear.
It’s a thing.
I’m all for last-ditch charges ... but clothed.
Looks like you're safe from tick diseases.
Oh, now...live a little.
;)
Not after all the statistics on ticks!
My husband had a face-to-face encounter with a snake in our crawlspace here in E. TN a couple years ago. He got the heck out of there and called Critter Getter. Creepy enough being in a crawlspace, and then that.
We see a lot of them — mostly benign, but I’m terrified of them.
Of course, in CA, in a populated, developed area, we had rattlers.
The thought of ticks and chiggers is the *only* thing that keeps me from acting upon the mad urge I get every spring, to run buck through the woods.
:D
Where there are snakes, there is snake *food*.
They don’t just go hang out in places for fun.
:)
Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever are no fun ... and you can’t scratch where you’d get chiggers.
“Where there are snakes, there is snake *food*.”
There may have been mice once in a while, but the crawlspace was quite clean. Workmen who’ve had to go there for one reason or another have said it’s the best one they’ve ever been in. (Husband is OCD.)
Now that’s funny right there!
I can see that in my mind’s eye; fan blades all blown to snot . . .
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