In Jefferson, snake bites the hand that tries to save it -- PETA freak alert

Star-Ledger Staff | Wednesday, August 17, 2005 | BY BILL SWAYZE

[girlangler]

Tell me about it. I used to live in Woodville Texas and we killed about six copperheads in our yard there.

One event bit my cat.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Got one here for ya Taz...
A real whacko!
Ms.B

[76834]

What a complete total idiot.

First, apparently he knows nothing about identifying anaked, just picks one up!

Our "friendly reptile" defends itself, probly hitting moron several times.

Then to cap it all off, genius waits 4 hours before he seeks medical attention.

Unbelievable

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Thank You!

[Sofa King]

There's a Jefferson parish in Louisiana. Might have been down here (good place for snakes).

[76834]

The only good snake's a dead snake, is what I say.

I wouldnt go that far.
Even rattlers and other pit vipers have their purpose in the scheme of things.
When I am out in the boonies I will simply leave snakes alone, figure they have as much right to be there as me, after it IS their turf.
In town, I kill the poisonous types but leave the others alone as well.
Great natural control of rats and mice.

[girlangler]

Do you know that it is actually illegal to kill a rattlesnake or copperhead in Tennessee?

It is, they are on the threatened species list. However, this is rarely enforced.

A few years ago I was working as an editor of an outdoor magazine and I received a news release from the state wildlife agency. There was a blurb about this guy they had busted for poaching bears in the Cherokee National Forest and, as part of the investigation they raided his freezer at his house and found more than 100 poisonous snakes in it.

So they got him for that too.

When I got the release I just couldn't figure out why anyone would want frozen snakes so I called the TWRA and asked.

"Oh he's one of those good religious guys," said the officer. "You know, one of those snake-handling preachers."

See we have some hillbillys here in Tennessee that handle snakes during their church services. Most of them have a short lifespan and it helps to clean up the gene pool in these parts.

Can you imagine this guy dancing around the church with his FROZEN snakes?

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Watch it mister. I take offense to any one that would harm my Red Tailed Boa.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

And I live in Jefferson county Arkansas, also lots of copperheads in our county.

Sometimes I wish posters would give a little more information in their thread titles.

[kenth]

"He likes to feed bears and stop traffic so ducks can walk across the road. Not too long ago, he tried to revive a bumblebee, keeping it in the palm of his hand with some water until it buzzed away two hours later, said John Bross, a friend and neighbor."

I can just see it, one day his neighbors will come across a bear feeding on his bee-stung and bloated carcass in the road where he was hit after trying to stop traffic for some ducks.

[Polyxene]

"Probably a spy for Enron."

NAH -- James Carville's right-wing brother!

[correctthought]

No, I think this idiot actually feeds bears.

[Malsua]

Oh, man, I saw this Ahole trying to get us to slow for Canadian Geese once. They were a good ways off the road but he was signaling for us to slow down. I whizzed by and should have given him the finger.

I have issues with anyone who feeds the damn bears. I catch 'em they're going to court and paying big fines. One "Weekend only" neighbor used to put food out Sunday Night before he left. We were thick with bears that summer. He was convicted 3 times. I wish he'd have been locked up for a good bit to set the measure home.

[peacebaby]

The snake or my daughters...hhhmmmm.

I didn't know Tennessee had a law against killing these snakes. I don't think Georgia does.

[End Times Sentinel]

I take offense to any one that would harm my Red Tailed Boa.

Is that the one that you wouldn't loan me to wear to the "'04 Tranny Awards"?  I'd run that over too.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[peacebaby]

When we lived in the Georgia country, my husband and I came across a carload of folks in a car with the front tires on one side of a huge snake and the back tires on the other side. They were afraid to run all the way over the snake for fear it would bite a hole in their tires. They had all the windows rolled up - and , mind you, it was 100 degrees outside.

Poor folks.

[76834]

The snake or my daughters...hhhmmmm
LOL

I read somewhere that the Eastern Diamondback is indeed an endangered species.
Have never seen one here in CenTex but we have plenty of Western Diamondbacks.
Live fairly close to Sweetwater, TX, famous for the annual "Rattlesnake Roundup"
I try to spend as much time outdoors as possible, either hunting, fishing or just generally enjoying the surroundings.
Have encountered hundreds over the years but have better sense than trying to pick one up.

[peacebaby]

I grew up on a golf course, and my brothers and I were mesmerized by the moccasins trapped in the huge drains on the course some 20 feet deep. Also growing up near water and in the woods, we encountered snakes all the time. They are fascinating, but oops! All it takes is to be bitten just once.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Now one knows why fifth column democrats are called copperheads. They always bite the hands of those who would help them.

Of course the guy was an idjit, every good ole redneck knows you stomp a copperhead's bloody head off before picking them up.

[sandbar]

I bet he was confused for a bit as well. I mean he was TRYING TO HELP the snake, how could it hurt him? All you have to do is hug the monsters and find out they really only have a thorn in their paw, they aren't really dangerous. We just need to UNDERSTAND them. Right?