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

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

[Skooz]

Sounds like the kind of idiotic thing I would.

I'm a fool for critters. Sue me.

[76834]

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

We take it a bit farther around here.
Cut it's head off first, then the rattles, they make great hat ornaments.
Then skin em and stretch out the skin, make a few dollars here.
Gut em and clean them a lot like you would a fish.
Mix up cornmeal batter and deep fry.

They dont call it the "Chicken of the Desert" for nothing...

[Big Steve]

If it was Zell MIller, he'd kill the snake. He said in the "Fahren-Hype 9/11" documentary, he didn't wait for the government to take the copperhead nest from under his home in Georgia, he just got a hoe and wacked them to pieces. Maybe Zell can teach this guy a thing or two.

[mhking]

Darwin smiles on tasty activists...

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[trisham]

At first, Sodones didn't think much about the bites

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I'm trying not to laugh...

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

I live in AZ, a buzz tail warns (sometimes) you before striking. A damned copperhead lies stealthily in wait until you get near or touch it. I remember back home they were always showing up around the the house, barn or the privacy outbuilding with a moon cut in the door. We killed them one & all.

[Petronski]

What a moron.

Copperheads are nothing to mess with for any purpose. But to think that advanced, intense predator would need help crossing a road is the height of stupidity.


No more Disney cartoons for this cretin.

[76834]

Agree totally.
Around your home or yard they are on "Your" turf and as such are a danger to kids, pets and you.
I do exactly the same....

[najida]

OOOppps,
Even me,
the softy,
I know not to touch a copperhead.

[Petronski]

He likes to feed bears . . .

Someday he will be bear feed.

Only in those last few horrific moments will he learn that, no, that was NOT Yogi looking for a pic-a-nic basket.

[girlangler]

Vintage Zell. I love that man

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Actually, I've always found it the opposite. Cottonmouths will actually try and avoid you unless you step on them, which I've done a couple of times, and even then, if they have an avenue of escape, they'll take off like a bat out of hell. Scared the hell out of me, and the last time, I think I achieved a world record for a standing, vertical jump. ;^)

Copperheads, on the other hand, can get pretty mean. The majority of snakebites we get down here in south Louisiana come from copperheads, followed by rattlers. Mocassin bites are more rare and I can't remember the last time I heard of somebody getting bitten by a coral snake.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

ORIGINAL:
"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."


REVISED by Kenth:
"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."


LOL!

[weegee]

Do you think this clown would taste funny to bears?

[doug from upland]

Since I haven't eaten meat since 1991, I'm in a perfect position to pass judgment. This guy is out of his freaking mind.

By saving the snake, he would lead to the death of many other little critters.

[Howlin]

Well, what else could happen? :-)

[76834]

Perhaps you should try a nice plate of fried rattlesnake.

Personally I prefer it with tartar sauce or maybe ketchup.
Baked potato with all the fixings and a tossed green salad.

[Chena]

It's nice to see someone else doesn't think it's so crazy to help a snake, or any critter for that matter, across the road. You don't have to be a PETA kook to love God's creatures, and help them along now and then.

When we lived in the Northwest, I used to walk through our yard, over and over again, to make sure there weren't any snakes in the yard. Not because I feared them, I just didn't want to mow over one and kill it.

When I find a spider in the house, I capture it in a container and put it outside. I do the same with bees.

But hey, I'm not perfect. I also hunt and fish. LOL

[76834]

You don't have to be a PETA kook to love God's creatures, and help them along now and then.

Apparently you have never had the pleasure of meeting some of our God's Creatures.
When the time comes you will fall in love with fire ants and africanized bees.

[tnfarmer]

You`re so right about those copperhead`s,I`ve got them on my farm too.Mild tempered reptiles

Those cottonmouths,they`re a diferent snake,they`ll come at `ya.A person`s in a world of hurt if bitten by one.

I`ve heard that people that live in La. that aren`t scared of gators fear that water moccasin.