Snakes ARE affectionate - Page 7

**Aaron_S** · 04-23-15, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MDT

Tony Stark....now that guy gets tail. Batman? Too much of an introvert.

Batman? Introvert.

Bruce Wayne? Playboy.

MDT · 04-23-15, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Nuxodom

btw, I've had hundreds (ok..well..over 150) of snakes since 1976....my "n" is greater than your "n"....

I've had snakes for 40 years, since 1975. Well over 300 snakes. I knew Bill Haast personally (you may have heard of the Miami Serpentarium where he supplied snake venom for medical use, and has been bitten by poisonous snakes nearly 200 times). How big is your "n"? :-)
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Bill had some seriously pissed off snakes, eh? But wait...they all trusted/loved/liked/fawned over him/whatever, right?

I'm just giggin' you Nuxodom...it's all good. Science is science, opinion is opinion. It woulda been cool to talk w Haast, tho.

MDT · 04-23-15, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Batman? Introvert.

Bruce Wayne? Playboy.

Ok...I'll give you that one.

RAD House · 04-23-15, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Which brings up the point maybe they are smarter than we give them credit for.

They'd be all like "If we hold out on doing anything these suckers will keep feeding us and we make out like kings!"

That makes me think of the tale of aliens looking down on us judging who controls the planet, the humans or their pets. Is it the guy begging a bird to do something for him or the bird waiting for the proper compensation.

**Aaron_S** · 04-23-15, 09:20 PM

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That makes me think of the tale of aliens looking down on us judging who controls the planet, the humans or their pets. Is it the guy begging a bird to do something for him or the bird waiting for the proper compensation.

We pick up dog poop. Who's really in control here?!

**millertime89** · 04-23-15, 09:21 PM

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We pick up dog poop. Who's really in control here?!

The cats...

RAD House · 04-23-15, 09:27 PM

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The cats...

Ugghhh not in my house, or yard.

mutsos · 04-24-15, 02:24 AM

Well I don't know about you guys but as far as I 'm concerned my snakes' stupidity prevents them from love anything. It takes them 15 minutes constricting the dead rat and 15 more to find where the head is located before they start eating. Sometimes it takes them so long that they start swallowing the rat backwards. These idiots can't handle efficintly simple tasks like eating, how can they develop complex emotions like love??

sophiedufort · 04-24-15, 07:06 AM

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Well I don't know about you guys but as far as I 'm concerned my snakes' stupidity prevents them from love anything. It takes them 15 minutes constricting the dead rat and 15 more to find where the head is located before they start eating. Sometimes it takes them so long that they start swallowing the rat backwards. These idiots can't handle efficintly simple tasks like eating, how can they develop complex emotions like love??

I wonder how you would manage if you were tied down (legs and arms fully bound) and had to swallow an entire squirrel, bones, fur and all. Do you think you could make it in less than 30 minutes (serious thinking time included, trying to figure out where to start from without choking to death)? Oh, and let's add to the challenge a little. Whoever tied you down thinks you're an idiot and didn't bother to serve you a dead squirrel. This one is very lively and truly overexcited, so you'll have to knock it out first. Are your complex emotions going to come to the rescue? Or perhaps you can't have them, since you can't efficiently handle a simple task, such as eating?

**Aaron_S** · 04-24-15, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by sophiedufort

I wonder how you would manage if you were tied down (legs and arms fully bound) and had to swallow an entire squirrel, bones, fur and all. Do you think you could make it in less than 30 minutes (serious thinking time included, trying to figure out where to start from without choking to death)? Oh, and let's add to the challenge a little. Whoever tied you down thinks you're an idiot and didn't bother to serve you a dead squirrel. This one is very lively and truly overexcited, so you'll have to knock it out first. Are your complex emotions going to come to the rescue? Or perhaps you can't have them, since you can't efficiently handle a simple task, such as eating?

This thread took a turn to "light hearted" banter.

Then you come along and type this. Each of your subsequent posts since the first is becoming more judgemental and assuming. People who have a different point of view from you have tried to give factual evidence and for the most part have been open minded. You have not been these things even though you say you are.

Since this was one of your first posts here to make this thread I still believe you're here to get a rise out of the forum. Especially considering you don't post in other threads. Trust in me,above everyone, that I know when I see someone trying to get a rise out of a forum.

You're on thin ice.

**lady_bug87** · 04-24-15, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by sophiedufort

I wonder how you would manage if you were tied down (legs and arms fully bound) and had to swallow an entire squirrel, bones, fur and all. Do you think you could make it in less than 30 minutes (serious thinking time included, trying to figure out where to start from without choking to death)? Oh, and let's add to the challenge a little. Whoever tied you down thinks you're an idiot and didn't bother to serve you a dead squirrel. This one is very lively and truly overexcited, so you'll have to knock it out first. Are your complex emotions going to come to the rescue? Or perhaps you can't have them, since you can't efficiently handle a simple task, such as eating?

1) snakes don't have their arms and legs bound. Or anything else bound.

2) it's not part of my normal day to eat a squirrel.

3) as talented as I am I cannot unhook my jaw and swallow something whole.

4) I don't sit maniacally offering my animals over excited or even alive food

5) none of this proves they can love

6) a good portion of our population consists of idiots. And I'm talking about people

7) you may actually be a little crazy

Nuxodom · 04-24-15, 07:40 AM

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This is quite possibly the best post of the whole thread😂 and possibly my new sig line!

Being a child of the 70's/80's...I had a Commodore 64...pretty simple indeed!

I had an Atari 800, but before that a (ugg) Vic 20. :-)

eminart · 04-24-15, 07:40 AM

I think we should stick to judging animals and humans on tasks that they actually do. While some of you may not be able to eat a squirrel very quickly (amateurs), I'm fairly certain a snake can't drive a car very well or send an email (although I'm sure their lack of fingers is all that's holding them back).

Nuxodom · 04-24-15, 07:50 AM

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Bill had some seriously pissed off snakes, eh? But wait...they all trusted/loved/liked/fawned over him/whatever, right?

I'm just giggin' you Nuxodom...it's all good. Science is science, opinion is opinion. It woulda been cool to talk w Haast, tho.

I don't think his snakes liked him too much

. At least the ones he forced to bite the cups covered in a rubber top to get the venom.

Haast was certainly an eccentric one, but a very nice guy...I even named my first boa "Haast."

He died at age 100, I believe in the Tampa, FL area. After a child fell into a croc pit and was killed at the Serpentarium, he kinda lost it and closed down.

sophiedufort · 04-24-15, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

This thread took a turn to "light hearted" banter.

Then you come along and type this. Each of your subsequent posts since the first is becoming more judgemental and assuming. People who have a different point of view from you have tried to give factual evidence and for the most part have been open minded. You have not been these things even though you say you are.

Since this was one of your first posts here to make this thread I still believe you're here to get a rise out of the forum. Especially considering you don't post in other threads. Trust in me,above everyone, that I know when I see someone trying to get a rise out of a forum.

You're on thin ice.

Look, Aaron, ban me from the forum if you want to. I am not trying to get any rise, I simply addressed an issue that is dear to me. If you read back, you will see that I commented, selectively, on very few replies, instead of fueling things up as you claim. I just hate it when people speak lowly of snakes, and of any pets for that matter. What they say seems to reflect how they treat their pet.

I understand that you are the moderator, but it seems that you believe you're God or something, and that you can put people in their place as a result. If you have this forum for the sake of showing off your muscles, go ahead and hush me, since you have the power. As far as I am concerned, I am confident that I behaved in a civilized manner, while doing nothing more than maintaining my opinion and expressing my disappointment at some very harsh and unfair views. If this does not match your expectations, go ahead, ban me, I will not regret it, since it would be a waste of my time to continue in the circumstances.

On another note, I cannot see why my failure to post in other threads would make you suspicious. I will post in other threads if, and when, I become interested in other topics. For your reference, this is my second thread, not my first and only.