The Reptilian Brain
Mar 21, 2016 13:56:48 #
Heck, I just knocked them over the head and skinned them and then had them for dinner. They are a little tough. But if you cook them slowly it will tender them up and make a good dinner.
Mar 21, 2016 14:12:52 #
shelty wrote:
Heck, I just knocked them over the head and skinned them and then had them for dinner. They are a little tough. But if you cook them slowly it will tender them up and make a good dinner.
I've always been curious what they taste like so I appreciate it! S-
Mar 21, 2016 14:22:09 #
Snakes. Was watching Lonesome Dove's water moccasin (That's a rattlesnake variant.) scene of pioneer Texas yesterday. Thought to myself, there were so many rattlers even when I grew up in Texas, what must it have been like nearly 200 years ago? My cocker spaniel contstantly killed them in our back yard. Easter egg hunts always prefaced with a productive snake hunt. Snakes swimming in flooded streets. ...
My worst experience was while swimming in Beaver Creek, which feeds the Llano River. I was sitting in an inner tube. Grabbed a bunch of tall grass on the bank to pull myself in and exposed a water moccasin coiled and sunning itself. Disturbed, it slithered into the water beside me. No point in trying to describe the next thirty seconds, but I'm still here.
We kids always debated whether these snakes can bite while swimming. We had to conclude they could not or we'd have never gone swimming.
My worst experience was while swimming in Beaver Creek, which feeds the Llano River. I was sitting in an inner tube. Grabbed a bunch of tall grass on the bank to pull myself in and exposed a water moccasin coiled and sunning itself. Disturbed, it slithered into the water beside me. No point in trying to describe the next thirty seconds, but I'm still here.
We kids always debated whether these snakes can bite while swimming. We had to conclude they could not or we'd have never gone swimming.
Mar 21, 2016 14:29:12 #
forjava wrote:
Snakes. Was watching Lonesome Dove's water moccasi... (show quote)
I'm pretty okay with snakes in-front of me, but in the water with me? I think I'd outdo Jesus and run on water... LAF
Mar 21, 2016 15:06:31 #
St3v3M wrote:
I've always been curious what they taste like so I appreciate it! S-
A little like tough chicken - sorta.
Mar 21, 2016 15:07:27 #
shelty wrote:
A little like tough chicken - sorta.
I had alligator tail once and assume it's the same. Thanks! S-
Mar 21, 2016 17:03:53 #
St3v3M wrote:
Thank God for the reptilian part of my brain that ... (show quote)
I came across one of those while driving a bit north or where I live. This was a Kodak Moment. I told a friend with me to go back down the road a ways and get cars to slow down a bit. I took my camera and laid in the middle of the road taking photos of this snake crossing the roadway.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-367978-1.html
--Bob
Mar 21, 2016 17:20:14 #
Glad it all worked out Steve. If someone wanted to hand me a snake I would have no problem holding it. But I don't like being surprised, so coming across a rattle snake on a path would probably make me very uncomfortable. Good thing your reptilian brain kicked in.
Mar 21, 2016 19:22:55 #
When I was about 17 we spent two weeks on lake George NY. Just above Silverbay. Four of us took a row boat across the lake to dive off the high cliffs on the other side. After climbing through a lot of under brush to the top there was a sign. Rattle snakes, Nearest serum Ticonderoga. We didn't go back down that way. We all dove off. Even the ones that were afraid to jump.
Mar 21, 2016 20:13:08 #
rmalarz wrote:
I came across one of those while driving a bit north or where I live. This was a Kodak Moment. I told a friend with me to go back down the road a ways and get cars to slow down a bit. I took my camera and laid in the middle of the road taking photos of this snake crossing the roadway.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-367978-1.html
--Bob
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-367978-1.html
--Bob
They're beautiful to look at and interesting from a distance! S-
Mar 21, 2016 20:14:15 #
RiverNan wrote:
Glad it all worked out Steve. If someone wanted to hand me a snake I would have no problem holding it. But I don't like being surprised, so coming across a rattle snake on a path would probably make me very uncomfortable. Good thing your reptilian brain kicked in.
My son had a ball python when he was young and never thought twice about handling it, but I swear it knew I wasn't as calm about it. LAF
Mar 21, 2016 20:15:36 #
Hal81 wrote:
When I was about 17 we spent two weeks on lake George NY. Just above Silverbay. Four of us took a row boat across the lake to dive off the high cliffs on the other side. After climbing through a lot of under brush to the top there was a sign. Rattle snakes, Nearest serum Ticonderoga. We didn't go back down that way. We all dove off. Even the ones that were afraid to jump.
I think that rattle is instinctually built into us as a sign of danger. It's amazing how loud it can be too. I'm glad it's a story you can tell! S-
Mar 21, 2016 20:21:11 #
St3v3M wrote:
I've always been curious what they taste like so I appreciate it! S-
Like chicken, what else?
When I lived in Md. I used to wade in a river and catch water snakes swimming by. I would give them to a friend of mine to feed his King snake. These snakes were 3 to 4 feet long
If you grab them right behind the head they can't bite you. Although I did get bit by one when I didn't grab him close enough to his head. My wife had to pry his jaws apart to get him off my hand, as he didn't want to let go.
will
Mar 21, 2016 20:23:31 #
Soul Dr. wrote:
Like chicken, what else?
When I lived in Md. I used to wade in a river and catch water snakes swimming by. I would give them to a friend of mine to feed his King snake. These snakes were 3 to 4 feet long
If you grab them right behind the head they can't bite you. Although I did get bit by one when I didn't grab him close enough to his head. My wife had to pry his jaws apart to get him off my hand, as he didn't want to let go.
will
When I lived in Md. I used to wade in a river and catch water snakes swimming by. I would give them to a friend of mine to feed his King snake. These snakes were 3 to 4 feet long
If you grab them right behind the head they can't bite you. Although I did get bit by one when I didn't grab him close enough to his head. My wife had to pry his jaws apart to get him off my hand, as he didn't want to let go.
will
I could pin a rattlesnake with a branch, but doubt I could grab one behind the head without a trip to the emergency room too. S-
Mar 21, 2016 20:23:51 #
St3v3M wrote:
I think that rattle is instinctually built into us as a sign of danger. It's amazing how loud it can be too. I'm glad it's a story you can tell! S-
There is one rattlesnake that I will kill on site. That's the one that doesn't give a warning rattle. This does happen once in awhile. I mean if it's within an area of striking distance and had time to warn and didn't. I wouldn't to it to a snake that I surprised.
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