Are you afraid of snakes? - Democratic Underground

Louis Cipher

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Fri May-25-07 03:35 PM
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Are you afraid of snakes?

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Nicole

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Fri May-25-07 03:37 PM
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1. Yes!

Thanks for the graphic warning! :P

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China_cat

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Fri May-25-07 03:39 PM
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2. Oh what a beauty

Looks like newly shed.

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u4ic

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Fri May-25-07 03:47 PM
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3. No

but gazillion leggedy creatures are another story...:scared:

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madinmaryland

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Fri May-25-07 03:49 PM
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4. Only on a motherfuckin plane!

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skygazer

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Fri May-25-07 03:52 PM
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5. No

I once took a big ol' snake away from some boys on the playground who were trying to scare me with it. That one's a beauty.

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idgiehkt

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Fri May-25-07 04:16 PM
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6. I really like them

the only reason I don't keep them as pets is because I would get attached to the food. But I love holding them, it is really a unique energy they have. One (a black snake) dropped out of a tree rigth at my feet the other day, it must have been three or four feet long. I thought it was a tree branch but it started moving. I consider it a positive sign. :)

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JVS

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Fri May-25-07 04:17 PM
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7. Not as long as they are somewhere else.

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Deja Q

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Fri May-25-07 04:17 PM
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8. Mine's bigger.

:spray:

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ElizabethDC

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Fri May-25-07 04:17 PM
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9. OMG, yes

and that photo is not helpful!:scared:

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Ariana Celeste

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Fri May-25-07 04:18 PM
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10. i think they are beautiful

but yes, i'm afraid of 'em.

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bridgit

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Fri May-25-07 04:20 PM
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11. as a rule no not per se ratt'lers maybe, but this one does seem a bit contentious...

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wildhorses

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Fri May-25-07 04:44 PM
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14. bridgit, girl

that is a series-ly fucked up photo :wow:

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Deja Q

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Fri May-25-07 04:44 PM
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15. Quite. If I went that snake's journey, I'd be hissing in abject protest too.

Edited on Fri May-25-07 04:44 PM by HypnoToad

:wow:

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wildhorses

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Fri May-25-07 04:48 PM
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19. is that pic really of you or something you googled?

:shrug:

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Deja Q

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Fri May-25-07 04:51 PM
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21. Googled. That dude was 40 at the time. I'm

35, look 29, act 14. :rofl:

Doesn't mean I look like abject disaster is about to happen though... :rofl:

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wildhorses

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Fri May-25-07 04:56 PM
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22. hey, i act 14, too!!

wanna be my steady:loveya:

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Fri May-25-07 04:49 PM
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20. That's one way to clear your sinuses.

:rofl:

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ganeshji

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Fri May-25-07 04:22 PM
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12. No.

I love snakes.

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LSK

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Fri May-25-07 04:24 PM
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13. depends on if they are venomous or not

Edited on Fri May-25-07 04:24 PM by LSK

If I ever ran across a black mamba in the wild, Id be shitting bricks.

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Taverner

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Fri May-25-07 04:45 PM
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16. Snaaaaaake!!!! Snaaaaake!!!

Seriously, I love snakes as long as they aren't biting or suffocating me.

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wildhorses

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Fri May-25-07 04:45 PM
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17. i have to admit that they are not my favorite unless maybe you

were referring to the one-eyed trouser snake:evilgrin:

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Fri May-25-07 04:47 PM
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18. No.

But I don't go around grabbing them, either.

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petronius

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Fri May-25-07 05:44 PM
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27. It's very funny to read post 18 right after post 17...

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Fri May-25-07 08:53 PM
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34. ROFL

:spray:
I don't indiscriminately grab that variety either... :rofl:

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Digit

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Fri May-25-07 05:23 PM
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23. I am one of those strange women who likes reptiles

I used to catch snakes and take them to "show and tell" when I was in elementary school.

Now, at 55, I have a garden snake in my back yard I run into every year. I catch him and admire the little fellow for awhile and then release him back into my yard.

Now in the wild, when I run across one, I am cautious of course as I am not as familiar with the snakes in Carolina as I was in Va.

It is huge honking spiders and cockroaches that freak me out!

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NewWaveChick1981

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Fri May-25-07 05:40 PM
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25. Yay! Same here!

:hi: See my post below. Apparently, women who like reptiles are few and far between. :D

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cemaphonic

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Sat May-26-07 02:30 AM
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37. My wife likes them too.

I like snakes, as long as I can positively identify them as non-venomous. Fortunately, there don't seem to be any poisonous ones here in western WA.

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Karenina

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Fri May-25-07 06:29 PM
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31. Snakes are COOL!

My sister and I used to freak the boys out letting them wrap around our arms. They'd take off running. Sis wore ribbon snakes at college and disturbed some who got close enough to realize she was NOT wearing beaded bracelets.

If it has a triangular head, back away slowly...

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NewWaveChick1981

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Fri May-25-07 05:39 PM
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24. No. I stay away from poisonous ones, though.

:hi: My mother nearly fainted when I asked her if I could have a king snake as a pet when I was 8 years old. :) I actually love snakes and other reptiles.

I also used to pick up earthworms and play with them. :)

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maveric

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Fri May-25-07 05:42 PM
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26. Yep! Even rubber snakes freak me out.

For some reason snakes scare the shit out of me.
When I was a kid my asshole younger brother took a rubber snake, tied a string on it and pulled over my body in bed. Freaked me right out!
Little Shit!

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Roon

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Fri May-25-07 06:00 PM
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29. I have a cooler with a string attached to a rubber snake's head

when you open the lid, this realistic looking snake uncoils and comes up out of the cooler. It scares the FUCK out of people. I used to keep it at the cabin buy my Grandfather played the joke on an old woman and she FREAKED out and was reduced to tears. So the snake in the cooler isn't welcome up there anymore. I still have it,just waiting for the right opportunity to use it again. You have to be careful who you play the joke on.

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jgraz

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Fri May-25-07 05:49 PM
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28. Only this one

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some guy

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Fri May-25-07 06:09 PM
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30. No. Yes? Maybe?

Seeing snakes or pictures of snakes, I always get a shiver up my spine. :scared: But I've never been in a snake-related situation where I felt afraid, or wanted to run away or something. :shrug:

Cautious and wary, since I really don't know enough about them to recognize venomous v non-venomous types.

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Nikia

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Fri May-25-07 08:41 PM
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32. Yes, it might have something to do with my mother being afraid of them

As was my sister to the extent that she would wake us up terrified that there was a snake under or in her bed (there never was). I am not as afraid of snakes as some people, but I will not handle snakes nor will I watch "Snakes on a Plane" because of my fear.

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Fri May-25-07 08:59 PM
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35. I like 'em.

Don't want to be around highly venomous ones, but all the others (including constrictors) are fine.

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Fri May-25-07 09:24 PM
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36. Yes, also if they are not poisonous

I have garter snakes in the garden and they are the cutest little things with their "racing stripes". I let them be so they can have run of the yard.

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