SOUL-DRIFTER
Life Long Researcher
Well that is what she gets for not offering him table scraps.
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'I got bit!' Copperhead bites woman at steakhouse
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Gambeir
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The great thing about living in the plastic world of Seattle is that there are no dangerous snakes, but as soon as you cross the Cascade Mountains to eastern Washington there they live by the millions. As soon as you step out of a car you're likely as not to hear them rattle, but you never see them.
In my entire life I've only seen one rattlesnake in the wild, and that poor sucker had half a dozen kids stoning it. It was only about a foot long. Rattlesnakes can't survive here west of the mountain. There's so much rain they drown because the rain makes them look up and they open their mouths. East of the mountains there's never enough rain to drown them. Here it rains in torrents for months at a time. Turkeys do this I'm told. I guess there's no turkey farms round here for that reason.
In my entire life I've only seen one rattlesnake in the wild, and that poor sucker had half a dozen kids stoning it. It was only about a foot long. Rattlesnakes can't survive here west of the mountain. There's so much rain they drown because the rain makes them look up and they open their mouths. East of the mountains there's never enough rain to drown them. Here it rains in torrents for months at a time. Turkeys do this I'm told. I guess there's no turkey farms round here for that reason.
Gambeir
Celestial
Well they are well known biters. It's why there are so few of them.
Castle-Yankee54
Celestial
Well that is what she gets for not offering him table scraps.
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I'd love to see what the findings are in her lawsuit.....
SOUL-DRIFTER
Life Long Researcher
We have tons of wild Turkeys here in Wisconsin and this year the rain has been extensive.
No drowned Turkeys here.
Castle-Yankee54
Celestial
We get more rain on average than Seattle in my area of Southern New England.....and like you our turkeys are quite abundant. They actually like the rain from what I've seen. My area also has abundant rattlesnakes too.
The only reason she had a problem was because she was dumb enough to get bitten twice by a young snake.....usually copperhead bites aren't as bad due to their relatively weak venom. Younger snakes can't regulate how much venom they use....I've not heard of any other people having such a problem with copperhead bites.
I have a funny story about a copperhead snake. An Aussie one at least. Yes they are poisonous.
When I was about I dunno, 17 or 18 I was walking down an old mountain, dead volcano actually near my old home. I crossed the road and climbed a small embankment and my foot slipped dislodged a heap of dirt bugger me if a bloody snake didn't slide out of the rubble to my feet.. Well it was only a baby, about a foot and a half long, and being color blind and no expert on snakes, for some stupid reason I thought it a brilliant idea to grab it and take it home. (I wasn't a real smart kid obviously) Treating it something like a 300 foot Dragon I managed to get it into my backpack. Must have been school holidays because by the time dad got home from work I had it in an old fish tank with an old fish light at head of my bed to keep it warm.
Well dad took one look and after a near heart attack pointed out that it was a copperhead and quit poisones.
Anyway, skip forward now, my pet snake that started out about a foot and a half long eventually way to big for my 3 foot ish tank. Ans besides, do you have any idea how hard it is to find little lizards and things to feed a bloody snake.
And being a bit of a softie I always felt sorry for the lizards. Anyway I made the epic decision to take my now not so little snake out the bush and let it loose. I grabbed the tank, chucked it on the back seat of my old Chrysler and headed for the bush to set it free. However, about 2 km out of town I came across about 50 bloody sheep on the road, I slowed down and tried to go through them, till one ran in front and I had to jam on the brakes.
The fish tank on the back seat, slid forward, hit the floor and smashed. I was now sharing my car with a live snake.
I don't know if you have ever tried to drive a stick shift while trying to Velcro your self to the roof lining but let me say it was not easy. Anyway, to conclude, after I cleared the sheep I decided no matter how hard I tried just cant drive my while remaining outside of it like Mr Bean
So I gave in and spent the next 30 mins trying to coax my snake out of the car and into a paddock.
In the end victory was mine but the bloody snake had the cheek to have a go at me after all the lizards I had fed it.
Moral of the story, don't try to keep dangerous snakes as pets.
Lol, by Australian Standards, well we do have a few nasties over here, you just sort of get used to them
When I was about I dunno, 17 or 18 I was walking down an old mountain, dead volcano actually near my old home. I crossed the road and climbed a small embankment and my foot slipped dislodged a heap of dirt bugger me if a bloody snake didn't slide out of the rubble to my feet.. Well it was only a baby, about a foot and a half long, and being color blind and no expert on snakes, for some stupid reason I thought it a brilliant idea to grab it and take it home. (I wasn't a real smart kid obviously) Treating it something like a 300 foot Dragon I managed to get it into my backpack. Must have been school holidays because by the time dad got home from work I had it in an old fish tank with an old fish light at head of my bed to keep it warm.
Well dad took one look and after a near heart attack pointed out that it was a copperhead and quit poisones.
Anyway, skip forward now, my pet snake that started out about a foot and a half long eventually way to big for my 3 foot ish tank. Ans besides, do you have any idea how hard it is to find little lizards and things to feed a bloody snake.
And being a bit of a softie I always felt sorry for the lizards. Anyway I made the epic decision to take my now not so little snake out the bush and let it loose. I grabbed the tank, chucked it on the back seat of my old Chrysler and headed for the bush to set it free. However, about 2 km out of town I came across about 50 bloody sheep on the road, I slowed down and tried to go through them, till one ran in front and I had to jam on the brakes.
The fish tank on the back seat, slid forward, hit the floor and smashed. I was now sharing my car with a live snake.
I don't know if you have ever tried to drive a stick shift while trying to Velcro your self to the roof lining but let me say it was not easy. Anyway, to conclude, after I cleared the sheep I decided no matter how hard I tried just cant drive my while remaining outside of it like Mr Bean
So I gave in and spent the next 30 mins trying to coax my snake out of the car and into a paddock.
In the end victory was mine but the bloody snake had the cheek to have a go at me after all the lizards I had fed it.
Moral of the story, don't try to keep dangerous snakes as pets.