the snake underworld show

[mommanessy247]

this show came on last night and i watched some of it but then fell asleep and missed the rest of it.
it was about a guy who's like a hard core rocker who's fascination with snakes takes him on a mission to learn about them...i could have that wrong a little but that's what i understood.
he wanted to find out what's driving our obsession with snakes when these animals strike fear into so many people who dont understand us, or them.
he met up with a guy who's got like 300+ snakes. they said he was a collector and i didnt hear anything about him breeding or anything. they mentioned the fact that breeding ball pythons creates SO MANY cool morphs and went into how to get a bumblebee. "breed this to this and you get this."
during the show, before i fell asleep, they were talking about hots and about people feeling need to own them. the guy went to a reptile show where hots were being sold and he watched someone buy a mojave rattlesnake, and maybe a copperhead, for $100. he asked him why he wanted to own them and guy's response was something like "because i find them fascinating and beautiful." and the guy doing the show was like "ok well this is one of THE deadliest rattlesnakes out there and you WANT it in your home?"
apparently people in certain states only have to do 1,000 hours of some kind of training before they can legally purchase a venomous snake.
he also got to go to someone else's home who had hots, as well as his vehicle of choice being a hearse and he apparently had some kind of fangs glued into his mouth. he did the 1000 hours of training and i swear i heard him say it took 10 years...did i hear that right?
anywho, thats about where i fell asleep so i was wondering if anyone got a chance to finish it up? what else happened? what did i miss?

[Alexandra V]

Ahh I wish I had known that was on, I would've watched it! What station was it on? Maybe they have the episode online?

[mommanessy247]

it was on animal planet.
OH YEAH look it up online...haha why didnt i think of that?


oops i meant nat geo wild...sorry.
it was with henry rollins i think.

[m00kfu]

Henry Rollins is great! I'll have to look into this...

[Brstin2flames]

It was a good show. I was going to post up that it was coming on and completely forgot. Yea, it was Henry Rollins. And youre right, that guy with the fangs did say it took him 10 years to complete the training to be able to own a venomous snake. I couldn't believe that!

Basically what you missed was Henry Rollins went to this dudes house who owns hot snakes and he injects himself with venom. He's trying to prove you can build up immunity to the venom. He injects black mamba venom among others. So he injected himself and they hooked himself up to some machines to monitor his vitals and stuff. It was interesting.

Yea, it was Nat Geo channel, it's being rerun too. I just checked the dvr and for me, eastern time, it's on again on Monday at 9pm, Tuesday at 12am, Friday at 12pm and 5pm and a few others! Hope this helps!

[mommanessy247]

WHAAA...???
injects himself with venom to build an immunity?!
that's so whacked?! does it work? that'd be crazy if it did...
now what's the difference between the injections and the snake's bites? their fangs are hypodermic needles of sorts so it's the same thing...

[LizardPants]

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It's so weird to see Henry Rollins with grey hair and looking kind of frail.

[Brstin2flames]

I guess it's cuz he can control the dose if he injects it rather than an uncontrolled snake bite. Doctors said what he's doing is dangerous (duh) and there's no proof it builds immunity. But he thinks it has. He said he's been tagged by the black mamba a few times and obviously has lived through it. When he injected himself his heart rate rose and then steadied out and he said it will swell and it hurts but that's about it. He's crazy! Lol

[cdavidson9]

Alright! Sweet! I just scheduled a recording for the Monday evening show. It's on at 6pm Pacific here in California on Nat Geo Wild. Can't wait!

At least it's not on Animal Planet, cause all it would have shown was people getting tagged by non-venomous and holding their hands in excrusciating pain and stories of grown men and elephants or other huge animals getting eaten by 70 foot Retics. Ohhhh how I can't stand what that network has become.

I really like Nat Geo Wild tho. Had anyone seen that show called "My Life's a Zoo" at all? It was about this couple that started their own Zoo, I think called "The Deyoung Family Home Zoo" or something like that. They had TONS of animals on their property and basically took care of them all by THEMSELVES. They just got a baby Hippo when I saw the last episode that aired but hasn't been on since I hope there are more to come!

have a great weekend everyone!

[mommanessy247]

i saw that "my lifes a zoo" show a couple times but decided it wasnt worth my attention after the one episode they had where they were pissing off the lions with the car engine roars.
i mean they even explain why the lions are getting upset but still do it more.
"lets see who can roar louder...this engine or that really stressed out lion!"
and their constant fighting really got on my nerves. honestly theres just no need to fight like that over every little thing. if they're gonna run a zoo they really need a little course on "working as a team".

that's just my on that show.