NAT GEO's TABOO

I saw that too last night and I thought things they pointed out were only the bad things about keeping reptiles.

Sorry to change the subject a little but the show is called TABOO which is defined as "A taboo is a strong social prohibition (or ban) against words, objects, actions, or discussions that are considered undesirable or offensive by a group, culture, society, or community. Breaking a taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent. Some taboo activities or customs are prohibited by law and transgressions may lead to severe penalties. Other taboos result in embarrassment, shame and rudeness."

I've seen every one of those shows so far. Tattoos even are shamed and looked down on in the show and last I checked that's a huge industry as well. I saw one on there with a guy that kept cobras and slaughtered them to cook and have people drink their blood. He didn't just cook them and all that. He would lynch them and after they would stop flailing he would gut them. Do I think it's wrong? ABSOLUTELY but that show is all about the definition of the word. It's what shocks other cultures.

I do however agree with the fact that National Geographic used to be one of the best channels out there as far as quality information went but these days it is about ratings and TABOO gets very high ratings.

I admire people like Brian who with the BHBCasts and Snakebytes TV and Adam with all the great things 8Ball does and NERD and so on and so forth are doing what they can to educate the community. I'm not saying the show is right... but it's not supposed to be. Sorry for the long post. Just my :2cent:

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

It's true, everyone who owns a bully breed or a rott is a thug dog fighter, everyone who owns a parrot wants to be a pirate and everyone who owns a ball python gets his jollies from the trill of how dangerous they are.

Total # of snake bites annually in the U.S. (venomous AND HARMLESS, with less than 1/1000 being deadly)
8,000

Total # of reported dog bites annually in the U.S.
800,000, with over 1,000 per day ending up in emergency rooms (5th greatest cause of emergency visits in the U.S.)
*http://www.dogbitelaw.com/PAGES/statistics.html

Cats bite 1/170 people in the U.S. annually (765,000), with 80% of all bites becoming infected.

*http://www.thecatsite.com/Snips/120/...Cat-Bites.html

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I got this wrong. Dogs bite 4.7 million people every year in the U.S. 800,000 need medical attention, and 368,000 people annually, or 1,008 per day, end up in the emergency room.

Yea i have been thinking about this solidly for 24 hours...I am so glad that ppl actually read my rant THANK YOU :gj:

I think we are all in our rights to write letters about anything that we feel strongly about. I myself am a firm believer in that my opinion somehow must matter to someone (so I may be a little naive but I am sticking to it!!!).

I understand that the show is for SHOCK VALUE. However, in the beginning of the show. They talked about dog owners as being sweet and caring and that the dogs were companions and friends. They even showed ppl having animals preserved after death. So what makes a SNAKE owner so different? Why can't a snake owner cry when they lose their pet?

I just thought that it was a horrible misrepresentation. AND I know that I didn't buy a snake and welcome it to my home because I was excited that there is a possibility it will hurt me or bite me. How screwed up do they think ppl are?? I decided to own a BP because I thought that she was the most amazing creature and extremely interesting. I also thought it would be GREAT to expose my children to all sorts of creatures and beings so when they grew up they could appreciate all animals and have respect for all kinds of lives :-)

Just my opinion, SORRY FOR THE RANT AGAIN lol!!!:banana: