Re: Which would you rather get bit by?
how about...ummm ...none of the above!
i have only been bitten by a garter snake.
Re: Which would you rather get bit by?
I choose:
D) I'd rather be careful and not get bit at all.
Re: Which would you rather get bit by?
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Sebrina
I choose:
D) I'd rather be careful and not get bit at all.
Sometimes while pursuing your passions, it's impossible to be 100% bite-proof! If I was careful and wanted to make sure to avoid any possibility of bites, I wouldn't keep or handle herps and I wouldn't go herpin in the middle of the bayous of louisiana and texas.
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mainbutter
Sometimes while pursuing your passions, it's impossible to be 100% bite-proof! If I was careful and wanted to make sure to avoid any possibility of bites, I wouldn't keep or handle herps and I wouldn't go herpin in the middle of the bayous of louisiana and texas.
I agree to a point... It's one thing to get bit by a Ball Python, the chances of me being severely cut or have to have a finger removed are close to none and therefore I have 0 fear of handling them.
However for me to get bite by the snakes listed above I would either have to have the worst luck in the world and come across one that escaped in the zoo o/r be in their natural environments (I'm a city girl no chance of that) or I would have to go looking for trouble.
If you get bite by anything listed above your either the unluckiest sob I know or you went asking for trouble, I love herps I would handle mine all day long if I could, but you have to know when to say ok stop. It's one thing to love reptiles, and I love all reptiles but sometimes you just gotta be smart and say ok I'll just admire these from here and not put my finger near it's mouth.
I know I strafed a bit off topic and I still choose option D (which I made myself :)) I'll humor you the Dragon Moray would leave the most damage, or maybe just rip it off all together.
Re: Which would you rather get bit by?
I've been diving with morays twice so the possibility of an attack was there, but we weren't feeding(that's just dumb) so risk was very low but still there.
I understand the city girl thing, I definitely get out in the wild around dangerous animals more than most city folk :D
Heck just this past summer I spent more hours in brown bear country along salmon streams than I can count.
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mainbutter
I've been diving with morays twice so the possibility of an attack was there, but we weren't feeding(that's just dumb) so risk was very low but still there.
I understand the city girl thing, I definitely get out in the wild around dangerous animals more than most city folk :D
Heck just this past summer I spent more hours in brown bear country along salmon streams than I can count.
Yes, I have also been diving with morays also. I think the people who feed them don't realize just how bad they're eye sight is. My moray will bite the tongs that I feed him with over and over. They rely (it seems) almost solely on smell.
