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  • 08-25-2010, 03:31 PM
    Theartisticgemini
    Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    One that i have heard before is

    "Snakes only bite if your blood taste good" :rofl: :rofl:
  • 08-25-2010, 03:32 PM
    AkHerps
    If you feed your snake something too big, it will break it's ribs.

    Haha, heard that one on here!
  • 08-25-2010, 03:39 PM
    h00blah
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    this is common about most herps... "the animal will grow depending on the size of the enclosure"
  • 08-25-2010, 04:03 PM
    Karbon
    "Snakes are slimy!" Yea.. heard that before from a grown man. He was serious.
  • 08-25-2010, 06:48 PM
    Stacykins
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Snakes always bite the second person. Heard this from a park ranger in the Badlands, he was referring to rattlesnakes and hikers.

    Strangely enough, the only rattlers I came across were lazily sunning themselves off the trail and didn't even bother to rattle.
  • 08-25-2010, 07:01 PM
    Valentine Pirate
    "All snakes are venomous"

    From a very determined girl I met out to save my life by telling me that if I had pet snakes, no matter what kind they are, that they're going to kill me. :rolleyes:
  • 08-25-2010, 07:21 PM
    SK_Exotics
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    A pet Burmese python was stretching itself out every day to see if it could swallow it's owner.

    A kid in school asked me if my snakes ever do this! I told him snakes are pretty aware of what they can swallow lol.
  • 08-25-2010, 07:51 PM
    boogerbob
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    That a ball python would/could eat children... yeah. This was in response to me adopting my ball. I politely educated them about how silly that would look to have a 7 year old child inside a 4 foot python....
  • 08-25-2010, 07:56 PM
    HERETiC
    Here is one:

    "The Burmese Pythons in the Everglades will soon migrate as far north as the White House"


    :snake::salute:

    :rolleyes:
  • 08-25-2010, 09:06 PM
    ice#1
    kind of similar to the one above but how they will quickly take over all the southern states that would include the mountains of Georgia where snow falls might just be me but i don't see a burm surviving in freezing temps yes maybe if it got in sewer system and the sewer stayed above freezing maybe

    even if they had 100 successfully hatched eggs per adult and all lived to adulthood would take a few decades at least but they make it sound like it will only take a few years at most
  • 08-25-2010, 09:11 PM
    MikeV
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Valentine Pirate View Post
    "All snakes are venomous"

    From a very determined girl I met out to save my life by telling me that if I had pet snakes, no matter what kind they are, that they're going to kill me. :rolleyes:

    Heard this one from a friend, I didnt even talk to him. I just pictured in my mind me slapping him across the face as hard as possible :rofl:

    Some people :rage:
  • 08-26-2010, 06:31 AM
    Lolo76
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    How about one of the most common myths, which I've read on here more than once... "Your snake will be aggressive and bite you if you feed in their enclosures." Apparently my snakes missed that memo, LOL. :rolleyes:

    Another one I've heard, "ANY snake has the potential to kill you!" Yeah, like my corn snakes could strangle - let alone swallow - a human. :D I've also been asked "Aren't you afraid they'll eat your cats/dog?" Um, no?
  • 08-26-2010, 09:44 AM
    Vypyrz
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    -Anyone that has ever been around blackberry vines probably has heard this one,"That white foamy stuff on blackberry vines is snake spit..."

    - Snakes like to cuddle...

    - Snakes eat crickets...
  • 08-26-2010, 10:06 AM
    jfreels
    I actually can't wait until my boa is big enough to eat my cats......I kid.....maybe.

    A couple people at work asked me how many crickets and mealworms I have to feed all the snakes. They know I keep snakes and they know I breed bugs, so I can't blame them that much.

    I heard that someone got bit by their ball python and they had to get dozens of stitches and had to have dozens of teeth removed from their arm. That was told to me by my mother, talking about my cousin.
  • 08-26-2010, 10:21 AM
    stratus_020202
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    "Reptiles are ridden with bachteria, and will make you sick."

    Uh, yeah. Maybe if I lick my snakes from head to tail. First of all, ew, and the same thing would happen if we sucked on our dog's toes after he stepped in poo. :puke2:
  • 08-26-2010, 10:36 AM
    sarahlovesmiike
    One of my brother's friends told me that he had a friend who slept with his boa every night and it would size him up to see if he could eat him but continued sleeping with him anyway.
  • 08-26-2010, 11:03 AM
    BrianaK
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Karbon View Post
    "Snakes are slimy!" Yea.. heard that before from a grown man. He was serious.

    x2! :D
  • 08-26-2010, 11:22 AM
    BLMinFL
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jfreels View Post
    I actually can't wait until my boa is big enough to eat my cats......I kid.....maybe.

    LOL..you have one of those cats too uh? Yeah, i keep looking at my very stupid long haired cat and wonder...will my over 5 foot BCI see him as a tasty treat??? I'm kidding of course. I would never put my snake in harm...the cat on the other hand, depends on how many times at night he wakes me up by biting my face...LMAO. :rofl:
  • 08-26-2010, 12:53 PM
    snakesRkewl
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    One I continually hear.....You ball python will regurgitate if held after it eats :rolleyes:
    It seems most snakes missed this memo too
  • 08-26-2010, 12:55 PM
    Theartisticgemini
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by stratus_020202 View Post
    "Reptiles are ridden with bachteria, and will make you sick."

    Uh, yeah. Maybe if I lick my snakes from head to tail. First of all, ew, and the same thing would happen if we sucked on our dog's toes after he stepped in poo. :puke2:

    I heard this one yesterday when my little cousin brought up the idea to his mom about buying a lizard :rolleye2:
  • 08-26-2010, 12:58 PM
    stratus_020202
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by snakesRkewl View Post
    One I continually hear.....You ball python will regurgitate if held after it eats :rolleyes:
    It seems most snakes missed this memo too

    If stressed after it eats, it will regurg. Especially if it is a big meal. What's so wrong with leaving it alone to digest his meal? Do you bounch a baby after it ate? Be careful what myths we are proving here.
  • 08-26-2010, 01:00 PM
    FatBoy
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    My all-time favorite....."If your pet snake bites you and gets a taste for human blood it will stop eating rodents and continue to bite you for your blood!!!" :O:rofl::rofl::O
  • 08-26-2010, 04:16 PM
    snakesRkewl
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by stratus_020202 View Post
    If stressed after it eats, it will regurg. Especially if it is a big meal. What's so wrong with leaving it alone to digest his meal? Do you bounch a baby after it ate? Be careful what myths we are proving here.

    I didn't say I advocate bouncing the snake, I said it's a myth the snake will regurge if handled after eating, plain and simple.
    I rarely handle my snakes after eating, but do occasionally especially if they spill their water or poo right after eating.
    When people use this myth it's generally "don't pick up your ball after eating or it will regurge".
    Of course you want to be careful handling a full snake but come on this myth is so over used and blown out of proportion.
  • 08-26-2010, 04:25 PM
    sarahlovesmiike
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by snakesRkewl View Post
    I didn't say I advocate bouncing the snake, I said it's a myth the snake will regurge if handled after eating, plain and simple.
    I rarely handle my snakes after eating, but do occasionally especially if they spill their water or poo right after eating.
    When people use this myth it's generally "don't pick up your ball after eating or it will regurge".
    Of course you want to be careful handling a full snake but come on this myth is so over used and blown out of proportion.

    If you touch their bellies where the prey is after they eat they will regurgitate. Once it's in their stomachs they are fine. You know how they suck it in because it "tickles".
  • 08-26-2010, 04:30 PM
    h00blah
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Lolo76 View Post
    "ANY snake has the potential to kill you!" Yeah, like my corn snakes could strangle - let alone swallow - a human. :D

    the corn probably wouldn't be able to strangle u let alone SWALLOW you, BUT, you could accidentally choke on him :gj:
  • 08-26-2010, 05:05 PM
    snakesRkewl
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by sarahlovesmiike View Post
    If you touch their bellies where the prey is after they eat they will regurgitate. Once it's in their stomachs they are fine. You know how they suck it in because it "tickles".

    Another myth unless your purposefully tickling the snake after it eats?

    In the wild if a snake eats 20 to 30 feet from it's den I don't believe someone comes along and places them gently in their home.
    The distance traveled back will result in their repeatedly moving every muscle in their body to get home. This would be far more work than the minute amount of handling one would do after a snake eats, that is unless you tickle your snake on purpose after it eats?
  • 08-26-2010, 05:31 PM
    sarahlovesmiike
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by snakesRkewl View Post
    Another myth unless your purposefully tickling the snake after it eats?

    In the wild if a snake eats 20 to 30 feet from it's den I don't believe someone comes along and places them gently in their home.
    The distance traveled back will result in their repeatedly moving every muscle in their body to get home. This would be far more work than the minute amount of handling one would do after a snake eats, that is unless you tickle your snake on purpose after it eats?

    Many new owners do this to their snakes because they think it's cute that they're ticklish. Which is why we advise them not to handle for a day or two after they eat. Move the snake to clean and it will be fine. Excessively handle or touch the underside of a snake who has just eaten and they will regurgitate. It's not a myth.
  • 08-26-2010, 05:33 PM
    mainbutter
    "All snakes are venomous"???!!!

    Holy Jeebus.

    I sometimes forget there are stupid people out there, because apparently I never interact with them and don't have any for friends.
  • 08-26-2010, 06:08 PM
    theartofsolitude
    the most wrong myth:

    "Snakes don't make good pets ..."
  • 08-26-2010, 06:43 PM
    blushingball419
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    "snakes don't feel pain" and "because they're cold-blooded, their blood is blue"

    Yup, seriously. At my internship last summer, I was doing a presentation with a RTB, and some guy in the audience asked with a completely straight face "Well, snakes can't feel pain, right?" I was a little shocked and told him that they do and have nerve endings just like us... and he looked like he didn't believe me. And, on several occasions, I had people ask if their blood was blue :rolleyes: Kind of scary to think of the myths that get spread around and accepted as truth. Especially something like "they don't feel pain" because it could be used as further justification to hurt and kill them :(

    Oh yeah, and of course I've heard the "all snakes can kill you" one many, many times. All of my friends always try to tell me that ("oh, be careful if it ever stretches out next to you!!"), and my mom keeps insisting that my bp is going to escape and eat one of her cats :laughing:
  • 08-27-2010, 07:58 AM
    lusciousdragon
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by stratus_020202 View Post
    "Reptiles are ridden with bachteria, and will make you sick."

    Uh, yeah. Maybe if I lick my snakes from head to tail. First of all, ew, and the same thing would happen if we sucked on our dog's toes after he stepped in poo. :puke2:

    oh thats my favorite thing to do too! :( LOL
  • 08-27-2010, 08:22 AM
    ice#1
    a few very old wives tales
    first how milksnakes got there name

    it use to be thought that milksnakes would suck on cows udders to get milk cause the milks would often be found in the fields the cows grazed in and the barns the cows lived in

    second
    hoop snakes it used to be thought that they would roll up into a hoop and roll away to get away from danger.

    3rd
    a snake hypnotises it's prey if it looks in its eyes

    4th
    Some people believe that hognose snakes (Heterodon platirhinos; also called spreading adders or puff adders) are able to mix poison with their breath and kill a person at a distance of over twenty feet

    5th
    It is often suggested that rattlesnakes add one rattle every year. Contrary to this belief, a rattlesnake adds one rattle every time it sheds its skin.

    6th
    Another myth regarding snake behavior is that snakes travel in pairs, the survivor seeking revenge if one is killed

    7th
    A common inquiry relating to cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorous), concerns their ability to bite underwater. Cottonmouths can in fact bite underwater, as they will eat fish so they got to be able to bite underwater to catch there prey

    8th
    A related myth states that injured snakes die before sundown

    9th
    Many people believe that mother snakes will swallow their young when confronted with danger

    thats all the myths i have heard over the years.

    other thing i have were just down right stupid like snakes are slimy. all snakes are venomous. heres one that always made me bust a gut laughing. if you see a snake and don't kill it it will fallow you home and kill you in your sleep
  • 08-27-2010, 09:18 AM
    deminon
    my favorite myth is this little story :D

    1. If you are attacked by an anaconda, do not run. The snake is faster than you are.

    2. Lie flat on the ground. Put your arms tight against your sides, your legs tight against one another.

    3. Tuck your chin in.

    4. The snake will begin to nudge and climb over your body.

    5. Do not panic.

    6. After the snake has examined you, it will begin to swallow you from the feet end - always from the feet end. Permit the snake to swallow your feet and ankles. Do not panic!

    7. The snake will now begin to suck your legs into its body. You must lie perfectly still. This will take a long time.

    8. When the snake has reached your knees slowly and with as little movement as possible, reach down, take your knife and very gently slide it into the side of the snake's mouth between the edge of its mouth and your leg, then suddenly rip upwards, severing the snake's head.

    i found this to be hilarious
  • 08-27-2010, 10:01 AM
    stevenw
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    i once picked up a BABY garder snake and someone warned me that they have 170 quarter inch long teeth that are backwards in its mouth so if you try to pull they would just dig in farther and if it bites me the only way to get it off is by cutting its head off... thank he began to warn me that if the MUSK OF A BABY GARDER SNAKE gets into your eyes you will go blind so i better waasah my hands right away... and mind you this IS ACTUALLY A TRUE STORY... unfortunately
  • 08-28-2010, 09:37 AM
    Kyle@theHeathertoft
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    I've heard the one about snakes sleeping with their owners and stretching out to see if they can swallow them. :rolleyes: Some ignorant person warned me with that story one day when I was picking up some supplies for my snakes. I had one of my Balls with me (was taking him to a friend's house to do some desensitization...she's a former snake-phobic person) and the lady "helpfully" warned me that while he's small NOW, he'll get to be HUGE and will one day eat me and blah blah blah blah blah.

    I just stood there and stared at her, and when she paused to take a breath, I informed her he's actually not going to get much bigger...he's almost (at the time) a full adult, and will never get big enough to eat a cat, much less ME.

    She then "helpfully" told me that the person who sold him to me must have lied because ALL constrictors get huge and dangerous so you better not sleep with them in your bed because one day they'll eat you!

    I seriously felt my IQ lowering due to proximity. :rolleyes:
  • 08-28-2010, 09:58 AM
    BrianaK
    That cobras like music. From what I'm told, its eye contact. People would paint eyes on the flutes to make it look like the snake was following the music, but it was the eyes.
  • 08-28-2010, 10:51 AM
    Beardie
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Vypyrz View Post
    -

    - Snakes eat crickets...

    they do rough/smooth green snake
  • 08-28-2010, 10:58 AM
    Phiban
    A local WV myth, the black snakes and copperheads were breeding making venomous blacksnakes
  • 08-28-2010, 11:05 AM
    BrianaK
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Beardie View Post
    they do rough/smooth green snake

    he/she is right.

    http://exoticpets.about.com/od/other...reensnakes.htm
  • 08-28-2010, 12:12 PM
    Mikkwa
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    This is not a myth, rather a "time worn" cliche I really get tired of hearing every time a co worker or acquaintance finds out I keep reptiles, mainly snakes. I always hear "The only good snake is a DEAD snake!" To which I have begun to reply, " In another place & time it might be the snake saying that about you!"

    Funny thing, no one wants to come to my house, they envision all my snakes & tarantulas run freely throughout my home waiting for the unsuspecting visitor to stop by so they have something to eat again. I've even had some ask me if I feed them small children & dogs & cats? Heaven forbid when I tell them where I keep my frozen mice & rats. Go figure!! :P:taz:
  • 08-28-2010, 12:23 PM
    ice#1
    cobras actually fallow the motion of the flute not cause it has a eye painted on it if that was the case there would be a few people who would of gotten sprayed when they used a spitting cobra
  • 08-28-2010, 12:31 PM
    ice#1
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Mikkwa View Post
    This is not a myth, rather a "time worn" cliche I really get tired of hearing every time a co worker or acquaintance finds out I keep reptiles, mainly snakes. I always hear "The only good snake is a DEAD snake!" To which I have begun to reply, " In another place & time it might be the snake saying that about you!"

    Funny thing, no one wants to come to my house, they envision all my snakes & tarantulas run freely throughout my home waiting for the unsuspecting visitor to stop by so they have something to eat again. I've even had some ask me if I feed them small children & dogs & cats? Heaven forbid when I tell them where I keep my frozen mice & rats. Go figure!! :P:taz:


    works to keep the dummies away thank god my ex is one of them i got my collection set up so once any of the 3 entry doors will let them see a snake you'd be surprised who does an about face once they spot a 9 foot Burmese even if it is in a locked cage.

    did have one of those bible pushers ask if he could hold the Burmese after knocking on the door one day.
  • 08-28-2010, 12:45 PM
    stratus_020202
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    I took my big girl ball out for a stroll a few days ago. We stopped at our favorite pet store, and some guy (customer) asked me if I was buying rabbits to feed my snake. Mind you, when I say big girl she's only about 52" long and 2000 g's. I just looked at him.... look at the rabbits....my snake....and back at him. I just didn't know what to say. I kind of chuckled a little and said, "no, this is BALL python. The biggest thing she will ever be able to eat are med size rats."

    He totally looked at me like I was crazy, and asked if I was sure. :O Apparently, Medusa is starving from lack of bunnies. Lol. Ignorance should be the 8th deadly sin.
  • 08-28-2010, 06:49 PM
    BrianaK
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ice#1 View Post
    cobras actually fallow the motion of the flute not cause it has a eye painted on it if that was the case there would be a few people who would of gotten sprayed when they used a spitting cobra

    Oh...well thats what two of the tour guides at NERD told me.
  • 08-28-2010, 11:50 PM
    Kyle@theHeathertoft
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    ignorance should be the 8th deadly sin.
    amen. ;)
  • 08-28-2010, 11:53 PM
    CoolioTiffany
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Don't think anyone posted this one yet, I didn't look through the whole thing though..

    I thought this one was a bit off,

    "A Rattlesnake's first bite is just a warning bite, there will be no venom injected but if it bites you the second time then it injects venom in you."
  • 08-29-2010, 12:14 AM
    bsash
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ice#1 View Post
    cobras actually fallow the motion of the flute not cause it has a eye painted on it if that was the case there would be a few people who would of gotten sprayed when they used a spitting cobra

    Actually, most of the cobras used in that dancing "activity" are spitting cobras, but sadly their mouths are sewn shut so they can not spit, and sadly eventually die of starvation and dehydration. However, it is true that eyes are painted on the flute so they "dance" to follow the eyes.

    P.S. I only know this because I went to Cancun, Mexico for vacation and went into a non-tourist town and it was being done. It's a really sad thing to watch, or even see in person.
  • 11-02-2011, 02:26 PM
    archaic37
    Re: Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by BrianaK View Post

    Yes they do they are interesting snakes but gorgeous.

    Someone said that they should feed their baby corn crickets because it didn't eat a mouse pinky. It was a face palm moment.

    I took my ball to pick up pizza one day and he is like 24" but people acted like he was a 10 foot python and intentionally skirted around me and my girlfriend by like 5 feet it was quite funny.
  • 11-03-2011, 12:18 PM
    Genetics Breeder
    This thread should be a sticky.
  • 11-03-2011, 12:21 PM
    purplemuffin
    -a corn snake can eat crickets it's whole life

    -any snake can reach 30+ feet

    -you have to get a priest to remove evil spirits from a snake before owning it as a pet

    -owning a snake means other snakes will start to break into your house because they try to follow each other's scent

    -a snake only has to reach three feet to be big enough to eat you

    -if you cut off the head of a snake, the head and body both live, and will grow into two separate snakes. (did...did he think snakes were worms? I can't even... He was serious...wow)
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