Snake Myths!

I thought this might be fun.

I was watching ReptileBytes and this came up.
Well honestly, how many topics are there that we have deemed Myths of some sort?
So I thought, why don't we put it all together. What are your favorite silly snake myths? Reptile myths?

Personally I just love the 'Snakes won't bite at a lemon' one. I hadn't heard of that one before! :D


P.s. I won't bite..
Much..

You mean SnakeBytes. Get it right.

The other night my little spider tagged a fellow BP owner on the finger. He's still a little bitey, and up to this day only had failed strikes at me. This time he got my friend and actually drew one little dot of blood from her finger. Another buddy that knows absolutely nothing about BPs or snakes says:

"You better kill him. Once a snake tastes human blood, they get the taste for it and attack you every time you try and handle them!"

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Originally Posted by justin81

The other night my little spider tagged a fellow BP owner on the finger. He's still a little bitey, and up to this day only had failed strikes at me. This time he got my friend and actually drew one little dot of blood from her finger. Another buddy that knows absolutely nothing about BPs or snakes says:

"You better kill him. Once a snake tastes human blood, they get the taste for it and attack you every time you try and handle them!"

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What the hell...?

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Originally Posted by fatheadf14

You mean SnakeBytes. Get it right.

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I can't tell if that was rude or not. :confused:
And I'm so tired that I don't care that I accidentally did that, I mix things up a lot like that..
If a mod comes around I would love if they changed it for me. ;)

"Snakes are slimy"

-Ok this is the best of all. "Snakes are as addictive as crack" I say thats a myth cus everyone knows that snakes are way more addictive than crack lol. (not that I have done crack but then again I did stay at a holiday in express last night.)

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

I can't tell if that was rude or not. :confused:
And I'm so tired that I don't care that I accidentally did that, I mix things up a lot like that..
If a mod comes around I would love if they changed it for me. ;)

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I feel like I have to throw in my .02 here. Sarcasm is difficult to detect in writing. Forums are a bad place for sarcasm. Don't be offended, I feel like they were just trying to make a joke. Maybe some [/sar][sar] boxes are necessary:rolleye2:.

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Originally Posted by bc30629

I feel like I have to throw in my .02 here. Sarcasm is difficult to detect in writing. Forums are a bad place for sarcasm. Don't be offended, I feel like they were just trying to make a joke. Maybe some [/sar][sar] boxes are necessary:rolleye2:.

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Maybe, but there wasn't even a hinting smiley or anything.. O.o

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Maybe, but there wasn't even a hinting smiley or anything.. O.o

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True, but they are a relatively new member. It took me quite a while to find these guys when I first started.:banana::banana::banana:

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Originally Posted by bc30629

True, but they are a relatively new member. It took me quite a while to find these guys when I first started.:banana::banana::banana:

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Yeah I suppose.
Usually sarcasm to me is followed by 'haha' or 'obviously' or something well.. sarcastic. It was just SO straight forward. :[

Well I hope anyways. Thats sure not a good way to make friends.:(

Here's a myth i just heard a few days ago from my housemate when I got my first BP, its such a ridiculous story:

An old lady was keeping a 6 for long snake but it stopped eating. She tried everything to get it to start feeding and even went as far to put the snake in her bed with her at night. Eventualy she takes the snake to the vet after supposedly going months without food. The vet promptley tells the woman she muct get rid of the snake immediatly becuase the snake was fasting to eat her!

Creepy, and honestly a wicked story to tell so long as you educate people afterwards to the fact that a 6 foot snake would explode before it could possibly eat a human.

i know the best myth started of all time. the one about the burmese pythons spredding to other states and regions outside of florida and the everglades.

oh oh oh oh i know a good one snakes can smell fear =]

Yeah I think the Burm one has them all beat...

What about how all snakes are "poisonous??"

you mean venomous lol =]

No she probably means poisonous. I get that all the time..."oh my god are they poisonous!!!!!". I think a lot of people that keep snakes get that question put that way.

I just usually roll my eyes and mutter something like "yes and I leave out all the cleaning products too which actually ARE poisonous, I'm just that kind of parent". People are goofy sometimes LOL.

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Originally Posted by yfz450racer74

i know the best myth started of all time. the one about the burmese pythons spredding to other states and regions outside of florida and the everglades.

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Good one. I cringe everytime I see or hear that one. If they could live anywhere why do we worry so much about temps!!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleye2:

Well I dunno. I was walking down the street the other day and there was the whole group of Burmese Pythons just hanging around the corner (they really do need to get jobs!) Anyways they hissed at me and took my purse!!!! :O

Well okay it really didn't happen to me. It was this guy at work. Well actually it was this guy's ex-wife. Or maybe it was her cousin or a girl that used to work with her cousin or....

Well I know it happened and ummm....

:rofl:

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Well I dunno. I was walking down the street the other day and there was the whole group of Burmese Pythons just hanging around the corner (they really do need to get jobs!) Anyways they hissed at me and took my purse!!!! :O

Well okay it really didn't happen to me. It was this guy at work. Well actually it was this guy's ex-wife. Or maybe it was her cousin or a girl that used to work with her cousin or....

Well I know it happened and ummm....

:rofl:

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:rofl: :8:



Edit: Snakes suffocate their prey, so obviously it's slow and inhumane and WRONG.
Cough.

you're right... totally missed this thread. Maybe I should sick my evil pythons to squeeze the life out of this thread so mine shall live!!! ;)

ahh just kidding... or am I? lol

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Originally Posted by Gooseman

you're right... totally missed this thread. Maybe I should sick my evil pythons to squeeze the life out of this thread so mine shall live!!! ;)

ahh just kidding... or am I? lol

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WE SHOULD MERGE! And join evil mything forces! Muahahah.

Yeah snakes are poisonious...and slimey, If you lick a ball python , like those toads,....you will..like... trip out man!! :weirdface



ps- Giant genetically altered boas and pythons will have sexual relations with your girlfriend, given the opportunity!! I get all my herp info from the movie "Boa v's Python":salute:......brill!!

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Originally Posted by sg1trogdor

-Ok this is the best of all. "Snakes are as addictive as crack" I say thats a myth cus everyone knows that snakes are way more addictive than crack lol. (not that I have done crack but then again I did stay at a holiday in express last night.)

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tattoos also are as addictive crack.

my favorite myth is the slimey thing. I take my snakes around to my kids' school to show the kids what a snake really is like, and ALL of them say, and I quote, "they arent slimey at all!!"

I LOVE introducing kids to the wonderful word of snakes!

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Well I dunno. I was walking down the street the other day and there was the whole group of Burmese Pythons just hanging around the corner (they really do need to get jobs!) Anyways they hissed at me and took my purse!!!! :O

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OK, that caused me to expell my beverage from my nose. The image of a gang of juvenile delinquent Burms hanging out just cracks me up. "Sssss....hey lady....spare any change? I haven't had a rabbit in, like, 2 weeks."