i have to agree with Denial on this... i persionaly dont think that anyone should be able to tell me what to do in my own house.. i dont know the numbers,, but im sure that more people die each year by livestock than they do by snakes.. and im not hearing nobody hollerin " shut down the rodeos".
but the point that i was trying to get across is that it your going to keep these, you darn well better know the consiquences.... take coppers for example, when i had them, i knew how to handle them, and i knew what and what not to do,,,, i also knew that if i was to get bit,, chances were that i wasent going to die, or be disfigured... now,, getting back to the EDB,,, the times that i have found them, i have been field herping,, i was, and am confident that i know how to handle them,,, but i also know that the consiquences of getting bit are far greater. so the first time that i hooked one, was the first time that i realised what i was doing, and the real dangers..
will i hook one again,,, hell yes. but i am also mature enough to say that they make me a little more nervous than copperheads or cottonmouths.
with age comes wisdom.. im not claming that im wise or anything,,,but i am claiming that im alot wiser now than when i was in my 20's..
spooky