BP Lifestyle/Culture (Question heavy)

[Dracoluna]

I remember reading this somewhere else on this forum. Would someone mind elaborating on the subject a little for me?

The reason this is said is because of the amount of misinformation given on Animal Planet shows. People who don't know the animals take what's said to be fact while people who do, can see all the mistakes being made. For instance, a show where a guy goes into a home to capture a 'giant snake' and picks up a 4 foot ball python off the floor. Then he goes on to say it's a Burmese python that can grow to 15 feet, a killer, blah, blah, blah. That's the sort of thing that riles reptile people up because things like that scare people who don't understand the animals to begin with. The public in general has a bad enough perception of snakes without things like this happening and many in the community strive to change that but we can only do so much while so many people see these shows. It's hard to combat the misinformation when normal people like us are compared to 'the experts' from Animal Planet.

[Kodieh]

I actually completely disagree with you. I have not seen 1 bp.net veteran EVER talk down to a newbie or try to sound elitist. I mean sure theres times when some of us come off like that but its very rare. Like when a new person says in their first thread they dont have a t-stat and dont think they need one, then im ok with sounding like a bit of a know it all bc the animal is at risk.

I also have never seen anyone say or even hint to the fact that they hate new people and are only in it for themselves. Once again, some people may sorta show that kind of attitude every once in awhile but its rare. And i would honestly just attest that to their personality in life in general, not just in the herp community.

Oh, dear, I didn't mean just on BP.net. I mean as a whole, and especially where I'm from locally as well.

BP.net is pretty different I have to say. Specifically as you say, I haven't found anyone here that's like that. Some what the reason I like coming here an reading.

However, there are many forums (which to name one, I'm not super sure you can call fauna a forum) out there that are highly hostile. Which is unfortunate, and in my eyes detrimental to our hobby.


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[Mike41793]

Oh, dear, I didn't mean just on BP.net. I mean as a whole, and especially where I'm from locally as well.

BP.net is pretty different I have to say. Specifically as you say, I haven't found anyone here that's like that. Some what the reason I like coming here an reading.

However, there are many forums (which to name one, I'm not super sure you can call fauna a forum) out there that are highly hostile. Which is unfortunate, and in my eyes detrimental to our hobby.


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Well when you put it that way i completely agree with you