Which would you rather get bit by?

[wendy]

how about...ummm ...none of the above!

i have only been bitten by a garter snake.

[Sebrina]

I choose:

D) I'd rather be careful and not get bit at all.

[mainbutter]

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.

[Sebrina]

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.

[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

Heck just this past summer I spent more hours in brown bear country along salmon streams than I can count.

[slither9192]

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

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.