Who likes snakes?

[JJEH]

Around the corner from where we currently live there's a Festival once a year called the Apache Rattlesnake Festival. In 2012 we went for the first time, 2013 I skipped b/c my wife was deployed, but this year we went again.

It's really nice there, lots of people, food, stuff to buy, kids rides and snakes. Lots of snakes. They have a 5-10min snake "show" in the snake pit, telling you about different kinds of snakes and what to do in case you cross path with one.

I think it's pretty interesting and very educational for kids.

Here are some pictures:

This is also where I tried my first fried rattlesnake ever. It tastes okay but it's not becoming my favorite snack...

More info about the Festival here:

https://www.facebook.com/ApacheRattlesnakeFestival

I think it's well spend quality time if you are local.

 

[snake803]

I like snakes..Don't like rats & mice!!!!!
JIM................

 

[kozmic]

We breed snakes. Rat snakes, Corns and Ball Pythons. One of our female Ball Pythons should be laying eggs in this week and most of our Corns have bred already.

I have no issues with them at all. They get a free pass when we see them in the wild at my place. We routinely get calls from the neighbors to remove snakes from their property. I have them trained to call me rather than play God and whack them with a shovel out of fear.

We really don't have venomous snake in this area, so I've finally convinced everyone that there is no danger from snakes in these parts.

 

[gdnagle]

They leave me alone I leave them alone. I don't like rodents either.

 

[amazingflapjack]

12 gauge is the medicine.

 

[BigBill]

I hate snakes really I do. I let them live when I see them.

 

[Bozz10mm]

It's not that I like snakes, but I don't try to kill every one that I see. They play an important role in the balance of nature. A venomous snake near my house, I would have to destroy it to protect my family, pets, and friends from being bitten. In the wild, I don't bother them unless they bother me.

I tend to be more prejudiced against Cotton Mouths tho. They are territorial and aggressive. And they can bite under water.

 

[Rangerpat]

I give a snake a break and don't mess with 'em unless they are poisonous and in my yard.
I have a snake stick I use to capture them and place them in a 5 gallon bucket with a lid that I duct tape shut, then take them for a long ride out in the forest where I release them.
When I walk my dog I carry a NAA .22LR mini-revolver, just in case I come across a water moccasin that won't leave us alone.

 

[RodGD]

I have snake hides in my backyard. Just some boards or pieces of tin held off the ground an inch or so where snakes can find shelter. I love it when the granddaughters come over and ask to go see the snakes. They run out to the backyard and start lifting the hides. Mostly garters but an occasional fox snake. They will even handle them much to grandmas consternation.

 

[shouldazagged]

I like snakes. Fascinating animals, many of them quite beautiful, and all of them useful. I haven't killed one in over fifty years, despite encountering them countless times while fishing or hunting, or just doing yard work.

DISCLAIMERS: I have no experience of cottonmouths, and would just as soon keep it that way. And a venomous snake on the grounds of the seniors' apartment complex where I live would be in serious trouble. The neighbors and I are old and slow, and some of us have dogs. But I've lived here six years and never encountered one

 

[Jessie]

I like snakes..Don't like rats & mice!!!!!
JIM................

I never would have figured that, based on your name and all.

 

[DR505]

I like them, unless one of them gets a little too friendly with my (then) 3 year old son!

http://smith-wessonforum.com/lounge/320474-model-67-saves-3-year-old-boy-fearsome-rattler.html

 

[DeadAye]

They're OK, but too many little bones to be considered good...

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I cane to work this morning and found a dead possum in my parking place.

 

[JJEH]

I like snakes. Fascinating animals, many of them quite beautiful, and all of them useful.

They are. But if they are in our yard than there's no mercy

 

[OFT II]

There are some snakes.

And then there are rattlers.

 

[DR505]

I cane to work this morning and found a dead possum in my parking place.

A warning perhaps? Cajunlawyer sleeps with the possums?

 

[vytoland]

snakes are Aok and an important part of nature.

 

[DR505]

snakes are Aok and an important part of nature.

And I've eaten a few. Survival training at Eglin AFB and Jungle Survival School in the Philippines. Quite tasty actually.

 

[timn8er]

Years ago my sister & I went to the San Antonio Zoo. One of the exhibits was the largest snake I've ever seen;maybe a Rock Python? I know it wasn't an Anaconda. The snake was easily thicker than my upper thigh & had a head the size of a football. Just a huge snake. I have no problem with snakes mostly because I'm never around them these days. When I was growing up in the Canal Zone there were quite an assortment of dangerous snakes that you definitely had to be aware of.