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Don't know if this is where I would post this, but I thought this was awesome!!!! (Original Post) MarineCombatEngineer May 2024 OP
Ha! Well done. Here's an embeddable version of the video: sl8 May 2024 #1
She's braver than me malaise May 2024 #2
I live in AZ and our 4 main snakes: MarineCombatEngineer May 2024 #3
One of my oldest childhood memories was watching my paternal grandma with the malaise May 2024 #4
I love that story, MarineCombatEngineer May 2024 #6
Granny's flit can 😀 malaise May 2024 #10
I currently live in Santa Fe, NM. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2024 #8
Corn Snakes are beautiful snakes. MarineCombatEngineer May 2024 #9
way cool. most eggscllent. AllaN01Bear May 2024 #5
K and R no text.. Stuart G May 2024 #7
I have more in common with that lady Marthe48 May 2024 #11
Yeah, most would freak out and kill the harmless snake just because its a snake. MarineCombatEngineer May 2024 #12

sl8

(16,183 posts)
1. Ha! Well done. Here's an embeddable version of the video:
Fri May 17, 2024, 08:31 PM
May 2024

Feel free to copy it.



From Youtube / Inside Edition

MarineCombatEngineer

(14,293 posts)
3. I live in AZ and our 4 main snakes:
Fri May 17, 2024, 09:01 PM
May 2024

Western Diamond Back Rattle Snakes.
SideWinder Rattler Snakes,
Gopher Snakes and
Corn Snakes.

The first 2 are deadly and the second 2 are harmless as far as bites.
My great granddaughter is a lover of snakes, she handles them like Irwin did.

malaise

(277,091 posts)
4. One of my oldest childhood memories was watching my paternal grandma with the
Fri May 17, 2024, 09:17 PM
May 2024

Flit can spraying a garden snake that showed up among the boards that were going to be installed in the new kitchen. Mum and dad were away on holiday and granny and My favorite aunt were looking after us.
It was scary and hi,arious. The snake simply slithered away- a harmless green garden snake. 😀

MarineCombatEngineer

(14,293 posts)
6. I love that story,
Fri May 17, 2024, 09:28 PM
May 2024

people freak out on snakes because of the negative stories about them throughout history when in fact, they are a vital part of the environment, even the poisonous snakes have a purpose in the grand scheme of life.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,467 posts)
8. I currently live in Santa Fe, NM.
Fri May 17, 2024, 09:44 PM
May 2024

As a child in northern NYS, we always had baby garter snakes in the spring, would capture and play with them, so I'm not at all freaked out by snakes.

Several years ago, sitting in this computer room with the door to the outside opened, I suddenly realized there was a snake slithering along the shelving unit just to my left. It was disconcerting, as I hadn't noticed the snake coming in. Anyway, I captured it, took a good look, and let it loose outside.

Afterwards I googled snake images. Lo and behold, it was a Corn Snake. Yes!

MarineCombatEngineer

(14,293 posts)
9. Corn Snakes are beautiful snakes.
Fri May 17, 2024, 09:49 PM
May 2024

When as a kid, we, as a family, used to visit our grandparents in Loomis, CA and we would chase and get chased by garter snakes, they were quite playful.

Never forgot that, I have a deep respect for all snakes because of my childhood experiences.

Marthe48

(18,679 posts)
11. I have more in common with that lady
Fri May 17, 2024, 10:33 PM
May 2024

Than I do most of my neighbors. I'll rescue snakes, or watch them go on their way. The lady who saved the gopher snake did a good thing.

MarineCombatEngineer

(14,293 posts)
12. Yeah, most would freak out and kill the harmless snake just because its a snake.
Fri May 17, 2024, 10:46 PM
May 2024

I love watching Youtube videos of people saving or helping wild animals, I once watched a video of a person giving a cobra snake a drink of water on a hot summer day, the snake was grateful for the help.

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