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MadameButterfly

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57. It's so refreshing to listen to real expertise on this

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 02:04 PM

Dec 17

and any subject, from you and others in the thread, with some humour thrown in. Thanks
I'm still laughing about biting snakes and whether they would be poisonous if we did.

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The president need not be a trained herpetologist. [View all] cab67 Dec 2025 OP

Why was he even talking about Peruvian vipers in the first place? Ocelot II Dec 2025 #1

Think of his cabinet, perhaps? SheltieLover Dec 2025 #3

Professional courtesy? Jerry2144 Dec 2025 #4

Vipers, maybe, but why Peruvian vipers? Who's talking about Peru at all? Ocelot II Dec 2025 #5

Confused w/Venezuela ? Not at all beyond possibility -- in fact, quite probable. eppur_se_muova Dec 2025 #7

He was evidently discussing someone in the room. cab67 Dec 2025 #14

No viper would tolerate such a comparison. cab67 Dec 2025 #12

He surrounds himself with them. Why wouldn't he talk about them? jmowreader Dec 2025 #10

No, he doesn't. cab67 Dec 2025 #13

This story had the victim escorting BidenRocks Dec 2025 #35

He murdered Truth about 10 years ago. maxsolomon Dec 2025 #2

Reagan was notorious... GiqueCee Dec 2025 #6

"To the people of Bolivia, or someplace like that." eppur_se_muova Dec 2025 #8

And to Brazilians no less! peppertree Dec 2025 #28

"Snoozalini" -- Bwaah! Pinback Dec 17 #55

Why, thank you. peppertree Dec 17 #56

Brazilian scientists take a very dim view of colonialist attitudes. cab67 Dec 17 #58

True. 'Colonialist attitude' is the GOPee's middle name. peppertree Dec 17 #63

Things just pop in his head and then leak out of his mouth PatSeg Dec 2025 #9

Only about one-half. The others end up in his Depends. erronis Dec 2025 #11

Ha, ha, yeah I think you're right PatSeg Dec 2025 #30

Fun fact: There are no poisonous snakes. markodochartaigh Dec 2025 #15

My daughter knows this. cab67 Dec 2025 #22

About half of the adults that markodochartaigh Dec 2025 #25

and I'm willing to bet about half of those don't understand the explanation. cab67 Dec 2025 #31

Have you ever bitten a snake? IronLionZion Dec 2025 #24

I've never had a reason to bite one. cab67 Dec 2025 #34

This is arguable since there are snakes that have a good chance of being poisonous. PurgedVoter Dec 17 #53

We saw a Fer de Lance in Costa Rica obamanut2012 Dec 2025 #16

very lucky! cab67 Dec 2025 #21

The point is to be very afraid of anyone brown or black IronLionZion Dec 2025 #17

Those are gorgeous snakes. cab67 Dec 2025 #19

The president need not be a trained herpetologist shakeyslim Dec 2025 #18

That is 10 over the span of 2000-2015 relayerbob Dec 2025 #20

no, it's ten per year. cab67 Dec 2025 #23

What do you expect from a demented, senile IMBECILE? AZ8theist Dec 2025 #26

Thank you SuzyandPuffpuff Dec 2025 #27

Snakes on the brain. SusieCreamcheese Dec 2025 #29

It's the snakes that fall out of trees that scare the bejesus out of me FakeNoose Dec 2025 #32

True story - cab67 Dec 2025 #36

The Confabulator in Chief is hemorrhaging brain cells Hassler Dec 2025 #33

Not only 10 people but 10 people over 15 years nt Javaman Dec 2025 #37

pretty sure it's ten per year cab67 Dec 2025 #38

I have to find the article Javaman Dec 2025 #39

I might be wrong as well. cab67 Dec 2025 #46

Yup you're right. Javaman Dec 2025 #40

I appreciate the fact check. cab67 Dec 2025 #47

When we were going to Costa Rica to zipline, tavernier Dec 2025 #41

I encountered driver ants in Kenya this past summer. cab67 Dec 2025 #43

Mr eyelash was especially interesting since it had wrapped itself tavernier Dec 2025 #48

I have seen a fer-de-lance in Costa Rica. My gardener killed one 2 weeks ago and brought to the house to show me! sinkingfeeling Dec 2025 #42

why did he kill it? cab67 Dec 2025 #45

He said it started to flee when he encountered it within 20 feet of my pool, but then sinkingfeeling Dec 17 #50

I talked about this in a previous post Wiz Imp Dec 2025 #44

His brain is undergoing frontotemporal dementia - on top of the malignant narcissistic personality disorder summer_in_TX Dec 2025 #49

"besides, its the coastal taipan" got my ho ho ho this morning. rampartd Dec 17 #51

most blather out of oompa's hamburger hole is bullshit. if he was poor at a bar, he's be a crank. pansypoo53219 Dec 17 #52

My takeaway is that Trump is afraid of a lot of things. yardwork Dec 17 #54

It's so refreshing to listen to real expertise on this MadameButterfly Dec 17 #57

Sorry if this has already been addressed. But I learned ages ago that a viper is a general term for many snakes. efhmc Dec 17 #59

Coral snakes (which occur in Texas) aren't true vipers. cab67 Dec 17 #60

If a viper bit tRUMP Conjuay Dec 17 #61

Why would a snake be interested in Twinklesphincter? cab67 Dec 17 #62