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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:30 PM Original message |
Anybody know what kind of snake this is? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Copperhead? |
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Kierkegaard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. It would be easier to tell if we could see it's head. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I threw the head in the fire. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Smart move. |
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4morewars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Plus, the dog probably.... |
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Kierkegaard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Actually, dogs are highly resistant to snake venom. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. My Shar-Pei died from a water moccasin bite |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
67. I'm sorry! No wonder you acted quickly to neutralize the snake! |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:49 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. We are supposed to have corals here, too, but I have never seen one. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. LOL, they're actually quite docile and the US species are small. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Not necessarily. |
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4morewars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Replying to #s 19 &20 |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Your only venomous snake is |
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4morewars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Thanks !!!!! |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Getting tagged by a rattler ONCE can be fatal for a human or a dog, |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. In 1963 in Delaware County, NY |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
66. It absolutely happens! |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's a copperhead. |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. A picture of the head would be helpful. Was the head slender, not much |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Need to know |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, it is a copperhead. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yes, we have LOTS of moccasins around. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Luckily, the copperhead isn't as dangerous as a moccasin... |
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HalfManHalfBiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. What do herpes have to do with snakes? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. Your expertise on this subject is fascinating |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:09 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. Thanks NSMA! |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Thanks, everyone! |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Why did you murder it? |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I would prefer that people not kill venomous snakes... |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. The problem with calling the DNR to relocate is that |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
84. Yeah, this can happen. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. You're kidding, right? |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Even if they weren't kidding, don't worry about it. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I was. If one was trying to bite my dog i would kill it too. If I saw |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Did your snake have a bright green tail? |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Yes, it was a good thread. Happy ending for all involved. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. You remember it! |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
85. LOL...it was looking for a nice place to pop out twenty babies. :) |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Yes, kind of yellow green. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
87. Completely understandable. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
96. I've never seen a copperhead except in pics and zoos, |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. I could be wrong, but, |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I still say its a snake |
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Bronco69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. Jeez! |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
39. Sorry :-( |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. And this is why I live in Maine |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. That is a Milk Snake. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Sir, I own milksnakes. That is no milksnake. n/t |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. with all due respect.... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. It's a copperhead. I read about copperheads in my area... |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. There is only one species of milksnake, but many subspecies. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Here is an E. Milk Snake...not even close. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. That's not a common milk snake |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Well, how bout you google and find a picture of your snake and post it. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. No, the picture she showed is an intergrade between the Eastern |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Actually that may be an intergrade between an Eastern |
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ariesgem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 06:28 AM Response to Reply #52 |
107. We moved to Roswell, GA for a couple of years |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. okay, okay .... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Please, tell me your theory. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I didn't mean you.... |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Sorry, H20 Man, I've been studying snakes my whole life. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
70. Eastern milksnake picture |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. It looks to be a boa constrictor to me. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. It's a goddamn copperhead, OK? :) n/t |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. I live dead center in fifty acres of woods on a creek bank in a cabin. |
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4morewars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. That sounds nice !!!! |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Snake today, forest fire yesterday. |
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4morewars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. That's the trade off, |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:18 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. Sounds like what I imagine heaven to be. :-) |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #73 |
89. Wow, sounds great! |
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4morewars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. It's beautiful ! |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
74. I ran into a baby Northern Pacific rattler this spring. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I think the green tail is the absolute proof |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Two good reasons to defer. :-) |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Yep. :toast: |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. jchild, here is how to tell for sure. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
61. A ten-inch boa constrictor? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:30 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I wouldn't describe a boa as harmless anyway |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 12:54 AM Response to Reply #63 |
100. Actually, a lot of exotics are ending up in Florida. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
58. man you fucked that thing up |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Your dad is a man after my own heart... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
65. Copperhead. Where are you? |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Southwest Mississippi. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. I remember now. SW Miss. Yazoo City? |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. No...jchild is a distortion/abbreviation of my real name. :-) |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
71. Hmmmmm |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
75. Ladyhawk, here's the snake butt. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. You just killed a bouncing baby... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:14 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. LOL! Thanks for your wonderful, expert opinions. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #79 |
93. You're welcome. Here's what the tails of non-venomous snakes... |
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demgoon (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
78. viper |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. LOL! Welcome to DU, demgoon. |
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sundog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
82. I have a terrible snake phobia... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:26 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Even though you may not click back on this thread, I'll reply... |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. I'm the same way about spiders.... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:35 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. I think you were very brave! |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
92. BURN THAT GOD DAMN SNAKE |
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Lady Effingbroke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
95. Thank you Ladyhawk and jchild! |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 11:24 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. Thanks. :blush: n/t |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
97. *zips ups pants* |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 06:16 AM Response to Reply #97 |
106. one-eyed trouser snake eh? |
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alexisfree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-28-04 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
98. is this is bush? |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 01:11 AM Response to Reply #98 |
102. What's the use? It will just grow back. ;) eom |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
101. Ex... |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 01:13 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Bwahahahahahahahahaha! :D n/t |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
104. how funny |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-29-04 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
105. Copperhead |
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