Should they make life vests from Kevlar?

Rodney, not to turn this thread into a snake discussion, you are highly
mistaken...

1) Puff adders (Bitis arietans) do not occur in the United States, only in
Africa, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan (thank God).

2) Puff adders are highly poisonous. Its venom is strongly hemotoxic,
destroying bloods cells and causing extensive tissue damage.

Check that Peterson Field Guide to see the snake you are speaking of, snake
id's are not to be taken lightly...

Warren

"Rodney" wrote in message
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bill allemann wrote:

Just curious, why would you shoot snakes?


Having had a 5 foot cotton mouth come in my boat, the answer is simple,
to protect my life,, but every snake in the water is not a cotton mouth,
and every snake is not a threat to you.

Last weekend we were cleaning up around our lake house when my nephew
yelled snake, and ran to his truck for a gun,, I came around the house
to see a perfectly harmless puff adder about 18 inches long, everyone
was yelling for the nephew to shoot the snake, and I said no,, and
showed them how well these little guys will play dead for them, even
with their tongues hanging out of the mouth, not moving, I would flip
him back on his belly,, he would roll back on his back and flop that
tongue out, then totally motionless. I showed them how harmless he was,
and how they had scared him to death,, there was no need in shooting
him, as he was already dead,, everyone laughed, and they then left him
alone. Perhaps I saved another harmless snake.

People down here kill every snake they see,, they don't even want to
take the time to learn the difference between those that will hurt you
and those that won't, they just say only good snake, is a dead one.

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

go-bassn wrote:
Rodney, not to turn this thread into a snake discussion, you are highly
mistaken...

No I'm not,,, again :-)

Heterodon platyrhinos, Eastern Hognose, also known as the "The American
Puff Adder" (don't believe me ? do a search on the name)

Since it was quite clear I was not in the middle east, there could be no
mistakes made of finding the other one

Check that Peterson Field Guide to see the snake you are speaking of, snake
id's are not to be taken lightly...

I own that book as well as i/2 a dozen other reptile field manuals, down
here the Eastern Hognose is always called a puff adder, due to it
puffing it's self up to look meaner than it is, if this fails, then he
plays dead. About as harmless as a chicken snake,, oh I'm sorry,, a Gray
Rat Snake to you guys :-), we call them chicken snakes down here because
they are always getting in the hen house after rats

I Have spent many years afield, and I have caught many snakes, non
poisonous as well as poisonous ones, I know my reptiles, and I never
take them lightly

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

not to belabor the snake thread, but as far as any discrepancies in
names goes, it's probably just a regional/slang issue. For instance,
what some folks call ruffed grouse, we call partridge. There are many
other examples but you get the idea.

So true Mr Buck, the Eastern Hognose is NOT a puff adder. That's like
calling a garter snake a coral snake...

Warren

"J Buck" wrote in message
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not to belabor the snake thread, but as far as any discrepancies in
names goes, it's probably just a regional/slang issue. For instance,
what some folks call ruffed grouse, we call partridge. There are many
other examples but you get the idea.