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2007-11-08 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Darwin 0 Man 1 - Breaks own record sittting in tub with 87 rattlesnakes

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Posted by Delphi 2007-11-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Don't forget your kevlar jockstrap or you may well end up getting bitten 87 times.

Posted by gorb 2007-11-08 02:29|| 2007-11-08 02:29|| Front Page Top

#2 As a reptile person my first reaction is were the the snakes "hot" or "cold". "Hot" snakes are in full possesion of their venom, cold snakes have been disabled. This might be pulling fangs, sewing the mouth shut, etc.
BTW the snake handling cults never spread out of the hills, according to one author, because unlike copperheads and timber rattlesnakes, eastern diamondbacks don't take to be "free handled".

Posted by bruce 2007-11-08 07:37|| 2007-11-08 07:37|| Front Page Top

#3 shoot, who hasn't handled their snake in the tub?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-11-08 07:55|| 2007-11-08 07:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Some records were never meant to be broken.

FYI -- another snake charmer trick is to refrigerate the beasts. Get them cold enough and they can barely move, much less bite.

Posted by Iblis 2007-11-08 12:09|| 2007-11-08 12:09|| Front Page Top

#5 It also depends on the breed of rattlesnake. Some are relatively peaceful and even personable, unless molested. Others are highly aggressive and ill tempered.

On top of that, they are much less inclined to bite when there are a bunch of them together, since their vision is not that hot and they don't want to bite kin by accident.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-11-08 15:55|| 2007-11-08 15:55|| Front Page Top

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