Snakes & Caves in Florida

[TonyDCaver]

Nope, only two kinds of snakes, good ones and bad ones. Guess what it takes to qualify as a good one?

A live one =)

[cavewoman]

A live one =)

Couldn't agree more. Snakes are lovely creatures.

[Art Greenberg]

Couldn't agree more. Snakes are lovely creatures.

Yes they are. I keep a few, but nothing venomous and all captive bred. I love living in Florida, where I can see snakes in the wild and in my yard. That almost never happened in New Jersey.

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Art

[Sludge]

Snakes are lovely creatures.

They make a lovely pair of boots, maybe.

[Art Greenberg]

Maybe they are just angry in Texas, or maybe its a slightly different variety?

An observation: Those folks who like/keep/study snakes seem to agree that Agkistrodon piscivorus (water moccasin/cottonmouth) are not aggressive. Those who don't, and who have happened across them in the wild, seem to agree that they are.

Conjecture: This situation is not going to change. Maybe its time to stop arguing about it.

They make a lovely pair of boots, maybe.

It would take quite a few of these animals to make a pair of shoes, let alone boots. They're just not that big.

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Art

[gasdiver]

An observation: Those folks who like/keep/study snakes seem to agree that Agkistrodon piscivorus (water moccasin/cottonmouth) are not aggressive. Those who don't, and who have happened across them in the wild, seem to agree that they are.

Conjecture: This situation is not going to change. Maybe its time to stop arguing about it.
Art

+1

I've seen a moccasin try to get into an inflatable raft while the occupant was trying to beat him off with a paddle. This particular incident was very funny, as an observer in a canoe 30 ft away. However, since the paddler did not initiate the encounter nothing will convince me that they can not be aggressive.

[Dsix36]

+1

..............while the occupant was trying to beat him off ............................

I must refrain, I must refrain, I must refrain