Snakes depreciation thread

[swangali]

*signed*

especially ones in the garden of eden

Do chuid

[tiger_rascal]

Snakes arent that bad. :biggrin: I attended a church once and the preacher was criticizing snakes and almost everyone was agreeing, except me.

Here in WV we have 22 types ( 20 species and 2 subspecies) of snakes. Only two are poisonous, the northern copperhead and the timber rattlesnake. Although most snake bites in West Virginia are caused by copperheads, no fatalities from copperheads have been recorded in a very long time, decades.

Snakes are essential creatures in nature.

Oh, sorry, dont mind me, Im a nature enthusiast. :)

[K@ne]

I was out shopping for frogs yesterday, & they had a baby water snake, with a water bowl full of tadpoles just like the ones i was buying... I don't hate snakes though, used to see a lot of them in the outback.

[tiger_rascal]

I seen a baby water snake, though Im quite sure it was different from the one you had saw Brad, last summer while I was hiking. So graceful in the water.

I used to have newts as pets, the fire bellied ones. :)

[K@ne]

I have a large turtle, 17 fish, & about a dozen tadpoles in a pond, & a tank with tropical fish & 2 baby turtles.

[tiger_rascal]

Cool! I love turtles, but I dont think I could ever have one as a pet, unless I get a special tank just for one.

I have a large tiger oscar in one tank and some tropical fish in the other.

[K@ne]

You can get these "floating turtle islands" for a tropical tank, & if you buy baby turtles & raise them with fish, they never aquire a taste for eating them.

The babies need heated water for a few years, then they can be released into the pond when they're bigger.

Recently I bought a large turtle & put it in the pond, & he immediately started feasting on fish, needless to say he went back to the shop ASAP.