Yeah, that ping list will fail... too many freepers that are snowflakes where snakes are concerned. Sad really. If the poop ever really hit the fan, the snake haters wouldn’t last long in the wilderness. A garter snake would zip by and they’d end up shooting themselves in the foot.
I’ll never understand how people that are supposed to be on the tougher side of the spectrum of politics are such pansies. Seriously, it’s embarrassing.
One of my good friends is a firearms expert and instructor with an impressive collection, flies small planes in all kinds of weather, drives fast cars (including a vintage Corvette), and has a wild and checkered past... yet he can't stand the sight of blood, freaks out about injections, wouldn't even look at my post-op wrist scar after I broke it :-) But he at least will admit that even he's embarrassed by the little things he can't deal with. Doesn't change the fact, but he's honest about it.
He's fine with snakes and other creepy-crawlies, BTW. Ya just can't never tell.