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10 Snakes, 3 Lizards Found In I-75 Traffic Stop
http://www.wlky.com/news/29472261/detail.html ^
| 10/13/2011
| WLKY
Posted on 10/13/2011 10:50:47 AM PDT by Morgana
CANTON, Ga. -- State wildlife officials are investigating after 10 snakes and three lizards were found in a car during a traffic stop on Interstate 75 north of Atlanta.
Authorities say Cherokee County sheriff's deputies pulled the car over on Interstate 75 Monday.
Georgia Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Melissa Cummings told WSB-TV that an Indiana driver had 10 snakes and three different lizard species in the car.
Cummings said the snakes were not venomous. She said species included corn, coachwhip, pine, king and Southern hognose snakes - all native to Georgia - plus a rosy boa, a non-native snake.
Authorities said the driver told them he caught the snakes in Florida and was taking them to Indiana. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also is investigating.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: napl; reptiles; snake; snakeping; snakes
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:50:54 AM PDT
by
Morgana
To: Morgana
So they found 13 U.S. Senators.
Big deal.
2
posted on
10/13/2011 10:52:14 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
To: Slings and Arrows
again who has the snake ping???
3
posted on
10/13/2011 10:52:15 AM PDT
by
Morgana
("Since using your shampoo my hair has come alive!" ----Medusa)
To: Morgana
They stop the cary for weaving back and forth on the road?
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:54:03 AM PDT
by
dblshot
(Insanity: electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
To: Morgana
Since when can’t we have snakes and lizards as pets? They are affectionate, easy to care for, and they keep down the rodent population.
5
posted on
10/13/2011 10:54:17 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: Morgana
They stop the car for weaving back and forth on the road?
6
posted on
10/13/2011 10:54:44 AM PDT
by
dblshot
(Insanity: electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
To: Morgana
So there wasn't a crime committed...yet.
7
posted on
10/13/2011 10:56:36 AM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(If you don't vote for the best candidate, you're no different than a draft-dodger.)
To: Osage Orange
So they found 13 U.S. Senators.
lol...you beat me to it. I was going to say that they found 10 U.S. Representatives and 3 U.S. Senators.
To: Morgana
“I’m just a snake-lover, Officer. I lo-o-o-o-ve my snakes!”
9
posted on
10/13/2011 11:19:09 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius.)
To: Salamander
10
posted on
10/13/2011 11:23:53 AM PDT
by
shibumi
(Oh baby, Lilly Munster. Ain't got nothing on you.)
To: Morgana
Those species are all popular as pets, they were probably headed to a pet store. Then again, wild snakes don’t usually fare too well in captivity.
11
posted on
10/13/2011 11:27:46 AM PDT
by
HerrBlucher
(Liberhoids: Painful, Stinky, and Red.)
To: HerrBlucher
Stopped the other day on a rural blacktop road...Saw a snake laid out on the road. Got out of my car...and went to look at the him.
A 2 1/2 ft rattlesnake...Pretty sucker too. I got a stick and poked at it's tail...he coiled up and got mad. Ha!! I poked him and herded him off the road...
Otherwise someone would have ran over him....and killed him. No need to do that...out in the middle of nowhere.
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posted on
10/13/2011 12:01:57 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
To: Osage Orange
Good for you. We don't have rattlers around here, but some pretty good-sized black and brown ones (non-venomous). I stopped for a big one on the road leading up to my house, directed traffic around me (and the snake) until it was safely into the shrubs. No one got mad, at least that I could tell.
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posted on
10/13/2011 12:08:35 PM PDT
by
chimera
To: Osage Orange
Good for you. Now, if he’d been an Obama . . .
To: shibumi
Nope.
T’weren’t us.
[but if you call me evil, I’ll just laugh]
15
posted on
10/13/2011 12:47:17 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Alice Cooper hit me with a stick.)
To: libstripper
Can't say what I would have done in that case....
: )
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posted on
10/13/2011 12:52:51 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
To: Morgana
Ok, I gotta wonder.. what happened after that picture was taken?
17
posted on
10/13/2011 3:09:36 PM PDT
by
Trillian
To: Morgana; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Must've been lot lizards.
18
posted on
10/13/2011 3:54:59 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Quit kidding around! Are the snakes and lizards all right?
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posted on
10/13/2011 4:11:03 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
To: TheOldLady
Quit kidding around!Did I get your goat?
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posted on
10/13/2011 4:18:02 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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