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To: StAthanasiustheGreat

Possibly out catching more rattlesnakes for the next revival.


310 posted on 03/04/2007 1:33:36 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee; Salvation

ROTLFMAO. We'll I'm done, unless Iscool decides to ping me again. LOL. God Bless you all. Tax Time.


311 posted on 03/04/2007 1:35:06 PM PST by StAthanasiustheGreat (Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit)
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To: wagglebee; StAthanasiustheGreat
OK - I gotta share this one!

My daughter's home on spring break from college, where she's majoring in biology.

Her bio prof is a herpetologist, and last week he brought a bunch of large padlocked boxes to class . . . sure enough they contained a bunch of venomous snakes, including a copperhead, cottonmouth, timber rattler, and diamondback . . . he hooked 'em out of the boxes and set them loose one by one on the classroom floor (all the kids immediately sat in the lotus position including my daughter who was natch in the front row. Fortunately she's not afraid of snakes.)

Anyhow, what brought it to mind is that her prof said that the snake handlers almost always use diamondback rattlers, because they have NO predators and hence are better tempered and calmer than most venomous snakes -- you can pick them up and they don't freak out and bite (the cottonmouth on the other hand is so touchy and mean that if you poke him, he'll bite himself. My daughter pointed this out to the prof, and he said, "well, they're not very bright even for a snake.") Cottonmouths also REALLY stink, you wouldn't want 'em in your church.

331 posted on 03/04/2007 3:07:03 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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