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There's a Snake in my Room

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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    3.7 Taxonomy, Colubridae

    The name derives from the Latin "coluber", which means snake. This group includes more than 50 species distributed over 30 genera which have caused clinically significant venomous bites. Yet, only a few are genuinely dangerous. They have short small fangs on the maxillae at the back of the mouth (Opisthoglypha) [opistho = at the back], so that they have to open their mouth very wide (170 to 180° ) to inject venom. They also require a long contact period to introduce enough venom into the bite wound. Colubrids are often kept as pets, e.g. Elaphe sp. (rat snakes) or Lampropeltis sp. (king snakes, milk snakes). Some colubrids strangle their prey (e.g. Lampropeltis sp.). Thelothornis kirtlandii (vine snake) is a moderately dangerous, very thin snake with horizontal, keyhole-shaped pupils. These animals often slide over the ground with the front part of the body somewhat raised. The boomslang (Dispholidus typhus) in southern Africa is another dangerous colubrid, yet bites by this animal are quite exceptional. Haemorrhages are the most obvious symptom after a bite by a boomslang. Both Rhabdophis tigrinus (Japanese garter snake or yamakagashi) and Rhabdophis subminiatus (red-necked keelback) can inflict fatal bites.

    Also: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/snakebite/article_em.htm at the bottom of the 1st page.

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  • ShockwaveShockwave Back In Black Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Snake? Snake!?!
    SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!

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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
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    bowen on
    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    ohshitabadger

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Man now I need to watch the Duck Tales movie again

    I have it on VHS still.

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Man now I need to watch the Duck Tales movie again

    I have it on VHS still.

    More like I do :-p

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Man now I need to watch the Duck Tales movie again

    I have it on VHS still.

    More like I do :-p

    Well... yeah. If we ever split up though I'm taking you to court for custody.

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I used to think Badgers were the best animals ever. I wanted one as a pet. One day I actually read about them though and turns out they are some aggressive sons of bitches.

    Now I just want a sloth.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    badgers have been known to kill bears.

    bears.

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    J3p wrote: »
    I used to think Badgers were the best animals ever. I wanted one as a pet. One day I actually read about them though and turns out they are some aggressive sons of bitches.

    Now I just want a sloth.

    Sloths are covered in gross. You'd have to get a newborn and give it baths fairy often so it doesn't become a moss-covered den of matted fur.

    Personally I think I'd like a hedgehog.

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    J3p wrote: »
    I used to think Badgers were the best animals ever. I wanted one as a pet. One day I actually read about them though and turns out they are some aggressive sons of bitches.

    Now I just want a sloth.

    Sloths are covered in gross. You'd have to get a newborn and give it baths fairy often so it doesn't become a moss-covered den of matted fur.

    Personally I think I'd like a hedgehog.

    Maybe an Echidna?

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  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    For some reason, I can't stand seeing a live mouse being feed to a snake. Whenever I see it happen, I'm just scream at the mouse to run.

    you god damn monster, are you devoid of all humanity?
    For wanting a mouse to get away from a snake?

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    J3p wrote: »
    J3p wrote: »
    I used to think Badgers were the best animals ever. I wanted one as a pet. One day I actually read about them though and turns out they are some aggressive sons of bitches.

    Now I just want a sloth.

    Sloths are covered in gross. You'd have to get a newborn and give it baths fairy often so it doesn't become a moss-covered den of matted fur.

    Personally I think I'd like a hedgehog.

    Maybe an Echidna?
    get a chinchilla. or a sugar glider.

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  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    I used to have three Chinchillas, they're pretty awesome.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    they sure are.

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Is there a small mammal I could train to sit on my shoulder and fetch things for me? I think I'd like one of those.

    No monkeys though, they smell.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    fun fact: sloths actually let algea grow on them and then eat it as a snack

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Atlanta Ghostbuster Atlanta, GARegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Faricazy wrote: »
    fun fact: sloths actually let algea grow on them and then eat it as a snack

    The most patient of all God's creatures.

    Oh my Lord! SLOTHS INVENTED AGRICULTURE!!

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    sloths are too lazy to go down to the patent office and patent agriculture

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  • IloveslimesIloveslimes Everett, WARegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    bowen wrote: »

    Also: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/snakebite/article_em.htm at the bottom of the 1st page.

    Okay, it still doesn't make much sense or seems to be a common usage. The Japanese would just call it the Japanese name and if you're messing around where those snakes live, you better know Japanese. Why not just call them a Japanese water snake?
    Your original point is still pretty accurate though, Japan gets some nasty creatures. Especially the Giant Hornets, those scare the hell out of me.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    For some reason, I can't stand seeing a live mouse being feed to a snake. Whenever I see it happen, I'm just scream at the mouse to run.

    you god damn monster, are you devoid of all humanity?
    For wanting a mouse to get away from a snake?

    Snake gotta eat!

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  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    J3p wrote: »
    I used to think Badgers were the best animals ever. I wanted one as a pet. One day I actually read about them though and turns out they are some aggressive sons of bitches.

    Now I just want a sloth.

    Sloths are covered in gross. You'd have to get a newborn and give it baths fairy often so it doesn't become a moss-covered den of matted fur.

    Personally I think I'd like a hedgehog.

    my hedgehog is the best :D

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Is there a small mammal I could train to sit on my shoulder and fetch things for me? I think I'd like one of those.

    No monkeys though, they smell.

    In theory a ferret

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    man, monkeys smell less then damn ferrets. plus you can get the monkey to leap onto your enemies' faces and jerk off, thus winning the battle as they retreat in disgust.

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Ferrets really don't smell if you take care of them at all

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I remember seeing a David Attenborough documentary. He's just going through some garden all cheery as usual. This segment was about the hedgehog. He began with the usual information, and soon was retelling the history of how the hedgehog was believed to mate. See, animal studiers of older, sillier times believed that there was absolutely no way a hedgehog could mate normally, what with all those spines. They believed that the hedgehog must employ some bizarre ritual in order to have sex. In reality, the real answer to the question of how hedgehogs mate is "very carefully".

    Then 2 minutes of watching hedgehogs mate.

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  • DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Badgers were the best animals in Redwall

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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    bowen wrote: »

    Also: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/snakebite/article_em.htm at the bottom of the 1st page.

    Okay, it still doesn't make much sense or seems to be a common usage. The Japanese would just call it the Japanese name and if you're messing around where those snakes live, you better know Japanese. Why not just call them a Japanese water snake?
    Your original point is still pretty accurate though, Japan gets some nasty creatures. Especially the Giant Hornets, those scare the hell out of me.

    It's just the US bastardization I guess. They only get their poison from their food source and are otherwise pretty similar to garter snakes.

    Those hornets are disturbing.

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    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • IloveslimesIloveslimes Everett, WARegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Those giant hornets are terrifying. From a website, talking about the sting of the suzumebachi: Masato Ono, an entomologist at Tamagawa University near Tokyo, described the sensation as feeling "like a hot nail being driven into my leg."
    I have a phobia about wasps and hornets and I first learned about the giant Japanese hornets when one of the schools I worked at was having a nest removed. Then the next week, a suzumebachi flew into my classroom. The kids were swatting at it and I was trying not panic. That sucked a lot.

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  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Those giant hornets are terrifying. From a website, talking about the sting of the suzumebachi: Masato Ono, an entomologist at Tamagawa University near Tokyo, described the sensation as feeling "like a hot nail being driven into my leg."
    I have a phobia about wasps and hornets and I first learned about the giant Japanese hornets when one of the schools I worked at was having a nest removed. Then the next week, a suzumebachi flew into my classroom. The kids were swatting at it and I was trying not panic. That sucked a lot.

    Was it a normal hornet? My Japanese is a little nonexistent.

    Funny how that's hornet in Chinese and Japanse it's "vespine wasp"

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    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • TrillianTrillian Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    bowen wrote: »
    Those giant hornets are terrifying. From a website, talking about the sting of the suzumebachi: Masato Ono, an entomologist at Tamagawa University near Tokyo, described the sensation as feeling "like a hot nail being driven into my leg."
    I have a phobia about wasps and hornets and I first learned about the giant Japanese hornets when one of the schools I worked at was having a nest removed. Then the next week, a suzumebachi flew into my classroom. The kids were swatting at it and I was trying not panic. That sucked a lot.

    Was it a normal hornet? My Japanese is a little nonexistent.

    Funny how that's hornet in Chinese and Japanse it's "vespine wasp"

    I never ever want to ever meet one of those giant hornets, or even any rather large stinging insect.
    I like to avoid those sorts of things when I can.

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I know monkeys and dolphins have sex for fun, but one thing you never see any of these damn nature programs reporting on is whether or not any animals in the world masturbate.


    That just seems like something people should know about.

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    They'll know about it when I have a monkey that does it in their face.

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2008
    So's Quetzi got himself eat by a garter snake yet?

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  • BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    when i was a kid i used to catch garter snakes, they are cool lil duders

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  • ForkesForkes Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Garter snakes don't even have teeth...all they do is stink up your hands a little bit.

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  • IloveslimesIloveslimes Everett, WARegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    bowen wrote: »
    Those giant hornets are terrifying. From a website, talking about the sting of the suzumebachi: Masato Ono, an entomologist at Tamagawa University near Tokyo, described the sensation as feeling "like a hot nail being driven into my leg."
    I have a phobia about wasps and hornets and I first learned about the giant Japanese hornets when one of the schools I worked at was having a nest removed. Then the next week, a suzumebachi flew into my classroom. The kids were swatting at it and I was trying not panic. That sucked a lot.

    Was it a normal hornet? My Japanese is a little nonexistent.

    Funny how that's hornet in Chinese and Japanese it's "vespine wasp"

    No, it was one of the huge fucking ones. I was not happy at all. Sorry, I should have been clear when I started alternating the terms.

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  • The Otaku SuppositoryThe Otaku Suppository Bawstan New EnglandRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    bowen wrote: »
    Those giant hornets are terrifying. From a website, talking about the sting of the suzumebachi: Masato Ono, an entomologist at Tamagawa University near Tokyo, described the sensation as feeling "like a hot nail being driven into my leg."
    I have a phobia about wasps and hornets and I first learned about the giant Japanese hornets when one of the schools I worked at was having a nest removed. Then the next week, a suzumebachi flew into my classroom. The kids were swatting at it and I was trying not panic. That sucked a lot.

    Was it a normal hornet? My Japanese is a little nonexistent.

    Funny how that's hornet in Chinese and Japanese it's "vespine wasp"

    No, it was one of the huge fucking ones. I was not happy at all. Sorry, I should have been clear when I started alternating the terms.

    It's even worse when they're attached to women.
    Oh god what a terrible reference

    shoot me now

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  • Element BrianElement Brian Peanut Butter Shill Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I remember when i was like 12, we caught his huge (like 16 inch) gardner snake, in a bottled water bottle, i cant remember what we di with it after that, but it probably involved someones little brother/sister

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    sarukun wrote: »
    I know monkeys and dolphins have sex for fun, but one thing you never see any of these damn nature programs reporting on is whether or not any animals in the world masturbate.


    That just seems like something people should know about.

    I remember reading one time that porcupines do

    I found this fascinating and altogether mysterious

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