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According to this article snakebites are supposed to be on the rise this year.
“With the increase in reported snake activity and the advent of warmer climatic conditions, we may be witnessing the start of a very busy snakebite season. We have worked very hard as an organization to help ensure hospitals are stocked with adequate supplies of antivenom,” said Jackie Beltrani, Director of Institutional Sales and Specialty Marketing for Fougera. “We are confident that in partnership with the poison control centers we will be able to meet the challenges of the 2007 snakebite season.”
I hate snakes! I don’t go close enough to them to find out if they’re venomous or not.
A few years ago our neighbor had the creek that ran between our properties filled with a culvert and covered with dirt so he’d have more lawn. On the first scoop of dirt the city workers pulled up was a copperhead. Thankfully, I wasn’t home at the time or I would have died of sheer fright.
Did I mention I hate snakes? I guess if I decide to walk the north quarter of an acre I’ll have to carry a loaded .22 to shoot off the head of any snake I see near me.
I hate snakes.
Here’s an addendum to the story:
Written by ~J~CAIRO, Egypt — Customs officers at Cairo’s airport on Thursday detained a man bound for Saudi Arabia who was trying to smuggle 700 live snakes on a plane, airport authorities said.
The officers were stunned when a passenger, identified as Yahia Rahim Tulba, after being asked to open his carry-on bag, told them it contained live snakes.
Tulba opened his bag to show the snakes to the police and asked the officers, who held a safe distance, not to come close. Among the various snakes, hidden in small cloth sacks, were two poisonous cobras.
The Egyptian said he had hoped to sell the snakes in Saudi Arabia. Police confiscated the snakes and turned Tulba over to the prosecutor’s office, accusing him of violating export laws and endangering the lives of other passengers.
According to the customs officials, Tulba claimed the snakes are wanted by Saudis who display them in glass jars in shops, keep them as pets or sell them to research centers.
The value of the snakes was not immediately known.
Sue Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 11:01 amVisit Sue
So J, do you really, really hate snakes?
That’s okay. Me too!
Valérie Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 11:48 amVisit Valérie
I don’t hate snakes. I don’t hate any animal. They all play their role in the balance of our wonderful planet.
The only thing I dislike is people who hate other people and who hate animals.
Sorry. Bye
~J~ Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 12:52 pmVisit ~J~
Oh, great! I follow a link to a site I haven’t visited in many months (In fact, I’ve been banned there) and now they start to track me back here. I hope you mean it when you say bye, Valerie, and I took out your URL as it’s not a site I want any of my readers reading.
~J~ Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 11:51 pmVisit ~J~
Valerie,
Since you’re lurking let me explain myself. My hate of snakes stems from my terrible fear of snakes. I live in the southern part of the United States where there are many poisonous snakes.
Where I was born and raised we didn’t have venomous snakes. All we had were green garter snakes.
When I moved to the South my neighbor’s son held up a snake longer than he is tall and he’s over 6 ft 4 inches tall. I don’t know how that equates in metric terms but I can tell you he’s tall.
I have been told venomous snakes have triangular shaped heads, but I don’t want to get close enough to them to see the shape of their heads.
If I saw one in my yard and it was slithering toward me or one of my grandchildren or pets you can bet your bottom euro I would try to kill it with whatever utensil was handy, including a loaded gun if I had one on me.
I’ve taken shooting classes and I shoot for target practice. Trust me when I tell you I’m a good shot.
This is the curse of the snake for allowing Satan to possess his body to tempt Eve. God said snakes would strike at our heels and we would crush them as punishment.
That’s also why snakes lost their limbs. Snakes are beautiful to look at in a photo. Their markings are beautiful. And why wouldn’t they be? Do you think Eve would have been tempted by something that was ugly? But now the snake crawls and has become quite adept at it. That, too, was his punishment.
So maybe I should say I hate my fear of snakes and it’s irrational but I fear them to the point of death. Does that make better sense?
Otherwise the only other thing I hate is Satan because I was taught to hate is the same as to kill.
Please feel free to comment on our site, but also please do not invite Philippe or the rest of the gang as I am too painfully familiar with them and their insults and vulgarity.
You seem nice enough and I’m sorry for my first reaction. I just couldn’t figure out how you found this blog.
Have a nice day, I guess it is in France. Or at least almost day.