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AAAHH!! I Just Caught a Rattlesnake in my House! (1 Viewer)

Marianne

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Better without a couple CD's than DEAD... You were bitten by the most poisonous spider in the world... think about it..
NickSo, I believe that the most poisonous spider in the world is the Australian Funnelweb. They seem to have the most poisonous snakes and jellyfish as well. :)
I used to hate spiders but now that I live in Florida I have come to realise that you just have to live with them - and also snakes (Water Moccasins, Rattlers and Coral Snakes)!
You just have to beware.
In the words of Billy Connelly: "I was on a beach in Australia when I saw this sign - Beware Stingers - so I was being ware!" (it was funny when he said it).
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Man, that sucks. I would be really upset if I caught any snake in my house, let alone a rattler. Don't get me wrong, I like snakes. Used to have one as a pet. I've been wanting to get myself a baby corn snake and watch the sucker grow into it's 6 to 8 foot glory, but my wife is afraid of them and doesn't want one in the house. Anyway, a nice pet snake is fine, but a loose, strange snake? I'd be searching my entire house trying to seal up every little hole I could find.
Speaking of snakes, is there any truth to snakes coming up through your sewer pipes? Growing up, my parents always told me about "a friend of a friend" who had a huge snake climb up through their toilet and curl up under their rug. They supposedly had to leave their bathroom door shut for a few days until pest control could come get rid of it, etc.(insert your own embellishments here) I could only imagine if you were sitting on the pot reading a magazine when it happened (shudder). Does this REALLY happen? Or is it another one of those urban legends?
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I've had some experience with a small garter snake loose in the house. Honestly, it's not that bad and the problem doesn't last long. At least it doesn't if you've got cats.
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Ryan Wright, I can't imagine that being any more true than the stories you hear about being bitten by a black widow lying underneath the toilet seat stories. Not that it couldn't happen, it's just that the embellishments make it extremely unlikely. What's even more unlikely is a snake making it's way from the sewer plant all the way to your house and into your toilet and into the bowl to bite you on your ass. Or even from a septic system for those of you without city sewers.
Speaking of sewers, I'm wondering if the true news article about the person in Long Island, NY, who was killed when he was in his back yard and fell into the cesspool was nationwide? If you live in a place other than around NYC, have you heard about this incident, happened roughly 2 weeks ago or so, around the time all the shark attacks were happening.
Authorities say he would of sufficated/passed out in about 30 seconds from all the methane gas.
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Jay - it could have been worse. Imagine if he would have lit a lighter or match to see where he was!
As for snakes and spiders, I'll take snakes all day long. But I don't want EITHER of them in my house.
 

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NickSo, I believe that the most poisonous spider in the world is the Australian Funnelweb. They seem to have the most poisonous snakes and jellyfish as well.
Well, one of the most poisonous... but im not too sure, since i have heard the Black widow was the most poisonous...
But speaking of australia... that place is DANGEROUS... poisonous jellyfish (box the most poisonous), spiders, octopus (Blue Ringed octopus), scorpions, crocs...
 
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But speaking of australia... that place is DANGEROUS... poisonous jellyfish (box the most poisonous), spiders, octopus (Blue Ringed octopus), scorpions, crocs...
...and then of course there are the Australians themselves.
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. NickSo, your concerns are well founded my friend. :)
 

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My sister once found a tarantula in her apartment - ugh. I've got nothing against these critters, but I'd just as soon stay away from them...
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SteveGon, where does your sister live? Tarantulas aren't native to most places in America, none that I know of east of the mississippi river. The only tarantulas that exist in the USA that I know of are in the SW, texas, New Mexico, Arizona, etc... If I found a tarantula in my house, I'd jump up and down and be really happy! :)
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I dunno who can live in australia and NOT be freaked out by all the killer animals...
Africa has got Australia beat hundreds of times over. Africa has got crocs. It has hippos that kill more people than any other animal. It has elephants that can stomp, gore, and literally rip your head off your body. (Some elephants have even more fun by tossing people around for hours!) It has lions and leopards. Leopards BTW have been eating humans even before we were human.
Africa is also no slouch in the snake and spider department. Africa has snakes that will actively chase you and are so posionous that having anti-venom in hand will not help you. It has sleeping sickness and Ebola virus. It has malaria and painful parasites that enter your foot through water and then exit as long worms from your entire body.
God, I can't wait to go back.
Jay,
Where'd you get your tarantulas? The ones I saw in Arizona were different. They were a solid gold color (and very pretty too) instead the mostly brown of Itsy and Bitsy. I've often thought of getting one or two as pets :)
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I could be wrong, but I thought that the honeybee held that distinction.
Urk. Sorry, should have said any other wild animal in Africa.
I'm not sure about the honeybee thing, but if so, it must be due to allergic reactions. But that's not really in the spirit of this thread with its creepy crawly poisonous nasty things
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Julie K, two of my tarantulas (aka Ts) are native to Mexico, they're scrubland terrestrial (live on the ground) Ts.
Itsy is a Mexican Redleg (aka Mexican Fireleg) or Brachypelma boehmei
Bitsy is a Mexican Redknee (the famous kind, the ones you most likely see in any movie is the redknee, very docile and nowhere near the killer the movies always portray it. Can be seen in movies such as Sleepy Hollow, Jungle 2 Jungle, also a bunch of Bond movies, the one Jim Carrey movie with him in the red car (I forget the name cause I haven't seen it).
Bitsy is a Brachypelma smithi.
Both the boehmei and the smithi are CITES (appendix) II species which means no legal importation from Mexico is allowed and that means both of mine are captive bred.
I got them from http://www.petcenterusa.com So as long as you aren't terribly allergic to the bristles, i.e. do NOT get it in your eyes and wash your hands after working with a new world Ts cage, etc. etc. they make great pets and are good for show and tell
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Plus, many species are relatively cheap. Easier to maintain than fish and cool to show your friends.
Oh, I also have a Chilean Rose which was free, he's a tiny little guy and seems to be fasting right now... like for 3 months so far... strange beings but that's why I like em..
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Africa has snakes that will actively chase you and are so posionous that having anti-venom in hand will not help you.
No kidding. A friend of ours spent some time in a little village in Africa. The villagers told him to watch out for the "two step snake", that apparently likes to hang out in trees and drop onto it's victim. He asked how it got it's name. "Because after it bites you, you take two steps and die."
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Jay,
Thanks for that wonderful information on tarantulas. The temptation grows and grows :)
(I'm also very tempted by a giant millipede as well. I suppose I can have several different creepy pets.)
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NickSo, I believe that the most poisonous spider in the world is the Australian Funnelweb. They seem to have the most poisonous snakes and jellyfish as well
Australia seems to have the most "bad-ass" animals in the world.
This may seem strange to most people, but spiders and giant centipedes creep me out. Snakes, even venomous, don't bother me.
I had a scorpion that I captured on the back porch one time but it died. Wouldn't eat anything.
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From the Land of Obscuria, had this to say....
......person in Long Island, NY, who was killed when he was in his back yard and fell into the cesspool was nationwide? Authorities say he would of sufficated/passed out in about 30 seconds from all the.....
Do you mean he fell into his own septic tank? I've heard of people caving the tops of their tanks in when driving over them with a lawn tractor.
At any rate, what a shitty way to die
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Im particularly fond of Africa's Gaboon Viper with its 2 inch fangs :)
Ive caught a number of Black Widow spiders whenever i go hunting, now i just leave them alone. If i knew of some pet shop that would buy them from me, id catch more :)
Ive also seen a number of Tarantulas when i go hunting. Once i was staring out the screen window of my ground blind (moonlit night) and all of a sudden i see the silhouette of a Tarantula, it was really cool, till i realized it was on the inside :).
P.S. My Rattle Snake is about 2 feet long now :), i caught him when he was about 8 inches.
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Henry, tarantulas (in the wild at least) are mostly nocturnal feeders, just like alot of reptiles, amphibians, etcs...
Scott, yes the guy basically fell into his septic tank. Most of the newer ones are made of a one piece reinforced concrete structure that is basically made and dropped into a hole, but many older houses are made with cinder block and they are very week. Also, the guy just had the tank flushed the previous Sunday so it was also fairly empty. A horribly way to die, nonetheless. Many people around here are replacing theirs because of that incident so the septic companies must be having a field day...
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