Funny questions from non-herp keepers.

[danp85]

I'm often asked if my snake loves me yet.

[maanz641]

ive had the ,,,how do you know its not venomous ,pythons cross breed with vens so they still look like pythons but can kill ya ,haahaa yea i know , what tha ??? haahaa

[ChrisZhang]

I get the, "is it venomous?"
I say, "yes"
end of story

[cris]

Some of my more stupid mates amuse themsleves by making my treesnakes strike, i tell them to put some chicken necks in their pants and walk in the spencers enclosure if they want to witness a feeding reaction...

Sorry thats not a funny question, a funny question would be is venom, poison?

[captive_fairy]

I was just asked if bats got along with snakes

[Andrais]

'is it poisionus'---' how do you hold it, i see steve irwin pick them up by the tail!'----'did you know....( some crappy untrue fact)----' how much did it cost? anwser:$$$ ' OMFG! that is such a rip off! just go into the bush and get one'----'OMG its slimy! -___- no its not....'---- 'what do they feel like'----' does it sleep with you (shock)!!!----'whts the most place it hurts when it bit u??? anwser: it didn't hurt, my snake is the size of a large worm 'but its got fangs!!!! it will like sink into your skin and u'd have to pull it off and it will like rip your skin and you'd be in alot of pain, also its poisionus..." idiot!

[Omgitschris]

its funny when people hear i keep them in my bedroom, they instantly ask "What if it gets out and eats you while your sleeping ?!", i hate explaining obvious stuff, so nowadays i just pretend i dont hear most the nonsense that comes out from them.

[antaresia_boy]

I was positive that it's common knowledge that pythons are not poisonous.

I thought it was common knowledge no snakes are poisonous.

[greeny1]

its funny when people hear i keep them in my bedroom, they instantly ask "What if it gets out and eats you while your sleeping ?!", i hate explaining obvious stuff, so nowadays i just pretend i dont hear most the nonsense that comes out from them.

not so far fetched, i also keep all my snakes in my bedroom, one day i upgraded my blonde macs to new tubs and didnt realise the gap betweent the lid. the female got out and i didnt know she was missing as she must ahve got out when i went to bed. at about 4.00am i felt something sharp on my chin, turns out the blone mac got out at night, climbed up my bed and bit my face. wierd or what? i alwasy remember my nan saying "dont keep snakes in your room theyll get out and bite you". i always said that they catn get out and even if it did it wouldnt bite me. LOL

[bigi]

im sure everyone gets this question but it hasnt been noted.

But why do you have snakes?

[AMY22]

I know this isn't really anything to do with the topic, but it really frustrates me when people are revolted by him and say he's disgusting.

[Flaviruthless]

Amy22 - I just say to people "Well, YOU have kids..."

[herpsrule]

wow o.O some of this stuff I surprisingly havn't come across YET (even though it's no surprise it would be asked...), but for the majority of it all, all of us herp keepers have had something stupid asked to some degree. I just wish that one day people wouldn't be so ignorant and actually know SOMETHING about them! Wouldn't that be the life lol

[slim6y]

I thought it was common knowledge no snakes are poisonous.

This is so not true - I know of a s snake that entered a cyanide factory, smeared itself in cyanide and then went for a leisurely stroll in the bush killing many innocent animals....

That snake was highly poisonous...

I think it's very common for people to confuse or misuse English in many ways - and venomous and poisonous are common misuses....

[herptrader]

The one that threw me was a comment by a couple of female friends of my son to which he had been showing our frogs and some children's pythons:

This house is like a, a, a holiday park!

it was just so out of left field... and you could hear the excitement in her voice as she said it.