snakehandler
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Every job is different, each technique has its down fall....just imagine you have been pinned to the ground by the back of your head, then grabbed behind the jaw and lifted off the ground....try that down the pub next time....and let me know how it goes. Modern tongs (Gentle Giants and M1's) are designed for the animal safety the old pilstrum tongs are designed to pick up rubbish, not snakes. These pieces of equipment are used by professional herpetologists such as Dr. Bryan Fry, Mark O'Shea, Donald Schultz, Dr. Wolfgang Wuster and Dr. Sean Bush, given that snakes are their livelihood they consider animal welfare in actions that they take.
The use of tongs is only one method amongst several available, I have seen people attempt to hook a hot snake and have it go nuts, snakes come straight back when tailing, and others spin in a persons grip as they have pinned them, these were all seasoned snake catchers, no technique is perfect, but what is important is a persons ability to assess a situation and choose the technique for the situation.
The use of tongs is only one method amongst several available, I have seen people attempt to hook a hot snake and have it go nuts, snakes come straight back when tailing, and others spin in a persons grip as they have pinned them, these were all seasoned snake catchers, no technique is perfect, but what is important is a persons ability to assess a situation and choose the technique for the situation.
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