giggle
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:| I grew up in the bush...on the edge of yengo national park... where I used to run through the long grass chasing snakes and lizards. :| :|
Common snakes in the area were red belly blacks (OMG so many of these!), carpets and tree snakes ^_^
I was never bitten by anything venomous... and my father NEVER killed ANY snakes... instead he caught them and brought them home for us to look at.
He captured every species he could, to help us identify them. He taught us the general shapes of different species and colours... let us examine them closely including dead specimens of venomous species so we could get a real good look.
Im not saying he did the right thing... perhaps he should have taught us to stop and calmly walk away... but his attitude was to try teach us to identify species and if it was dangerous, stop, dont move and watch as it escapes (which the vast majority of snakes do!). The snakes I used to chase were pythons and tree snakes.... the tree snakes ended up chasing me :| LOL
But... the majority of people get bitten in a couple of ways.. they didnt know the snake was there and they stood on it or within its personal bubble... or... they knew it was there and they harassed it in one way or another by trying to relocate it or destroy it.
My father taught me the importance of life, of all kinds, whether it is a huge highly venomous snake passing through our house or a giant python that ate half our egg laying chickens and then was too fat to escape the chicken pen :| ROFL Not one was killed and not one of us was ever bitten. We were taught common sense!
I taught my 5 year old daughter if she sees a snake to stop and be very still and quiet and let it go past until its a safe distance away and then move on.
I personally feel like killing the snake was not the right thing to do, especially on TV. But I also understand their mindset. However... I lived in an area teeming with venomous snakes as a child and never once fell victim. We commonly had venomous snakes in our house which Dad would shoo out of the house :| Pythons lived in our ceiling beams
We were taught to check our shoes, our beds, our toy boxes. Be cautious when opening things and dont put your hand inside holes, under logs etc.
Having aired that event... I strongly believe they did the wrong thing. I didn't see it myself... but they have a responsibility in airing their show publicly, to make sure it is factual, legal and safe.
Killing that snake sounds as though it was none of the above! They could have chosen not to air that particular portion and they certainly shouldn't have! It wasnt live streamed, they chose to put that out there in the public eye!
This alone may provoke a bunch of "heroes" to kill the next snake they see 'endangering childrens lives'.
Whats more... I was disgusted to see them on TV having a laugh going through the damn drive through with a croc strapped up in the back!!!!! Do they not have any consideration for the wellbeing of that animal? Its a living thing and they feel it ok to just casually drive around 'oh hey lets go through the drive through with a poor animal restrained on the back of our vehicle with no shade or shelter from the sun!'
Nope... justify these things all you like... showing the public such disregard for our native reptiles is wrong. Whether this goes on and we never get to see it is no longer the point... the point is... THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAS SEEN IT NOW... and these things will influence those that have seen it, perhaps to mimic those actions. To believe its ok to have a reptile strapped up in the back of your vehicle without shelter for however long you like :| Oh ha ha its such a laugh.
Common snakes in the area were red belly blacks (OMG so many of these!), carpets and tree snakes ^_^
I was never bitten by anything venomous... and my father NEVER killed ANY snakes... instead he caught them and brought them home for us to look at.
He captured every species he could, to help us identify them. He taught us the general shapes of different species and colours... let us examine them closely including dead specimens of venomous species so we could get a real good look.
Im not saying he did the right thing... perhaps he should have taught us to stop and calmly walk away... but his attitude was to try teach us to identify species and if it was dangerous, stop, dont move and watch as it escapes (which the vast majority of snakes do!). The snakes I used to chase were pythons and tree snakes.... the tree snakes ended up chasing me :| LOL
But... the majority of people get bitten in a couple of ways.. they didnt know the snake was there and they stood on it or within its personal bubble... or... they knew it was there and they harassed it in one way or another by trying to relocate it or destroy it.
My father taught me the importance of life, of all kinds, whether it is a huge highly venomous snake passing through our house or a giant python that ate half our egg laying chickens and then was too fat to escape the chicken pen :| ROFL Not one was killed and not one of us was ever bitten. We were taught common sense!
I taught my 5 year old daughter if she sees a snake to stop and be very still and quiet and let it go past until its a safe distance away and then move on.
I personally feel like killing the snake was not the right thing to do, especially on TV. But I also understand their mindset. However... I lived in an area teeming with venomous snakes as a child and never once fell victim. We commonly had venomous snakes in our house which Dad would shoo out of the house :| Pythons lived in our ceiling beams
We were taught to check our shoes, our beds, our toy boxes. Be cautious when opening things and dont put your hand inside holes, under logs etc. Having aired that event... I strongly believe they did the wrong thing. I didn't see it myself... but they have a responsibility in airing their show publicly, to make sure it is factual, legal and safe.
Killing that snake sounds as though it was none of the above! They could have chosen not to air that particular portion and they certainly shouldn't have! It wasnt live streamed, they chose to put that out there in the public eye!
This alone may provoke a bunch of "heroes" to kill the next snake they see 'endangering childrens lives'.
Whats more... I was disgusted to see them on TV having a laugh going through the damn drive through with a croc strapped up in the back!!!!! Do they not have any consideration for the wellbeing of that animal? Its a living thing and they feel it ok to just casually drive around 'oh hey lets go through the drive through with a poor animal restrained on the back of our vehicle with no shade or shelter from the sun!'
Nope... justify these things all you like... showing the public such disregard for our native reptiles is wrong. Whether this goes on and we never get to see it is no longer the point... the point is... THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAS SEEN IT NOW... and these things will influence those that have seen it, perhaps to mimic those actions. To believe its ok to have a reptile strapped up in the back of your vehicle without shelter for however long you like :| Oh ha ha its such a laugh.
