Mighty_Moose
Well-Known Member
I just don't understand why the dog would go for a motionless snake curled up in a corner when the mum and children are screaming? My dog goes straight to the person screaming
Do you have young children? I don't think you would be singing the same song about tigers being "harmless" if your kids or yourself got bitten by one (and not getting medical help, yeah, real harmless). Get off your high horse. As it was said earlier, the dog WAS protecting its "family".
It is ssad that the snake dies but if i had to choose between my son getting bitten and killing 1 of my adders as much as i love them my son would win.. Weather the dog knows the snake is dangerous or not the fact that his owner screamed was enough to send him into action..
I've got tiger snakes in my house....and my kids squeal with delight when they see them!!! ....What's wrong with kids today???? :lol: Their friends are bloody scared of everything!
Is it any wonder snakes are flighty and defensive? People talk about snakes being the killers.......pffffffffffffft.....the figures show it's most definitely the other way around! Funny how we can distort the truth of the matter so conveniently, and to the degree everyone seems to swallow the lie hook, line and sinker!
Does this snake look like a killer in this photograph?
I did a relocation a few weeks ago and removed a rather large tiger snake from a property in the suburb behind me. Once I got this terrified creature into a large plastic tub it settled down quite remarkably and became more curious than anything. I explained to the concerned mother and her wide-eyed and fascinated kids that these animals are more afraid of us than we are of them, and generally only bite people when they are put in precarious positions. It was nice to show them this animal up close and in a contained situation and explain a few things about them without the wrongful labelling and hysteria that been unfairly hung upon them.
Do you have young children? I don't think you would be singing the same song about tigers being "harmless" if your kids or yourself got bitten by one (and not getting medical help, yeah, real harmless). Get off your high horse. As it was said earlier, the dog WAS protecting its "family".
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