ya i don't like the idea of george pinning the snakes with those things but if you were the snake would you rather be out of the suburbs and alive or have some ignorant moron chop off ya head(unless he misses which means you don't die instantly) with a shovel?
andrew
Just for intrest sake Andrew, you may not be aware that a snake does not actually die instantly after being decapitated anyway.
due to differring oxygen requirements of mammal and reptile brains, a snake will live (its head) for some time after, much longer than a mammal, I have heard up to an hour!
Imagine its suffering!
Maybe our resident vet GeckoDan can fill us in on that? Ill bet some A$$ has done experiments in the name of science along these lines.