Nanci
Alien Lover
I'm on a list serve for ultra running. Yesterday I spotted a post entitled "Snakes." Oh goody, I thought, someone with a cool snake story. But oh, no, it was someone who apparently surprised a rattler who struck at her immediatley after rattling. So now she's nervous about running and rattlers.
The follow up posts were what I found amusing:
On Jun 19, 2007, at 6:06 PM, Jimmy wrote:
> Somewhere a snake is writing on a snake listserv about the runner who
> ssscared the crap out of it...
"Yes, but you know those damn snakes... only the one consonant and no
vowels, so not a damn one of 'em understands what that rattler's trying
to say. They're all like, "Oh, here goes Jerry again with the 'sssss'
this and the 'sssss' that. Get over it already, Jerry." Only Jerry's got
no flippin' idea they're saying that, cause damn ol' snakes -- they all sound alike."
"Jennifer, My rattler encounters are limited to Northern Pacific Rattlesnake, which is a pretty mild one as rattlers go. Sometimes they can't even be
bothered to rattle at you (which, if you think about it, is actually a
little hairier than being rattled at.) Anyway, I've never been jumped
at. Some species are more aggressive than others. It's a pretty safe bet
it wasn't a cobra. (Unless you live in India/Asia
somewhere.) I got no advice.
I can sympathize with John's water moccasin story. THAT's a MEAN damn
snake. Those buggers'll come at you just out of spite. Chris"
Of course, there had to be the inevitable water moccasin attack story...
Nanci
The follow up posts were what I found amusing:
On Jun 19, 2007, at 6:06 PM, Jimmy wrote:
> Somewhere a snake is writing on a snake listserv about the runner who
> ssscared the crap out of it...
"Yes, but you know those damn snakes... only the one consonant and no
vowels, so not a damn one of 'em understands what that rattler's trying
to say. They're all like, "Oh, here goes Jerry again with the 'sssss'
this and the 'sssss' that. Get over it already, Jerry." Only Jerry's got
no flippin' idea they're saying that, cause damn ol' snakes -- they all sound alike."
"Jennifer, My rattler encounters are limited to Northern Pacific Rattlesnake, which is a pretty mild one as rattlers go. Sometimes they can't even be
bothered to rattle at you (which, if you think about it, is actually a
little hairier than being rattled at.) Anyway, I've never been jumped
at. Some species are more aggressive than others. It's a pretty safe bet
it wasn't a cobra. (Unless you live in India/Asia
somewhere.) I got no advice.
I can sympathize with John's water moccasin story. THAT's a MEAN damn
snake. Those buggers'll come at you just out of spite. Chris"
Of course, there had to be the inevitable water moccasin attack story...
Nanci
