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    Quote Originally Posted by whirlerz View Post
    OK, but what's that to do w/the nasty critters down there?

    We hardly ever see them.

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    I saw several Rattlers when i was in Texas. They're actually very polite Snakes. They let you know what's up. They start rattling you need to back the fuck up. They warn you before they bite you.
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    Default Re: Why I don't live in TX

    Quote Originally Posted by Raziel View Post
    I saw several Rattlers when i was in Texas. They're actually very polite Snakes. They let you know what's up. They start rattling you need to back the fuck up. They warn you before they bite you.
    Unfortunately, that's no longer always true. Instead of backing away, many humans kill the rattlesnake when hearing one. Now they're evolving so they don't rattle.

    https://www.nbc26.com/news/national/...es-expert-says

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    I had one for dinner, once. Tasted like... CHICKEN. Now that was a rural Missouri Rattler. Here we get the fuck outta dodge when we hear one. Missouri is overrun with goddamned Snakes!

    In Missouri they still Rattle, so i dunno...
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    Quote Originally Posted by slowpoke View Post
    We hardly ever see them.
    They see you tho! Watch out for the Snakes!


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    The Snakes don't really fuck with you, though. Most of them just don't want you fucking with THEM.

    Fuck with them and it could be YOUR ASS!
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    Well, sorry but I hear different.. A lady walked in a restaurant, she was just in the vestibule part, & she got bit.

    I'm not saying it happens all the time, but they turn up in places, they've been found in planes that have come from a hot climate


    Here: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/asia/...ntl/index.html


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    Default Re: Why I don't live in TX

    People have died from fire ant bites, and africanized bees were a problem a few years ago, although we do not hear much about them now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eagle2 View Post
    I've never had it, but I heard it taste like chicken.
    if its cooked right, and yes there are wrong ways to cook it which causes it to be stringy, it is firm and just like a fine filet. The norm is in finger sized portions though. The best place i ever had it was in New Smyrna Beach Florida at the Fish Camp on the Intercoastal.

    Doesnt taste like Chicken, it has a very distinct flavor that is just gator

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    Quote Originally Posted by eagle2 View Post
    Golf courses aren't safe either.

    Seen that clip before, the Gator has lived on the course for years, and its even written in the rules, that it is treated as an immovable hazard and you get a drop

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raziel View Post
    Everything in Australia not only WANTS to kill you, but CAN kill you.
    Even the greenery's fucked
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/asia/...ntl/index.html


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    Quote Originally Posted by whirlerz View Post
    Well, sorry but I hear different.. A lady walked in a restaurant, she was just in the vestibule part, & she got bit.

    I'm not saying it happens all the time, but they turn up in places, they've been found in planes that have come from a hot climate


    Here: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/asia/...ntl/index.html
    I did say MOST of them. It depends on the individual Snake. They have personalities, as well. Some of them are sour.
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    Ok...
    So you're pulling that out now lol


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    Quote Originally Posted by whirlerz View Post
    Ok...
    So you're pulling that out now lol
    Well, it's true!
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    Default Re: Why I don't live in TX

    If you can describe yourself as a "hard headed hippie"....You can be happy in Texas.

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    Not w/a water shortage, but sure, have @ it^

    Sour snakes, lmao.
    If I ever have the misfortune to be bitten, I'll have its personality evaluated
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    Well, if it bites you, and you didn't fuck with it, it's personality is obviously sour. Just an angry, irritable Snake. No evaluation needed. It has a Snake's version of a personality, but it does have one.

    You have to remember, it doesn't want to bite you and when it does it uses the least amount of venom it can. It's a waste. It can't eat you. It just wants you to go away! They only have so much Venom.

    Except for babies. Babies are fucking deadly. They don't know yet. They'll hit you with EVERYTHING they've got! Better have an Ambulance ready if you get bit by a baby!
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    Yes, I wrote about a lady in NM, wearing sandals, got bitten by a mother snake &5 babies..

    Hospital time, had to use a walker for a while.

    Being from.a cold climate, I wouldn't want to run into one, by moving to a hot climate.

    It sounded like they were surprised/startled, & bit as a result.


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    Can they bite through boots?

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    Depends on the boots, but they don't always go for your boots. Your Jeans are a goner.
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    Default Re: Why I don't live in TX

    You can buy snake resistant boots, snake resistant pants, snake resistant chaps, snake leggings/gaiters.

    https://www.snakeprotection.com/

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    Yeah, and how much do those cost. Cheaper to just back away. As i said, Missouri is overrun with fucking Snakes. They're all over the place.
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    There are links to numerous informative articles on that website.

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    I just back up. Like i said, Missouri is flippin overrun with snakes. I don't need snakeproof pants, i don't SWIM IN THE RIVER, so no Cottonmouths, either. I swim in POOLS. Fuck the river. The Mississippi is right next to us, but i'd never swim in that thing. It's disgusting.

    Edit to add: I don't go up in the Arch either. That thing fucking SWAYS. When you're six hundred feet in the air in a 60 year old structure, you don't want to be swaying around. It's like you're going up in a BEER CAN anyway! I mean, literally. The elevators are ROUND. I did it when i was a kid, i never wanna do it again. No desire whatsoever.
    Last edited by Raziel; 09-20-2020 at 12:31 PM. Reason: The Arch, for some reason
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    Well, I've heard of snakes being in pools too.


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