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Post the dumbest thing you’ve ever done

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Posted by: Upscale at Sat Jun 3 19:27:24 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Upscale ]  
   

Or, things you learned the hard way...
For the benefit of those who are considering getting into hots I thought this could prove to be a helpful topic to get into. Maybe we could share some of those experiences that they just don’t write about in snake books...
Here’s my “dumbest thing I’ve ever done”

The first Diamondback I ever owned I bought from a reptile dealer located just west of Clewiston here in Florida. I couldn’t wait to get it home and check it out. This was before I had ever caught one. I slid it out of its bag and onto my bed in my room. I proceeded to pin it and grab it. (that’s not the dumb part) I was not even aware of their snarl and fang pumping thing, and it promptly got both fangs snagged into my bed spread. I spent the next ten minutes trying to untangle each fang with one hand as my very first moments of handling my new EDR. By the time I got it into the cage I had prepared, I was shaking and in a sweat. Hey newbie- never pin your rattlesnake on your bed!


   

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