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laurarfl
at Wed Jan 23 08:01:35 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by laurarfl ]
I do educational shows as well and the #1 question I get is whether my python or boa is "poisonous". After I tell them the difference between venomous and poisonous (grin), I answer, "No."
The problem is that people are taught venomous snakes have a vertical pupil, and pythons have a vertical pupil. That's the only thing I can figure out. Oh yeah, and people are amazed that snakes do not poo out of the end of their tails like an earthworm (slapping forehead).
That show sounds like a real winner. I saw one recently called Pets Gone Wild focused on a raging circus elephant. First of all, an elephant isn't a pet. Secondly, the commentator had a psychoanalysis of the elephant explaining how the elephant was feeling, etc. It was like 30 min of Human Society propaganda! Eew.
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