So I decided to conduct some serious research to determine if a person can successfully imitate Pits.

1) Looking Cute While Hissing
My San Diego Gopher hisses regularly. At 10 inches long it's quite amusing to hear her act tough. So I decided to replicate this behavior in a public setting to see if I could also look cute while hissing.
At 5'10" with a shaved head and beard, my hissing was taken as a sign of aggression/lunacy. I was avoided and possibly worried more than a few mothers.

2) Rattling the tail.
Both the San Diego and the Sanoran do this from time to time and it makes a cool sound so I decided to try it out myself.
Since I don't have a tail, I just shook my ass on some dry leaves. This was not comfortable and it didn't produce a buzzing sound.

3) Hissing While Eating.
Every time I feed my Ghost Sanoran Gopher he hisses. He never hisses at any other time, only while eating. I thought that maybe this was somehow enjoyable to him so I decided to test it out and see how it felt to a human.
DO NOT DO THIS! Rice can shoot several feet out of a human nose while simultaneously lodging a few grains in your sinuses that provide severe discomfort and take a few minutes of snorting and making strange faces to remove.

There you have it. There's at least 3 things that Pits can do that people can't. Hope you enjoyed the results of my 'scientific' study.
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1.0.0 Great Plains Ratsnake
1.0.0 Corn, Lavender Aztec het for Amel
0.1.0 Black Ratsnake
0.0.1 Texas Rat (tame)
1.0.0 Broad Banded Water Snake, Hypo
1.0.0 Black Bassador Retriever
2.1.0 Godchildren, 1 Evil, 2 possible hets

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• Pits Can/People Can't - trolligans, Wed Jun 3 12:56:43 2009
• RE: Pits Can/People Can't - MikeMurphy, Wed Jun 3 12:58:54 2009
• RE: Pits Can/People Can't - camby, Wed Jun 3 17:27:16 2009
• RE: Pits Can/People Can't - amarty, Wed Jun 3 20:59:08 2009
• RE: Pits Can/People Can't - trolligans, Fri Jun 5 08:37:58 2009
• You're not all there are you? - jodscovry, Fri Jun 5 16:06:01 2009
• Hilarious! - reako45, Sun Jun 7 23:06:54 2009
• RE: Pits Can/People Can't - robthroat, Mon Jun 15 07:57:49 2009