I was flipping through channels today and stopped at A&E! Billy the exterminator had a Diamond backed water snake-(NERODIA RHOMBIFER) held extremely tight behind the head.He was explaining with all his great knowledge that this snake was a Yellow bellied water snake-(NERODIA ERYTHROGASTER)----I have little use for ignorance in people that try to educate people with the wrong fact's! The reason I'm saying anything about this is for the simple fact that one other time I was watching him, he goes in to a house because of a reported snake on the loose, find's the snake and is confused on what it was when any 12 year old herper could have told him that the snake was a large Texas Rat Snake! Anyway I just had to vent to my fellow herper's what a complete IGNORANT MORON this guy is, and if I were beside him,I would have taking those stupid glasses off him and mashed them on the ground for putting a death grip on a harmless animal like that! Oh yeah,one more thing! He said that even though this snake was not venomous that it's saliva could cause really bad infection's! Sorry--I have been bit by every North American nerodia in existence darn near and never ever never have I ever, had a even a slight infection from it! You would have to have a severe immune deficiency to have any complication's from said bite!Anyway have a good one and happy herping!!

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