glad I am not in that 98% you actually wouldn't find a venomous animal in my house. I would like to have one, and my thoughts are more for the animal, rather than my own enjoyment. While I do have a couple reptiles, all non-dangerous, my venomous thoughts are already illegal where I live. My dream has been to raise Timber rattlers, only to bread and release back to the wild, since they are endangered here, but Ohio law prevents owning them, even for the purpose of bringing their numbers back up. I can understnad the law though, that is why I follow it. Because, if you were to raise these snakes in captivity and handle them as so many people would do, they probably would not last in the wild, but I believe that given the proper caging and NEVER handling them in captivity would give them much better chances of growing with their wild instincts, and therefor a better chance of survival in the wild. Oh well.



Now, since you say we would be suprised who you are, pray tell, who are you? If you are as out spoken as you seem to act behind your mask of a screen name.



as for "taking one to know one" you may honestly be suprised if we actually had a real talk on my thoughts and feelings towards these animals. I have only owned two animals due to them just being "cool" one of them is my rottweiler, which is one of the happiest animals I have ever seen, I don't think she is really against my having her. The second is my Albino Tiger Oscar, such a gracefull pretty animal, I just had to have her. Again though, the care, and diet she receives is top notch. She may not like my choice of plants in her aquarium (she pulls them out on a daily basis, I have to replant them every morning), but she is very activeand happy in her home I have created for her. My other pets are mostly rescue animals, that I took over on so that they would not be killed by the owners that had them before me.



I am glad to see that you said only 98% own these animals for the wrong reason. It is nice to see that someone recognizes that not everyone is in this hobby for the wrong reasons. I am someone that recognizes the beauty of these animals, as well as there requirements and know that many of the animals that people are talking about in these forums should not be kept for pets. I find it a shame whenever someone posts a picture of there "pet" cobra on their carpet or kitchen floor. Do these people really have any idea how many germs and filth they are introducing these animals to? An interesting fact that many people do not know, the dirtiest place in your whole home is your bed (including your pillows), the second is your carpeting, vacuming it is just not enough.



I only wish I could have been born into a life more like Steve Irwins (perhaps a bit less dopey). I would love to do work that actually helps the animals, and their native invironments. But that does not mean I will ever support a group as radical as PETA. While I am not against everything they say, I am probably against roughly 90% of it.

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