“I have been bitten thousands of times, sometimes ripped wide open” – BrianSmith



“Trust me, by allowing the burmese to smell you first you will instantly identify yourself with the snake. The way to do it is to hold your hand under her thermal "radar", below her chin, until her tongue comes out and contacts your skin” – Brian Smith



I think Damon has been omitting a step or two from the protocol that experienced keepers follow with even smaller snakes to avoid stressing them out when initially approaching them after entering their cages.



-Joan

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• Cranky Burm - rsalib, Sat Mar 6 04:48:55 2004
• RE: Cranky Burm - BrianSmith, Sun Mar 7 12:11:18 2004
• RE: Cranky Burm - greensnake, Sun Mar 7 18:30:14 2004
• RE: Cranky Burm - Raven01, Mon Mar 8 09:16:33 2004
• RE: Cranky Burm - jfmoore, Sun Mar 7 22:31:07 2004
• RE: Cranky Burm - rsalib, Mon Mar 8 00:31:19 2004
• RE: Cranky Burm - BrianSmith, Mon Mar 8 01:38:57 2004
• RE:"Try my method and see for yourself." - jfmoore, Mon Mar 8 03:17:49 2004
• Is this the same advise that results ........ - Raven01, Mon Mar 8 09:07:39 2004
• No, that was never my *advice*....n/p - BrianSmith, Mon Mar 8 15:50:57 2004
• RE: I THINK so - jfmoore, Mon Mar 8 18:50:57 2004