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illianareps
at Sun May 2 18:43:08 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by illianareps ]
in nature.A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine brought her daughter over to the house so that I could provide info for a Biology project that her daughter was working on.Lucy(daughter) was fascinated from the get go,however she had been exposed to snakes before,much to the chagrin of her mother.Patty was terrified from the second she set foot into the snake room.She stepped on the rubber hose of the shop vac and I was lucky she didn't have a heart attack.She did,however,touch a snake,and with a few more visits,I would bet that I could have her holding an animal.
Ironically,it seems that a lot of people who are scared of snakes wind up being snake nuts themselves.A woman named Grace Wiley was one of the first prominent females in herpetology.She wound up at the Brookfield Zoo.People couldn't believe that this little woman messed around with snakes.She was very careless and free handled Cobras,ect.Unfortunately,she died of a Cobra bite!
My wife was originally terrified,but now she handles them without a thought.

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- Females in the Boa business???? - srsnakes, Sat May 1 23:27:49 2004
- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - Lucien, Sun May 2 01:24:06 2004
- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - thecaiman, Sun May 2 02:25:26 2004
- Those are incredible! - ksshane, Sun May 2 04:41:30 2004
- Re: Females in the Boa business???? Hi Rose....... - refined, Sun May 2 08:01:29 2004

- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - hill4803, Sun May 2 08:17:47 2004
- I know what you are saying.. - LauraV, Sun May 2 08:40:33 2004
- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - LindaH, Sun May 2 09:01:26 2004
- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - Alyssa84, Sun May 2 09:21:04 2004
- Snake chics are cool!!!!!.......... - Hoppy, Sun May 2 09:57:17 2004
- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - Jeff Clark, Sun May 2 11:07:10 2004
- Right there with you girl!!!! - nerd_inc, Sun May 2 11:22:21 2004
- Personally, I think Herping is a hobby for everyone - East TN Reptile, Sun May 2 11:53:15 2004
- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - drimes, Sun May 2 13:33:27 2004
I feel that it is simply an exposure issue,educational - illianareps, Sun May 2 18:43:08 2004 
- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - raven01, Sun May 2 21:48:54 2004
- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - Amanda_Burke, Sun May 2 23:22:00 2004
- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - lolaophidia, Mon May 3 06:33:08 2004
- I know how you feel . . . - eurban2, Mon May 3 11:19:21 2004
- Yep, yep, and yep..... - VAReptileRescue, Mon May 3 17:07:12 2004
- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - red_eyed_magalie, Wed May 5 10:21:08 2004
- RE: Females in the Boa business???? - Bree_FYR, Wed May 5 10:31:07 2004
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