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Ignorance kills. . .little gruesome. . .
idaviss
May 10, 2006 07:00 PM
Replies (8)
idaviss
May 10, 2006 07:00 PM
*mummbles*
idaviss
May 10, 2006 07:01 PM
. . . 
idaviss
May 10, 2006 07:02 PM
kids. . .no. . .parents!
tbrock
May 10, 2006 07:51 PM
Terrible, but true, this happens all the time. The parents are as bad or worse than the kids where I live. Most seem to feel it is their civic duty to exterminate every snake on sight on the off chance it is venemous. -TB
Sighthunter
May 11, 2006 12:20 AM
My daughters are taught reasonable fear they ask if it is ok to touch. One day my daughter which handles spiders, jJunebugs etc.. screamed out ahhh a spider! I asked her who said they are bad since she handled them previously? She said they squash them in school. Now she sets them strait.
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reako45
May 11, 2006 12:43 AM
Glad I'm not alone. I teach my 7 y.o. daughter the same thing. Changing the world one young herper at a time.
reako45
KevColubrid
May 11, 2006 02:17 AM
You have no idea how many red bellied snakes, ground snakes, baby black rat snakes, prarie kingsnakes, basically any snake that's brown that I've seen killed by ignorant people who are taught that basically any brown snake is a copperhead. Same thing with water snakes, I've seen dozens of them dead, probably killed by people who assume that any snake in the water is a cottonmouth. It's rediculous.
epidemic
May 25, 2006 09:20 AM
Those of you who are teaching your own children responsible stewardship are to be commended, but those who take the message to the masses, by contributing time educating civic groups and class rooms full of children are to be highly commended.
I am certain we have all seen it, but it takes only moments for an individual to go from completely phobic of snakes, to curious,to wanting one of their own; once they are exposed, in a positive manner, to such.
I too have seen many instances of ignorant destruction. I recall driving past a ranch in South Texas and seeing many large, black snakes dangling from a barbed wire fence, upon closer inspection, I found that someone had killed almost 20 D. m erebennus (Texas indigos) and hung them on their fence for display.
Keep spreading the word, as not all ignorance is bliss!
Best regards,
Jeff
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947
