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A friend in another forum lives in Tokyo. He is worried his pyro is being unduly effected by the recent earthquake and aftershocks. She is being more active and he is concerned about stress. He said a friends gecko died of stress from this event.
What do you all think?
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.
With all due respect, I would think the snake is the least of his worries. The fires, flooding, nuclear reactor explosion, 3000 destroyed buildings and 1700 dead people would be a much bigger concern in my mind.
My thoughts exactly..
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
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Wow...It's not really all about the snakes. How about some empathy for people who are hurting? Maybe we should take our heads out of our cages?
When horrific events of such magnitude happen people very often will focus on one small thing they can actually deal with. I've seen people after a tornado searching the rubble of their houses for little keepsakes like family photo albums. Something comforting to do amidst the chaos.
USGS scientists say massive force of quake moved island 8 feet east
By The Denver Post
Posted: 03/12/2011 01:00:00 AM MST
The quake Friday occurred in what is called a subduction zone, where one of the Earth's tectonic plates is sliding beneath another. In this case, the Pacific plate is sliding beneath the North American plate at a rate of about 3 inches a year.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of about 15 miles. Although relatively shallow by global standards, that is about normal for quakes in this zone, said Emily So, an engineer with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden.
So said that based on her agency's calculations, the quake was of magnitude 8.9.
According to USGS scientist Brian Atwater, "The energy radiated by this quake is nearly equal to one month's worth of energy consumption" in the United States.
the force of the earthquake was so strong that it moved the Japanese island of Honshu 8 feet to the east, said USGS geophysicist Ken Hudnut.
It also sped up the Earth's rotation by 1.6 microseconds, according to NASA.
In a subduction quake that occurs underwater, as this one did, the sudden movement of a portion of one of the plates can displace enormous amounts of water, triggering a tsunami. As the tsunami waves approach shallow coastal areas, they tend to increase in height.
The devastation often comes from a succession of waves, with the first few being relatively small. The waves can propagate across oceans at speeds of 500 mph or greater.
With Friday's quake occurring only about 80 miles offshore, people in the closest coastal areas would not have had much time to evacuate.
Loma Prieta still gives me nightmares about the roof falling on me in my sleep, and I was way up at Donner Lake when that hit. Just can't imagine how it would feel to see my whole town go floating by on a tsunami wave. Maybe I'd just want to think about my snakes...
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.
It's gonna be way higher than 1700 
Friend of mine was supposed to fly to Tokyo on a business trip the day that happened; so damn glad he hadn't made it over.
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I remember in the 70's during that time of the big earthquake my snakes acted strange. I guess animals sense those things.
I wonder about dogs and cats? Do they run away from home or seek shelter?
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Animals, everything from centipedes and toads to dogs and birds, have been observed to act strangely before an earthquake.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.
What did your snakes do? I have been curious about this as I live in an area that is overdue for a major quake. Haven't noticed anything strange before minor quakes.
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Nick Puder
www.rnpreptiles.com
id say feed it, im sure they can sense it but i would imagine they dont really fear it, could be wrong just an opinion.
reason i say feed it is, an old trick for picky feeders was/is to box them up and go for a ride in the car. which i can only imagine is similiar to a quake, seems silly but the jostleing around seems to trigger a feedeing response of sorts, also imho why most snakes that have been shipped will eat the same day recieved which is also best to help settle them in slso imho
,,,,,,,,thomas
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I am very familiar with opening a shipping box to hungry baby snakes! LOL! I always offer food and they usually eat right away. Concerning earthquakes, I don't think it would be scary to the snake unless something fell on or started to crush the snake. Snakes don't worry about the future; the next after shock. Repeated shocks can be disturbing, though.
The last time I felt an earthquake it woke me up at 5 in the morning. I thought a train was going by, as there was this low roar and everything was shaking. Then I realized there are no train tracks near me.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.
Hey Bob,
It's human nature to think about the things we care about (no matter how small or seemingly insignificant they may be, in the grand sceme of things), when imagining "What would I do if..." and while in the comfort of one's home, 7000 miles away. We have that luxury.
Of course, I agree if you were there, busy running for your life from a 13 foot surge, or clinging to your rooftop, as trucks, buildings and boats are floating by, you probably wouldn't think to much about your pet snake. You would be thinking about your loved ones - spouse, family, friends. But then again, either before or after that, you might think about your beloved little pet, and for the reasons you stated, Bob. How many people who've lived through a residential fire, tried (either successfully or unsuccessfully) to save a pet. It happens ALL the time. So people DO think about these things DURING a tragedy, AS it's occurring. Just ask any first responder who has the crappy job of restraining someone from running back in to their fully engulfed home in an attempt to save "Rascal", the family cat.
While watching the news, as the tsunami just keep on going, literally wiping out everything in its path, I absolutely had thoughts of "What the hell would I do...and how would I try to save my wife, family, and yes - my pets too". This is human nature. It's just another level of compassion some people have. To think of these things, or raise these questions in a kingsnake forum, does not lessen, or minimize the loss of human life suffered by the Japanese, and everything else, they, as a people are going through right now. I've been praying for them every day and will continue to. HOW DEVASTATING THIS HAS GOT TO BE, FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO'S LOST IT ALL. I am so thankful, for being born an American, living on the US mainland, having not (so far in my lifetime), lived through a major disaster like the ones we always see and hear about elsewhere in the world.
And for the record, in the event of a Tsunami warning that was imminent, yet allowed me 10-15 min, I would grab my wife and dog, Haylee, and head to the roof...after pulling out all my snake's tubs, setting them free. It would be every snake for himself. Not making light of the situation...I'm just saying - You gotta have a plan! LOL!
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