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.........simply unreal!!!

roach eating contestant death

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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Does the runner up get the snake now?

Gerry

Unreal. Did they figure out cause of death yet?

If I were a gambling man, my money would be on an allergic reaction, but the story says he was on his way to the bathroom to throw up, so who knows, maybe it was just a stomach bug!

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...sorry, too soon?

Hi Dave,....I think I am going with Nate on this one...........must have been a stomach bug!
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

you guys are too funny!

Dave

I would find the comments of those two gentlemen, showing a complete and utter disregard for the sanctity of human life... most appalling at the least... if I weren't certain that Mr. Archbold will be having the last laugh at this years Darwin Awards.

Gerry

Hmm, wonder where I got my sense of humor from... what's even funnier is that my response to your previous post was going to be something along the lines of, of course the runner-up gets the snake, since the "real" winner is pretty obviously going to get a Darwin Award... sick minds think alike!

my initial post was a toss up between the runner up theme and the stomach bug (which was inspired by a co-worker that had been absent for the two days previous to my post with the afore mentioned stomach bug).

Whoever raised you boy should be locked away before any more damage can be done.

Gerry/Dad

P.S. Whoever or whomever? I have a difficult time with those two.

First of all, my condolences to the family of the man who passed away. So very sad.

Second of all, this is NOT what the herp community needs at the moment, regarding the attention that this is bringing from the media. A roach-eating contest to win a ball python? Seriously? Are you kidding??

That contest alone gives off an impression that those who are into snakes are open to performing such ridiculous feats. Not that I care about what others think, but I am thinking about the big picture. Why couldn't the contest be something based around giving to charity, and then winning a ball python? Eating roaches? Come on!!

Those involved in the contest should be embarrased to have allowed such an event to happen, with the negative light that this attention can bring our hobby.

I wish people would think about the ramifications of performing such actions, such as juvenile contests such as that, that it can have, down the road, on others.

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From what I have read roach eating and other bug eating contests are fairly common around Halloween, so I'm not sure how much of a deal that part of it is.

I read elsewhere (ball python forums) that some people were upset that people were upset. They claimed that this event shows our true colors as being less of a community and more of an industry because the first thought many people had was selfish (what will this do to us?) not more empathetic (somebody died, children lost a father, etc). Especially when it is pointed out that the person who perished must have been part of this so-called herp community- who else would eat roaches for a ball python?

It might, if anything, put into relief the differences within the herp group. Some people do seem much more interested in the industry side, and others seem more into the natural history side.