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i don't know how many saw the man-eater pythons but its sick and so one sided it made me gag i posted on a forum on animal planet i was hoping other herps would also feel this way and write animal planet to let them how this effected us in adding yet another bad name plz help

thanks joseph
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0.1 ball (gothica)
0.1 retic (puncy baby)
3.4 corns (normals ghost albino ockatte)
0.1 boa (red tail)
1.0 rose hair (charlet)
0.1 iguana (igg-o-mus)
a dog a ferret and hundreds of mice and rats

I agree. He's an idiot. I'd like to see Jeff Corwin smack him in the mouth. What's the AP link?

Ditto, At least Jeff Corwin knows what he's doing..
Haven't seen the supposed idiot, although the idea of spraying a Viper with water and getting it to drink is interesting.. from what I've heard, he's really fouled up
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2.4.1 Leos
1.1.13(eggs) Beardie
2.0 Burm
0.1 Common Boa
0.0.1 Sand Fish
0.2 Desert Tortoise hatchlings
Wish for: Candoia Sp, Frilled D, BTS

He caught a large soft shelled turtle and was explaining how dangerous the turtles mouth was. "Razor sharp" he says and then sticks his foot in front of it. Of course the thing takes a bite at him and takes a good sized chunk of leather out of the top of the toe area of his boot. And then he says, "that was dumb, I could have lost a toe"!! Dude, if I was to catch a common or alligator snapper that size, there is no way I would ever put any part of my body near its mouth!!!

Then he is free handling a mangrove snake and trying to piss it off so he can get a shot of its mouth open. Then the spitting cobra, and the king cobra, and etc.

Not good for unfamiliar people to be watching, and then go out and try to imitate him with our native venomous herps.

And we wonder why us herpers get such a bad rap!!

Atleast Jeff Corwin shows the animals respect and handles them cautiously.

I would watch Jeff over Irwin or Austin any day!!
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RATS
1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Yellow rat snake "Wolverine" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)

MILKS
0.0.1 Eastern Milk snake "Cable" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern/Red milk intergrade "Omega Red" (KY locale)
Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

Writing Animal Planet and supporting the shows you like will go along way to getting rid of shows like Austin Stevens. If you like Corwin write letters . If dislike Austin Stevens write also.
TV companies will listen to viewers. But boycotting a show helps to. Don't watch the the show and tell friends not to watch. Hurt the ratings.

Jim Harrison