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Well...with all of the serious stuff regarding venomous snakes..I thought a little croc action was in order...

How do you spell OUCH!!
Croc Bite

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The reason congressmen try so hard to get re-elected is that they would hate to have to live under the laws they've passed.

sooner or later you're gonna get burned. That was horrible. Before the poor guy even got bit, I was thinkin "this idiot is ASKING for it." Well he got it all right! Though i DO feel bad for him, that was absolutely brutal.

Now, that was about as stupid as it gets. You're right it wasn't Steve Irwin, but you know what? It's only a matter of time for him, too (or one of his kids). The really sad thing is that this guy probably makes less than $5.00 a day for doing that. Now he'll be unemployed in China. A less than enviable position in life.....

Contrary to popular belief, a functioning brain is necessary for successfully working with dangerous animals. Our ability to reason is what supposedly sets us apart from the animals (well, that plus the fact that we're not afraid of vacuum cleaners), and gives us the "advantage" that allows us to keep them under control in a captive environment. Displays like this really point out the fact that we don't always use that ability. This guy was using the animal to entertain a paying crowd...not educate them but entertain them. I think they got their money's worth...they got a little education in the process.
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We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Couldnt help but laugh my butt off. The guy just seemed way too complacent about it. Man, sucks to be him.
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Tom
TCJ Herps
"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"

That young man exceeded his. I have worked with 'gators & crocs as well as a wide variety of venomous snakes. I have told more than one person that the crocodilians are at least as dangerous as the snakes if for no other reason than that there is no antivenin for 'gator bite.

~~Greg~~

..anyone who doesn't think that a motionless croc, isn't calculating its next move, is completely oblivious to their higher evolutionary superiority to serpents!

MH
www.matabuey.com

>>That young man exceeded his. I have worked with 'gators & crocs as well as a wide variety of venomous snakes. I have told more than one person that the crocodilians are at least as dangerous as the snakes if for no other reason than that there is no antivenin for 'gator bite.
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>> ~~Greg~~

I have long believed that all of these animals are much underestimated. Some people seem to have a notion that just because a hospital is nearby they have an acceptable risk to take in handling venomous animals, even if a specific antivenin isn't quickly available. They don't understand how some of these venoms work....

I also believe that the Crocodilians and the truly big boids are underestimated as well...maybe more so than the venomous snakes. The fact is, dead is dead. There aren't varying degrees of dead. A very large Python is just as capable of killing a human being as a King Cobra. So is an Alligator or Crocodile. I have always been actually MORE apprehensive when working with these animals than I have been working with venomous snakes. At least you can get out of the way of a venomous snake after it bites you and you have a chance of securing it. If a big Python or Croc grabs you, chances are you can't get away from it. That's the way they are designed....
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We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson

>>I also believe that the Crocodilians and the truly big boids are underestimated as well...maybe more so than the venomous snakes. ... At least you can get out of the way of a venomous snake after it bites you and you have a chance of securing it. If a big Python or Croc grabs you, chances are you can't get away from it. That's the way they are designed....

Put it another way, if you have just been bitten by a venomous snake, you usually have several hours to do something about it. If you are in the coils of a 20 ft retic, then you have 1-2 minutes for SOMEONE ELSE to do something about it, and pretty much the same applies to crocs.

Cheers,

Wolfgang
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...assuming that there is someone else around. That's another thing...people keep these big Pythons at home and work them alone. Not the best plan in the world. Usually the attitude is "That snake is puppy-dog tame. I've had him since he was a hatchling." They think they have some sort of "relationship" with their snake. It's the same line of thought that prompts people to free-hand big Gaboons and such. Maybe they do have a relationship with the snake, but I can guarantee that the snake has no such relationship with them. Familiarity breeds comtempt, contempt kills.
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We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Ralph Waldo Emerson