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Posted by: DMong at Wed Feb 17 21:04:52 2010  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]  
   

It's a good thing that you want to get educated answers from experienced people for sure, but I would strongly suggest getting some good snake books and read as much as possible about the ones you might be interested in. It is virtually impossible for even a very well-seasoned herper to tell you much in a couple of paragraphs in a forum response. On forums, you really just get bits and pieces here and there at best. You need to get more thorough, "well-rounded" information that many books can offer.



To be quite honest, I think many people are far too dependent on the internet for their answers nowadays. Sure it is great for many things, but not absolutely "everything" is what I'm trying to say here. What's good about having many snake books, is the fact that you can refer to them over and over(which is VERY important in my opinion), whenever you want. And I am only telling you this because I have been doing this very heavily since 1968. Yes, an "old-fart" to some, but a very snake-experienced one..LOL!



Good luck in your quest for snake knowledge, if you really want it, you will certainly find ways of getting it.





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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"



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