When-I-was-young-and-lived-in-NY-I-had-water-dragons.....I-had-them-in-a-6-foot-long-cage-with-a-glass-front-I-origonally-built-so-my-parakeets-could-fly-back-and-forth-and-get-excercise.....Unfortunatly,-there-were-too-many-drafts-and-I-think-the-air-was-too-dry-to-keep-the-water-dragons-and-they-stopped-eating-and-died......The-petstore-ran-out-of-crickets-for-a-few-weeks-and-all-I-had-to-feed-them-were-meal-worms......That-may-have-been-the-main-reason-they-died,-but-when-keeping-reptiles-in-NY-I-suggest-a-tank-where-the-humidity-and-drafts-can-be-controled.

I-used-to-go-swimming-in-the-gorges-in-Ithaca-and-we-used-to-lie-out-on-these-big-flat-rocks-and-enjoy-the-sun,-the-ganga-and-usually-some-beer.....There-were-these-huge-fat-water-snakes-that-were-all-over-the-place...They-could-get-really-aggressive-and-curl-up-and-strike-if-spooked....I'm-pretty-sure-they-were-water-moccasins-as-they-had-the-wide-diomond-shaped-heads-where-venomn-sacs-would-be.....I-never-got-bit,-but-one-tme-I-had-a-girlfriend-and-we-were-on-the-flat-rocks-sunbathing-and-there-was-a-whole-bunch-all-wrapped-up-in-a-bush-a-few-feet-away......We-left-them-alone-and-they-left-us-alone....

I-also-remember-when-I-was-in-Hawaii-as-a-kid-snorkeling-on-a-coral-reef,and-a,striped-coral-snake-started-swimming-toward-me......I-never-swam-so-fast-in-my-life!!!.....I-had-fins-on-and-paddled-my-way-right-up-onto-the-sand-like-a-freak-on-speed.....It-scaired-the-crap-out-of-me.....

Boss......You've-never-picked-up-garter-snakes-before?......They're-harmless-but-for-the-piss-if-they-are-scaird.....I-used-to-put-them-in-my-pockets.

haha I used to catch snakes at my grandma's house during the summer. Actually, just found a footlong gardner snake out by our birdbath about 1/2 hour ago, cute lil bugger

The first time i was bitten by a snake was (of course) catching them at my grandmas house. I caught a little baby gardner snake (maybe 2 inches max). iIwas cupping it in my palm when it bit me right in the middle. It didn't even hurt, kinda felt like velvet.

I'm more of an animal person than anyone I've ever met, but, and this is a secret, I can't *stand* snakes. I can't even look at one on TV. It's the only animal I've ever harmed. One was crossing the road toward my friend's horses so I got out of the car and shot the little spawn of Satan. It was a great shot, too. It entered at the base of the head and traveled down the body filleting it open as it went. I even appreciate the possum in my yard because they eat snakes.....let's hear it for possum!

Zambize

i love snakes... LOVE!!!... i have over 30 snakes in my house right now... 15 of them are venomous... i also have about 70 eggs incubating in the incubator...