What Are Some CrAzY Myths you've heard of?

[vipervenom]

I agree labomb. Heat rocks cook more critters than they warm up.

The biggest myth I still hear about snakes is ''Snakes are slimy" I completely freak out when they say that. Lol.

I think all of my cham myths were said. lol

[Snake Pliscan]

I'm not sure about the hot dogs, but I do know a gal who feeds her 10' Burmese warmed chicken tenders, whe she runs out of rats.

[Nicky]

my grade nine science teacher tried to tell us during biology that all snakes laid eggs, I ended up having to bring in a reptiles magazine with death adders and thier babies lol.

I've also had kids from my school try to tell me they found 6-7 foot long garter snakes lol.

[Lrptls]

beleive me or not but there ARE snakes that eat hot dogs. i was watching a tv show about animals and they were discusing animals that take over places. this one island is infested with this one type of snake not native to the island. its some time of brown snake. but it is eating EVERY THING, almost all of their native birds are going endangerd because the snakes are eating them and i saw it with my own eyes they had real footage of a snake going into a garbage can and eating a hot dog! suposedly they will eat just about any thing meat or animal and they reproduce like crazy. you can believe me or not but it was a real show and actual footage.

[wiseman001]

I once herd that there is a Plant in the wild jungles of borneo, which holds some sort of secret,
I don't know.. its suppose to have something to do with some big snakes... i think it makes them grow

Anyways.. maybe i'll see if I can find them in the internet and have one shipped..to canada..

I bet the flower smells really good, and gets the snakes HIGH if they ( SNAKES ) smell it.. and they grow..

anyways thats what I herd...

[dank7oo]

An interesting theory - LOL

Jason

[kinyonga]

You asked..."Could that not be true? It is a supremely vague statement as venomous does not detail the level of toxicity. It just explains that it will cause some reaction." and you said..."After claiming that "all snakes are venomous", the site also goes onto say, "However, the venom produced by a majority of snakes simply can have no serious effect on us, at least in the doses delivered by one or even several bites. In many cases, the worst effect would be a mild swelling around the bite."


The above two things do not contradict each other. Just because it says that all snakes are venomous and then says that some venoms have no affect on humans doesn't contradict the original statement that all are venomous.
Its like spiders....some bites are bad for humans (black widow for
instance) while the normal house spider may give you no worse of a bite than a mosquito....but I'm sure I read that all spiders have venom.

Also, just because the snakes have venom, doesn't mean that they have a way to inject it...so thus we consider them to be non-venomous. My thought was that it might be worth being careful if anyone ever cuts up one of the snakes that is called non-venomous in the area near where the venom would be so
that it doesn't get into a cut. Better to be safe than sorry!?

Here are a few more sites concerning "non-venomous" snakes....
http://wildasia.net/borneo/main/Fea_...horrors_4.html
"all snakes are venomous. Just like spiders,
almost snakes produce a suite of enzymes or chemicals in one form or another in their mouths.
Strictly speaking, all of these can be considered venomous, in that they attack tissue. However, the
venom produced by a majority of snakes simply
can have no serious effect on us, at least in the doses delivered
by one or even several bites. In many cases, the worst effect would be a mild swelling around the bite."


http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

"But non-venomous snakes lacked the delivery system to make them lethal to humans."

http://mn.essortment.com/petsnakeinform_rtwj.htm
"Many snakes produce venom because they possess a Duvernoy gland, which is associated with venom production. Some very common snakes like garter snakes and hog snakes have Duvernoy's glands."


http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...p/t-30622.html
"These snakes typically have smaller quantities of venom and lack fangs, but they can still deliver their venom via their numerous sharp teeth,"


Back to myths....
These are myths to do with chameleon husbandry...but they might be of interest anyhow....
http://www.chameleonnews.com/myths.html

Chameleons live entirely on air...

All lizards have legs.....

Snakes can hypnotize you with their stare...

You get warts from touching toads....

Its okay to carve your name into a tortoise's shell....

Its okay to poke a hole in a tortoise's shell and attach a chain so it won't run away.....

Reptiles are easy to care for and they make great pets for young children....

[galad]

Wiseman you over heard someone talking about the second anaconda movie. lol
It was a bit better then the first one, but the idea that the flower (i beleave they called it a blood orchid) has powers to make you live for anouther hundred years is alittle far fetched.
Anyways in the movie they said that because snakes never stop growing untill they die and this food source made them live for hundreds of years, it caused them to grow massive. lol

Aside from that the computer generated snakes looked alot better then the stupid robot they used in the first one. lol


peace

[vipervenom]

Haha, kinyonga, your last myth is so true!

Just curious though, kids as in how old?

[galad]

Oh a good myth that was just busted by the myth busters on discovery channel.

Daddy long legs are the most toxic spider in the world there fangs are just too small to penitrate human skin.

lol

peace

[labomb]

I heard that before somewhere........

[vipervenom]

And the outcome was..?

Lol, I heard that as well, but didn't beleive it because if their fangs were to weak, why would it have the venom int he first place, and that powerful?

So I'm guessing it was proved wrong. Lol.

[kinyonga]

To vipermom...
Re: age of children...
I don't remember any specific age being mentioned....but I would hope that any child would be supervised (up to a certain age) when he/she was old enough to have a reptile as a pet...for the safety of the pet and the child. IMHO, the age at which I would no longer supervise my child with a reptile would depend on the child and the reptile.

Why did you ask..if you don't mind telling me?

[galad]

The outcome on myth busters was they busted the myth.

They used a strong microscope to zoom in on the spiders fangs after they put it to sleep. Then they used electric pulses to make the venom come out, and a tiny hair sized pipet to exract it.

They then injected a lab mouse with the venom, at the same time they injected an equal amount of black widow venom into anouther lab mouse.

the one with the black widow vemon died. While there was only mild effects on the mouse injected with the daddy long legs venom.

They then made a chamber for one of the guys to stick his arm into, with about 50 daddy long legs. AFter about half an hour one finally bit him. And did nothing but cause a mild irritation that when away in not even 30 seconds.

The greatest t.v show on today other then simpsons, family guy and king of the hill.


peace

[vipervenom]

Haha, kinyonga, I totally agree. I just asked because some people completely underestimate herpers who are under the ages of 18, and although the majority do not have the proper experience, there are still many of us who are gaining it, have lots already, or are packed full of knowledge. No harm done, and no offense taken. I was just curious.