A few photographs of my critters - part 1

**millertime89** · 03-03-12, 01:09 AM

Korbin, you're evil
CrocDoc those are some amazing pictures. Make sure you instill the fear of god in your niece though. Its the people that get comfortable with a deadly snake's typical mannerisms that will ultimately get bit. I wish you could take more pictures. I would carry my good camera with me all the time if I lived in Queensland.

crocdoc · 03-03-12, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by millertime89

Make sure you instill the fear of god in your niece though.

I presume you don't mean literally (as that's an unlikely thing to happen)

She understands the safe distance for that particular red-bellied blacksnake, but also knows that other snakes (both species and individuals) are different and would be more likely to give them a lot more space. It's far better for people to not be fearful of snakes and I've tried to instill in her that the best thing to do when she sees a snake is nothing. Even the most easily agitated of venomous snakes will not bite unless stimulated to do so. Consequently, the person standing calmly around almost never gets bitten, but the person jumping around in fear or the person trying to kill the snake may.