What kind of snake is this?

[LLinz]

Children are way scarier then an unidentified snake, IMO

[ilovemypets1988]

well that is very true, as an old sayng goes, an animal is much more affraid of us than we are of it.

also i would like you all to consider this, for those of us that are both, reptile keepers and parents, our children will be very well educated on animals and would normally know what to do in a snakey encounter out in the wild, and how to identify the snake as there curiosity would make them wanna find out as much as they can about the wild animals in there surrounding area and those children that have the honours of having reptiles at home would be more inclined to do this research s they can be "cool" to all of there friends.

also another thing to consider is, wouldnt it be more beneficial to educate our children with what lives in our surrounding areas, so that they know whether or not to stay away from these living beings and also so that they can identify the animal and also help other people with there knowledge so that they dont harm the animals, after all, children are our future and if we dont educate them know, these animals wont be around for much longer.

we are making examples as they learn from what we do as we are the people who children look up to, to be shown what to do and killing an animal is just showing the children of today to do the same thing. knowledge is power and i think that its time that we carried this power over and handed it to the future selves.

[marvelfreak]

Originally Posted by sassy_snake_lady

Until you are in that situation you don't know how you would react.

This is so true. If the snake moving towards your child, you only have a slit second to reacted, and you have know clue if it's deadly or not i would hope you would protected you child. You can say you'll do this or that, but truthfully until our in that situation an have a second to decide you don't know what you'll do. As a parent your childs safety should come first and foremost over any animal. Period!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by marvelfreak

This is so true. If the snake moving towards your child, you only have a slit second to reacted, and you have know clue if it's deadly or not i would hope you would protected you child. You can say you'll do this or that, but truthfully until our in that situation an have a second to decide you don't know what you'll do. As a parent your childs safety should come first and foremost over any animal. Period!!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely 100% in agreement which is why i would grab my child and run away from the wild animal - or put myself between the animal and the child. I can honestly say my first thought would be to get away, not to kill the animal in question.

[ilovemypets1988]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Absolutely 100% in agreement which is why i would grab my child and run away from the wild animal - or put myself between the animal and the child. I can honestly say my first thought would be to get away, not to kill the animal in question.

totally agree with you there, its funny how some people try to warrant killing an animal in certain situations when theres always an escape route, an animal comes from 1 side, that leaves 3 more sides to escape to!