Comments on: Why Indiana Jones Was Right to be Scared of Snakes

By: Bakedpotatoes

Bakedpotatoes — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:40:53 +0000

“They might take over”

Yep. Good for them.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:19:14 +0000

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

By: Eve

Eve — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:58:05 +0000

I wouldn’t be too worried about snakes taking over town. Recent (as of 2010) studies show that snake populations are declining. Humans are thriving. High five, everybody. We’re winning the war on biodiversity. :(

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0609/Global-mystery-Why-are-snakes-dying-off

By: meta

meta — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:41:06 +0000

ok that video with the baby vs. snake. was so weird. i like that the baby was like “i am going to get ya”. who would of known that a defanged cobra will keep your child so entertained. thanks for that video!!

By: Dolly

Dolly — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:59:47 +0000

I love snakes, too, and had many pet snakes as a farm kid — my sister and I used to delight in bringing them in from the fields and scaring our mother with them, but we would drape them over our shoulders and let them coil around our arms — no “inherent” fear whatsoever. They are gorgeous creatures. Anyway, I’m sorry to see them vilified. A fond memory from a “hippie” school my children attended back in the early 70s is of the mascot boa constrictor (named Chekhov) placidly coiling across the upper body of my 2-year-old daughter. She was delighted and giggled at the sensation. All the kids loved that snake. I think that psychologically, a fear of snakes is supposed to be linked with a fear of sex. Makes sense somehow.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:25:59 +0000

I am completely terrified of snakes. Even reading this post will creep me out for the rest of the day. In fact, my son and husband are going camping this afternoon, so I’ll probably worry over them all weekend just from reading this post. Ugh.

When my daughter was only 18 months old and we were out playing in the back yard, I saw a snake and ran into the house. I left her out with the snake. It took every ounce of my being to go back out and get her. I then tortured myself for months about being a horrible mother.

When I taught first grade, there was a company that came in and brought snakes, lizards, etc. into the school. I sat in the back, tears streaming down my face and forcing myself to breathe. I was humiliated and horrified at the same time.

Our last home had a concrete pad just outside the screened porch. Each year a black (so called harmless) snake would sun itself on the concrete. Each year I would open the door and almost step on the snake. I’d run in, lock the doors and refuse to let anyone outside for days.

I just cannot do snakes. No way – no how. I’m generally a sane and mostly normal person until I see a snake.

I know this is irrational fear and I can’t do a dang thing about it.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:43:14 +0000

Just yesterday I discovered one of the creepiest snake videos I’ve ever beheld of a cobra and a small baby. I can only assume the snake was defanged, as it repeatedly strikes the child’s head. It’s the very end of the video that really sends chills, though.

Click my name to see it, if you dare.

By: Katie D.

Katie D. — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:21:54 +0000

Did you read that amazon.com, by selling the soundtrack to the new Indy movie, pretty much spoiled it completely? Boo.

Click my name for more info on Wired’s The Underwire blog.

By: Connie

Connie — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:01:18 +0000

personally, I love snakes, I started handling poisonous ones at age 12 (before then it was only constrictors.) People really shouldn’t worry so much, even the poisonous ones aren’t out to get humans, for they are not particularly good to eat. Basically don’t scare them or tick them off and everything is chill.
They are a pretty aren’t they? although watching them eat takes some getting used to…

By: EV

EV — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:56:23 +0000

I’ve always believed that the fear of snakes is inherent in humans. Where I live the only snakes we have are garter snakes, which are harmless. And as a kid we’d catch them, pick them up, etc., so I wasn’t scared of them. However any time I stumbled upon one (back as a kid or even now) something about seeing them slithering along always startled me. It would take my brain a second or two to catch up and realize ‘that thing=harmless’. Then I’d pick it up, throw it in a shoebox and have a pet for a few days before letting it go again.

No matter how many times I did this, that sight of the slither in my peripheral vision always gave me a brief freak out moment.