Nursemike I do beleive that is one of the funniest things I have read on this forum. THAT was FUNNY! I am sorry that I dont understand the concept of snakes = friends tho.

I wish I could be on a more amiable footing with Mr No Shoulders, but when traipsing around in Eastern Washington on my friends property, our rule is simple, if they are close to areas where the kids and animals go, they must be dissuaded from threatening their health and safety. This is normally accomplished with a .410 bore negotiating instrument, although I have once happened upon one when only armed with a .38 snub nosed revolver. The first two were snake loads and the other three were JHPs, he got them all and half a reload before I was suitably satisfied with the results of my marksmanship to cease fire.
In Texas, our family always found the standard variety of garden hoe to be a wonderful instrument of destruction. My experiences with cottonmouths is they are always aggressive and because of their demeaner, they immediately warrant destruction, if I am capable at that time.
Herpetologists cringe at the mention of my name. If I were capable of flight, I am certain I would have made Mach 2 on several occasions of my close encounters. My high pitched screaming would shame opera sopranos.

Just do a search of google images for rattlesnake bite if you think sir hiss is your friend (Note; not for those with a weak stomach)

There are a lot of beneficial things that can do quite a bit of harm. Chlorine can be a disinfectant or it can be a poison gas cloud that can cause asphyxiation.

No one is suggesting spooning with a rattler... Well I once helped with a documentary on snake handlers, but that was a whole other ball of wax... Some people are just saying that the rattlesnake's role (or any snake for that matter) in the ecosystem should be respected... Or that's what I'm saying... Right now.

[quote=epirider]Nursemike I am sorry that I dont understand the concept of snakes = friends tho. [/qhttp://forums.equipped.org/images/icons/default/cry.gifuote]

No worries, mate. I am sure that there are dozens of things that you tolerate that terrify me-for instance, whole raw chickens, logical positivists, and anything written by Solzhenitsyn.

No... No... Call me any part of the anatomy that you want, I dont do well with any of them either. I am better at them then say... snakes. Did I mention I dont like snakes???