Some people don't have legs! Are you afraid of them?Originally Posted by Bunny
Okra is pretty. Is she big enough to eat mice, or does she eat bugs? And why did you call her Okra? xDI have a corn snake. Her name is Okra. I am sure that she will be pleased to meet you!
Caution can never be a bad thing to exert when dealing with more dangerous snakes, but Okra is harmless with exception to the times she tries to hide in your shirt. It is warm there, man.
I have never in my life had a problem with snakes when I wasn't surprised by them, but I have a lot of snake stories. The only time I was ever frightened by one was when I was fifteen or so. My dad was at a neighbors house and my sister started screaming her head off for me to get a snake out of the door. I thought she meant the snake was in the doorway of our front door, so I go to look for it. I thought it was odd that Sarah would be so spooked since she's never had a problem with snakes either. So I'm standing there looking out our storm door and I say "there's nothing here sarah. Are you trying to trick me?" She sees where I am, and starts screaming at me to look to my right. A racer had come into the house, climbed the door jamb and had settled itself at the middle hinge. And it was PISSED. I got out of the way before it could bite me. Eventually, since I couldn't figure out how to approach it without getting bit, we had to go get my dad. He walks in the house, and says "Where is it?" The snake strikes at him as soon as the words are out of his mouth. My dad turns, and catches the snake in midair, then drives down the road and let's it out into the marshland.
Snakes are neat, though. Most of the time wild ones will even realize you don't mean them harm if you're very still, and will hang out around you. But I've also lived in very rural areas all my life, so I was taught early how to deal with both venomous and non-venomous snakes.
The difference is you run from the venomous ones. xD
EDIT: Here's a picture of the snake I'm talking about!
EDIT 2: Or maybe not. Well, here's a link anyways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C...0612-1115B.jpg
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