snakes

Well personally, I wouldn't know one kind of snake from another and I am terrified of snakes! Yuck! My brother-in-law loves them but he lives out of the country so I wouldn't be able to call on him for help. lol I guess I'd probably kill it, just depends where it was and how big it was. If it was in my house and couldn't capture it, then it would be survival of the fittest. lol If it was outside then probably not because that is where it lives.

People are scared of snakes and this is a worldwide phenomenon. There is sort fear psychosis almost in every individual and therefore regardless to their being really dangerous or not they get killed. Soon we spot a snake the first thing that hits the nerve is it could bite and on such happening we could lose life. The only logic to console is that most of us are not aware of the fact as to which snake is poisonous and which is not. Being on the safer side too holds water.

Sounds dumb to me, but maybe they don't know the difference? I prefer any kind of snake to one that's poisonous. And just because she "doesn't like" snakes is no reason to kill them. What if she didn't like kids? Or neighbors??

I have been "here" all my life - and I pretty much know nada about snakes - or at least dealing with living where snakes are about. I don't think I'd even attempt killing any kind of snake myself because what if it tried to bite me (venomous or not!)?! I'd probably call someone to take care of it for me - too bad the Crocodile Hunter is no longer here. I had no idea that that king snakes killed rattlesnakes . . . I learned something here on myLot today!!

Do me a favor Dawny. Next time kick both of them where it will really hurt, okay.

Snake is a terrible animal in our contry , Amount everbody aware that it should be protect ,but when people saw it they couldn't help but kill it for feeling terrible so,we all pray that it is not seen by us .....

My granny would kill any snake that was after her chickens and eggs. We roamed around the 160 acres all the time. I was never present when a snake needed to be killed, but I would even give a rattler his space, and I was taught as a kid to do so. There were several varieties of rattlers on their property. I am not afraid of snakes in general.

Hi Dawn. We had a red volcanic soil sugar cane farm until we retired 12 years ago and moved to town. Australia has some of the most venomous snakes in the world and we had our fair share of the Eastern browns and red-bellied blacks. We also had harmless green snakes, but in the red soil they were hard to distinguish from the brown. I'm somewhat ashamed to admit to killing a large number of snakes, but like Richard, I could not have snakes in the back yard where my young sons played. Snakes are not usually aggressive unless they are surprised, but a child could easily unintentionally invade their space, so any snake was immediately despatched. If it was OBVIOUSLY a green snake, it would be shooshed back into the cane. I would not kill snakes now - not even Eastern browns - unless a child was in danger. Actually I LIKE snakes and find they are very restful to handle.

And they can eat their weight in rats in less than a summer. Beyond dumb, out and out stupid.

i'd say not.when they get overrun with pest species like rodents as well they might learn though. my dad was like that..hated snakes.

I also have problem recognizing some snakes but I know how rattlesnakes look like. I don't know much about the king snake but reading this discussion has helped me learn a thing or two about them. In my country I only have one kind of venomous snake and that is the Viper snake so I don't have any problems encountering to many venomous snakes.

I would also probably kill any snake in sight, not caring if it was a threat or a non-threat!

Hello dawnald, I am not quite sure how I feel about this topic. I absolutely hate snakes but have never killed one but then again I have fortunately never been close enough to one that I have felt like it would hurt me and that I needed to kill it but I might. I am not familiar with what snake is venomous and which are not so if one ever came close to me and I felt like I could kill it I probably would whether it was poisonous or not because I wouldbe too scared to even care...but if I had the chance to run away from it I would do that first.

I think most people dont know the difference between one snake and the other. It is fear that makes them behave like that. Our minds have been filled with so much bad about snakes that we dont fear rats as much as we fear snakes! Trust me rats can be really filthy and they bring in diseases that can kill many at one go!!!

hi dawnald I remember in my teens killing a rattler with a hoe as it was determined to bite me and I was just as determined it would not bite me. But we never killed king snake,bull snakes or the dainty little green grass snakes.the little grass snakes are actually sort of pretty too. These snakes eat bugs and other creepy crawlies t hat we really do not 'need. I am scared of poisonous snakes but not just an ordinary snake.