Yesterday night coming back from my run I saw a family on their driveway crowded around a snake they had found, wondering how it got there and what they were going to do about it. I walked up to see and it was a DeKay’s brown snake, barely seven inches long. So I picked it up and spent about ten min…

cthawley is right all you can do it provide the information and maybe it will open some doors in their mind that could make them think about snakes slightly differently in the future. Even if they were scared at least you showed them a new way to look at a snake. I had an experience last year wher…

[image] mamestraconfigurata: As an ex psych nurse, I came to see that ‘feelings’ are not always rational. And the thing is, the person feeling the fear can know that it is not rational, yet feel it anyway. How many cars drive across that scary bridge every day without going over the side? Yet…

But it is what irrational is, that is why most phobias occur: something happens to a child, often infant, same as getting bitten by a dog. But in the end therapy can help with that.

Apart those folks who, ignorantly, believe that every snake can be dangerous and it is right to kill it, I think that institutions should make much more in order to inform people on snakes and, in particular, that not every species is dangerous and that also those that are venomous can be useful and…

“Depress” was 100% the wrong word, I apologize. I try not to use “depressed” as a synonym for “feeling down” or similar words/phrases, but sometimes I slip up

I didn’t infer from anything you said that you did kill them. Your statement was fine!

[image] jasonhernandez74: the person feeling the fear can know that it is not rational, yet feel it anyway That is exactly what I said. If it was unclear, I apologise. The cerebellum may seem physically separated from the cerebrum, but they are intimately connected. As an example, motor func…

Of course we all have different experiences which shape what we find interesting or what we fear based on misinformation or lack of experience. I had my first pet snake when I was about 7 — a harmless Eastern Gartersnake —that my family and I found on a hike. My parents encouraged our keeping of od…

It’s easy to forget when we spend our time in the company of likeminded people, such as on iNat, but a very significant proportion of the human population couldn’t give a hoot about the natural world. They simply don’t care to know why volcanoes erupt or rain falls, how plants photosynthesise or wha…

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terrybb May 30, 2022, 12:10pm 17

I should have and want to make it clear that I don’t kill snakes when I encounter them. As I stated, I fully realize their value and worth in our ecosystems. I simply don’t like them and give them a wide berth.

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