[Grovenet] Re: GroveNet Digest, Vol 19, Issue 5/snake

[allnutt]

I gave the pilot a lot of credit for being smart enough not to kill the 
snake.
When you are startled or worse yet, scared, it takes a lot of courage not to 
lash out and destroy what ever has cause the fear. Especially if you have 
the power to do so.
I agree that snakes should be allowed to live on and control the small 
rodent population as well as spiders should be thrown outside to help 
control the insect population (especially mosquitos).

Katie
Isn't the Guam snake a transplant? Non native species don't get to run amuk 
and ruin other places in my book either.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JBlair2154 at aol.com>
To: <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 9:40 PM
Subject: [Grovenet] Re: GroveNet Digest, Vol 19, Issue 5


>
>
> In a message dated 6/5/2006 2:08:22 PM Central Daylight Time,
> grovenet-request at rdrop.com writes:
>
> Wish  they would've identified the kind
> of snake it was.
>
>
>
> It was a black snake. I watched the video on AOL and the  pilot was really
> amusing. When asked what he thought when the snake's head  appeared out of 
> his
> instrument panel, he said, "I thought: this is not going to  be a good 
> day."
> Fortunately, he also said the snake was not killed, just  slightly wounded
> after being smacked in the head, and was released. (I hate  seeing 
> non-poisonous
> snakes destroyed...except maybe that tree snake from Guam  that kills 
> every
> bird and other living creature in the vicinity.)
>
> Joy
>
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