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 Posted - 02/12/2008 : 21:59:22
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I didnt really know where to put this and dunno if it's been asked before but i thought i'd put it here lol, but i was just wondering why a vast majority of people don't like snakes? I've been telling everyone i know about my baby corn as im dead happy  , but so many people have said that they dont like them / or scared of them. Is it just like a general lack of knowledge / being around snakes that causes so many people to take a dislike to them? I know a few people that once they have finally got near a snake have realised that theyre not slimy and evil!
One of my mates said they look evil & their eyes look blank and cold  
I think they're wonderful & dont really see whats not to like!
Sorry for the rant lol.
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Blackecho
The Corn Snake Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/12/2008 : 22:04:01
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They aren't very common and people are scared of anything out of the normal.
I have been taking my Corn in to my son's school and all the children are happy holding him as they haven't learnt to be scared yet. |
 
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/12/2008 : 22:17:00
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Kids always take a liking to snakes. Like BE said, they havent learnt to be scared yet. Im tired of trying to convert people into liking snake, its too much work  |
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Paulusworm
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/12/2008 : 22:45:20
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Originally posted by Blackecho
They aren't very common and people are scared of anything out of the normal.
I have been taking my Corn in to my son's school and all the children are happy holding him as they haven't learnt to be scared yet.
Totally agree. I do a similar thing with my bugs. Don't think I'll try it with Matilda just yet though.
My wife isn't too keen on them. She says it's the way their head follows you around. That and that they don't blink. the conclusion that I've come to is that she's just weird. |
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Mancunian
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/12/2008 : 22:55:43
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Originally posted by xaimzx
they look evil & their eyes look blank and cold
Thats why I like 'em!  |
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1.0.0 Royal Python (Python regius) CB07 Tibo (Normal)
1.1.0 California Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula californiae) CB05 Luka (B&W Banded) CB06 Lucien (Albino Banded)
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Ell
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/12/2008 : 08:19:40
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| I guess its because they're far from human-like. Its been found that people tend to like animals with features they can relate to like eyes, ears, mouth and nose and animals that can show expressions. |
 
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Paulusworm
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/12/2008 : 08:22:24
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Originally posted by Ell
I guess its because they're far from human-like. Its been found that people tend to like animals with features they can relate to like eyes, ears, mouth and nose and animals that can show expressions.
Is that why I don't get on with my mother-in-law then? |
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Posted - 03/12/2008 : 16:32:31
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| one ov my freind was terrifide of snake but thenhe held my corn and now hes begging his mum for one he said he was expecting it to by slimey and gross |
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Janos
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Posted - 03/12/2008 : 20:22:44
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Originally posted by Paulusworm
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Originally posted by Ell
I guess its because they're far from human-like. Its been found that people tend to like animals with features they can relate to like eyes, ears, mouth and nose and animals that can show expressions.
Is that why I don't get on with my mother-in-law then?
That made me laugh xD
My mother is scared of snakes...she honestly thinks they're evil and that it'll eat me...I'm not kidding...but then again, my mothers strange and religious and takes the story of adam and eve and the apple a weee bit too seriously, lol ^^;
My little sister who's 5 loves snakes though.. |
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Jennet
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United Kingdom
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dazb
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/12/2008 : 08:32:08
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| my dad was saying thay on bbc news in the morning last week, they had a guy and a snake in and he was saying how popoular reps were becoming as pets... |
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Tizzy
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/12/2008 : 08:52:47
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For most people it is an irrational fear. I am absolutely petrified of spiders, and no matter how many times I tell myself that I can do far more harm to them than they can to me, I am still unable to get over this fear.
People are afraid of snakes coz they're stoooopid. People are afraid of spiders because thay are evil 8 legged freakes with secret plans to take over the world. There is nothing wrong with disliking the little ******s. And yes i do make my 7 year old daughter get rid of them for me ever since i hoovered one up and then he was running round the indise of the dyson laughting at me!
On a more serious note it's each to their own i guess, everyone has something the dont like for some people it's snakes. It's great fun at halloween when i open the door to trick or treaters wi8th a snake in my hand though |
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Mancunian
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/12/2008 : 11:43:25
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my dad was saying thay on bbc news in the morning last week, they had a guy and a snake in and he was saying how popoular reps were becoming as pets...
It is true. I read in the newspaper last week how reptiles are now more common than dogs as pets here in the UK. Here's a link to it:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/3500882/Reptiles-now-more-popular-pets-than-dogs.html
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1.0.0 Royal Python (Python regius) CB07 Tibo (Normal)
1.1.0 California Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula californiae) CB05 Luka (B&W Banded) CB06 Lucien (Albino Banded)
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/12/2008 : 16:29:25
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Originally posted by Mancunian
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Originally posted by dazb
my dad was saying thay on bbc news in the morning last week, they had a guy and a snake in and he was saying how popoular reps were becoming as pets...
It is true. I read in the newspaper last week how reptiles are now more common than dogs as pets here in the UK. Here's a link to it:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/3500882/Reptiles-now-more-popular-pets-than-dogs.html
But people normally only have the 1 dog, we cram in as many reptiles as we can |
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Kehhlyr
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/12/2008 : 11:01:28
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From what i've spoken to people who either weren't keen on snakes, and/or had never touched one before i think Cornsnakejames has hit it on the head.
How many people does everyone know that have never touched a snake, but then touched yours and then you've heard the line: 'I thought it was going to be slimy.' |
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Leyrielton2
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/12/2008 : 12:37:28
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| haha thats soooo right! People says to me that snakes are slimey and i must not be able to handle them because of the slim!! Everyone who has met Angelina loves her and questions themselves after realising that shes really smooth and nice to handle. I suppose it shows peoples ignorance to new things and just assume things because others do |
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Posted - 05/12/2008 : 14:34:59
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| i thinks its because they r so shiney they look slimy. gump certainly looks slimy even though hes perfectly clean. the girl we got him off was actually scared of him. she'd had him for 11 years!! |
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gingerpony
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Posted - 05/12/2008 : 20:32:09
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the girl we got him off was actually scared of him. she'd had him for 11 years!!
now that IS weird!!!  |
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Posted - 05/12/2008 : 22:49:59
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| lol i no! she never handled him poor guy. in shock now he gets to go out n play |
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Kazerella
The Corn Snake Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/12/2008 : 09:19:12
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That's exactly the same situation as Trilby. She was never handled because the girl who had her was scared of her. Now she doesn't know what's happening now she's handled a lot.
I don't think the cold, expressionless eyes is a factor, because I don't like horses for that reason. Snakes just look gormless, and stupid looking is an expression |
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lozy89
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/12/2008 : 11:46:32
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i think that ppl r scared of snakes because its the unknown... they dont know how they feel... what direction they are goin 2 move in.. and what they are thinkin.. as they cant really show expressions etc like dogs can... n yeh i agree.. everybody does seem 2 say.. 'oh my god...is it slimy?' and when you tell them thats theyre not.. they cant resist 2 touch them.. and then they are alot more at ease.. so i think it is kinda lack of knowledge.. .and probably wen they were little.. the general things that were 'scary' are spiders, rats and snakes.. u see it in books, dvds etc they get portrayed as being really creepy etc... (ok so spiders are haha) but snakes and rats are really really cute! but i do think that children should b introduced 2 these animals from a young age so they dont grow up with a fear of them.. my little sis is 5 and she loves Twiglet!
oh my goddddd! what a rant ive just had! haha :)
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