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<blockquote data-quote="TonySandos" data-source="post: 827297" data-attributes="member: 6852">I may be preconditioned to spiders terrifying me by growing up in the south(we have the brown recluse, the black widow and the brown widow all common), but snakes have never affected me as much. If you keep your eyes open and practice cautionary behavior(like not sleeping on the ground in snake country) they're pretty easy to out-maneuver and hardly have a run in with. Now spiders on the other hand DEEPLY bother me due to their instinctual behaviors. Many species sit stationary as a stone all day while waiting for prey. Nearly all have an affinity for snug, small hiding places. They're very fast, agile and flexible. They're less visible than snakes and don't make noises(except for a very few species I believe).Mast years, I came over my parents house after work or something and my mom told me they had snakes living in there. The wildlife guy told me over the phone that they were &quot;chicken snakes&quot; and non-venomous, but chop off their heads anyway. Finding that an unnecessary cruelty, I opted for tossing them out of the garage with a broom handle. After initially acting timid, the snakes started crawling back toward me after the third or fourth toss away from the house. I then started swinging like it was a hockey stick, putting them high in the air, but they still came back to me aggressively. After knocking them into high grass they seemed to lose interest. I looked over all the native snake species of this area and came to find with absolute certainty that those snakes weren't chicken snakes, but baby water moccasins. Moral of the story is, don't play around with snake or spider, just kill the hell out of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TonySandos, post: 827297, member: 6852"] I may be preconditioned to spiders terrifying me by growing up in the south(we have the brown recluse, the black widow and the brown widow all common), but snakes have never affected me as much. If you keep your eyes open and practice cautionary behavior(like not sleeping on the ground in snake country) they're pretty easy to out-maneuver and hardly have a run in with. Now spiders on the other hand DEEPLY bother me due to their instinctual behaviors. Many species sit stationary as a stone all day while waiting for prey. Nearly all have an affinity for snug, small hiding places. They're very fast, agile and flexible. They're less visible than snakes and don't make noises(except for a very few species I believe). Mast years, I came over my parents house after work or something and my mom told me they had snakes living in there. The wildlife guy told me over the phone that they were "chicken snakes" and non-venomous, but chop off their heads anyway. Finding that an unnecessary cruelty, I opted for tossing them out of the garage with a broom handle. After initially acting timid, the snakes started crawling back toward me after the third or fourth toss away from the house. I then started swinging like it was a hockey stick, putting them high in the air, but they still came back to me aggressively. After knocking them into high grass they seemed to lose interest. I looked over all the native snake species of this area and came to find with absolute certainty that those snakes weren't chicken snakes, but baby water moccasins. Moral of the story is, don't play around with snake or spider, just kill the hell out of it. [/QUOTE]

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