When can I move in?

[bkhuff1s]

idaho-foreclosure-snake-home: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com/loans/article/112850/idaho-foreclosure-snake-home)

[Didymus20X6]

"It's a little bit discerning..." (guy from video).

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[Sonya610]

The video guys comments..."we have absolutely had it with this situation, we don't seeing it going away anytime soon". He doesn't look upset, his kids seem to like the (outdoor only, no horrific snakes in the bed/kitchen/bathroom stories which we know they would have shared) snakes, I suspect the "situation" involves his wife's constant complaining.

And LOL on "discerning". Guy was probably nervous being on the news.

[ssssnakeluvr]

watch Animal Planet's Infestations show with snakes..... a re-creation of the last family's story while at the house. All snakes in the video are mine =) I went up with a film company that works with Animal Planet to film it. was a lot of fun!

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, I posted that clip on youtube and it's getting a lot of views. It's kind of fun to explain to trolls... er... commenters (the ones that find snakes repulsive, especially) that the snakes used in the filming are actually pets belonging to Don.

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[Starling96]

Two words-dream house lol

[RedSidedSPR]

man, when i have some time I'll check it out. Your snakes? Awesome.

[Didymus20X6]

Funny thing is, I now think it is quite silly to be terrified of garter snakes. But then again, I can't help but remember how, 2 years ago, their presence around my front porch terrified me.

[kibakiba]

My mom was terrified of garter snakes because a "huge" (she said it was at least 5 feet long.. yeah right...) garter snake bit her and drew blood when she was a kid.

When I got snakey as a yearling he dropped on the floor and she was screaming bloody murder. She said it was because he'd be "loose in the house and she'd step on him". Again, that's another "mhmmm, suuuure" moment. Snakey wasn't any ore than 8 inches, very slim and dehydrated. He wasn't fast at all.

[Didymus20X6]

The thing is, you never really know what causes a person to be afraid of certain creatures. Heck, there's even a clownaphobia.

Me, I attribute most of my ophidiophobia to a combination of factors: misconceptions about their venomous nature (thanks, old western movies my dad used to watch), stepping on a huge Black Racer when I was a kid (which, at the time, I mistook for a moccasin), heredity. It was only through education and deliberate choice that I was able to overcome mine. So it was actually a good thing my yard got stampeded with garters. I kind of miss seeing so many now. :(

[ConcinusMan]

I'll tell you where the fear comes from. Like you said, there's movies / media and also social input.(example, family is afraid of snakes and it rubs off on you)

Most very young children are fearless and even curious of snakes. It's only after years of subconscious "programming" and or negative experiences with snakes, that people become afraid of them. In most cases, people who are terrified of snakes were brainwashed into it subconsciously, or they were flat out taught to be afraid of them which is useful in parts of the world where deadly snakes are everywhere, but not here, not useful when we're talking about garter snakes.

We are not born afraid of them. It's a learned/subconsciously acquired fear. Shows like animal planet are definitely not helping matters.

[Didymus20X6]

Animal Planet used to have Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Erwin; a great deal of my appreciation for reptiles came from watching his show. Granted, it took actually handling garters to overcome my fear of snakes, but it was his show that largely motivated me not to kill them unless absolutely necessary. Whatever happened to shows like that? Nowadays, we have that one show with that crazy British guy who goes into deserts and swamps so he can kill snakes, eat them, and urinate into their skins so he can drink it later. :S

[kibakiba]

I've had plenty of bad experiences with garters but I was never scared of them. They were too cute to me. :D My mom and dad didn't like the fact I wasn't like a normal kid who just wanted a hamster. I always wanted a newt, salamander, turtle (I had two of them until my mom let them go and we found them dead in the yard... :rolleyes:). We had a cornsnake for about 5 minutes until my dad said it would kill me, and threatened to kill it if I wouldn't let him throw it in the field. I feel really bad for that snake.

[ConcinusMan]

Animal Planet used to have Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Erwin; a great deal of my appreciation for reptiles came from watching his show.

I wasn't talking about Animal Planet the channel, I was talking about the stupid sensationalistic shows they make like this one. They have had some pretty good shows on that channel but shows like "infested" "untamed uncut" and "swamp wars" are total garbage.