Posted by admin on July 31, 2009
Ball pythons are notorious for getting out of their cages. For that matter, snakes in general are notorious escape artists. For this reason, it is not a good idea for unexperienced snake keepers to keep dangerous snakes. That said, I learned my lesson the hard way with my pet ball python years [...]
Categories: African Snakes, Ball Python, General Snake Safety |
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Posted by admin on July 10, 2009
Most of you have heard the stories… The camel spider is as big as a dinner plate, chase people screaming like a banshee, eat the insides of camels, and are generally all around nasty disgusting spiders, right? Wrong. The camel spider is none of those things at all. If you want to know the real [...]
Categories: Spider Myths |
Tags: bite, camel spider, camel spiders, chase, common myth, creatures, dangerous spider, human, iraq, monster, scorpion, solpugid, spider story | No Comments »
Posted by admin on July 9, 2009
Just the name used to send shudders through my entire body. Tarantula….Something about the way the letters are formed seems to perfectly describe this hairy arachnid. As a boy, a tarantula was an orange and black patterned monster that grew to be the size of my face.
(Okay, so we are talking about the Mexican red [...]
Categories: North American Spiders, Tarantulas |
Tags: body, creatures, curiosity, giant, hairy arachnid, irrational fear, monster, spider, spiders, tarantula, Tarantulas, television, willies | No Comments »
Posted by admin on July 7, 2009
There was this guy I know that was on a safari in Africa. He was walking with a bunch of field guides. They came across a deadly black mamba – the most feared snake in all the world. The man backed away slowly and yet the mamba came towards him. He turned and ran and [...]
Categories: African Snakes, Black Mamba, Dangerous Snakes, Gaboon Viper, General Snake Safety, Snake Myths |
Tags: Africa, anaconda, bite, Black Mamba, creatures, escape route, gaboon, heart attack, irrational fears, myths, rat, reptile, reticulated python, safari, safari in africa, scare, self defense, snake, snake bite, snake bites, snakes, spiders, venom, venomous, venomous snake, venomous snakes, viper | No Comments »
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