RTP-area local music and culture

[Duncan Murrell <dvmurrell AT nc.rr.com>]

My understanding is that only Australians who can shout "Crikey, look  
at that big'un" are authorized to handle snakes. It's a genetic  
thing, I think.

Also helps to have an "Eight is Enough" haircut, too.

d

at my website, www.rattlejar.com, you'll see the rattle from the  
biggest timber rattler my family ever killed. It's not a trophy; more  
a tribute to a magnificent creature who was naturally following the  
mice that found refuge in the house we built in the mountains. West  
Virginia. It was always a sad day when we killed a snake.


On Aug 22, 2006, at 7:38 PM, John Iwaniszek wrote:

> grady wrote:
>
> > For once in my life, John, I wasn't actually accusing you of
> > malfeasance. I was just curious because I'd read something that  
> > seemed
> > specifically to apply to mammals (not sure if the main concern is  
> > just
> > not relocating your nuisance raccoon to somebody else's trashcan, or
> > the larger issue of rabies spread) but it didn't seem clear as to
> > whether it also applied to snakes, or to Kevin Grealey's turtles that
> > he's always throwing in the trunk of his car.
> >
> > On the other hand, I *do* think you're batshit crazy for picking up
> > copperheads & wandering around with them. ;-)
> >
> > Ross
>
>
>
> I didn't think you were accusing me of anything.  Now or ever.
>
> The rules surrounding the depredation permit seem to be somewhat  
> unclear.
> > From what I could glean they (the NCWRC) seem most concerned with  
> > large
> mammals, migratory waterfowl, fish, and miscelaneous endangered  
> species.
>
> Among snakes, rattlers would fall under the endangered species  
> category and
> would be.  In the unlikely event that I would find one of those in  
> my back
> yard, no protected status would cause me to hesitate to eliminate that
> particular threat.  I can't let one of those get away in my  
> neighborhood
> and expose my family or my neighbors to the threat those snakes pose.
>
> Copperheads are a different story.  They aren't (in my experience)
> particularly aggressive and they seem very easy to handle.  A long  
> handle
> rake and a paper shopping bag is all I feel is necessary.  Opinions  
> will no
> doubt vary.
>
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