Re: selective death delivery
Posted by Amaranth Rose on Apr 22, 2004 at 03:45
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Re: selective death delivery (Jean Pierre)
Somehow I doubt they could have been much less affected, though it's possible that a natural selection process could have favored those more resistant or less apt to impinge on the dangerous creatures.
I'm not that familiar with the effects of the didgeridoo on snake bahavior. My only personal experience with the effects of sounds on snakes was when I was using a manual typewriter on the tailgate of a station wagon at a fishing pond. I'd gone to the pond with my mother who was fishing and took the typewriter along to work on a novel. I'd also brought along a .22 rifle, as there were large (12 inches or more long on the carapace (30 cm) snapping turtles (Macroclemys temminckii) in the pond. We grow them big in Nebraska.
I'd just been typing a little while when my mother told me there was a water moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) headed our way. These pit vipers are pretty aggressive and one of the most deadly in North America. It was halfway across the small farm pond when she managed to get my attention. I'm pretty heedless and unaware when I'm writing.
Needless to say, we took evasive action. From my vantage point on the roof of the vehicle, I watched the snake. It swam around somewhat aimlessly for some time before returning to the far shore. We resumed fishing and writing. In a short time, the snake returned. Again, we climbed up the vehicle. Yes, we could have left, but we didn't have enough fish for supper yet, and were not disposed to go hungry that night. The third time the snake came toward us I decided perhaps it was time to take some more, er, assertive action. When it got within thirty feet of the vehicle I shot it. It was about five feet long. I'm ashamed to say I didn't kill it cleanly. I got it amidships and had to take another shot to get its head. It hit the pond and went under and didn't come back up. If it hadn't troubled me I wouldn't have troubled it.
I've always been told snakes are deaf. I'm not disputing that, but I'd sure like to know what it was that that snake perceived that made it take offense every time I started typing. I'm no Solzhenytzin, but I'm not THAT bad.
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