New born rattlers

[ssssnakeluvr]

thats how I got most of my experience....hands on!! back when I was a kid, the only people working with snakes were the few that wrote books and Marlin Perkins. My mom teased me for years when I said I wanted to be a herpetologist, and Marlin mentioned he was one.... experience is one of those crazy things...you can't get experience cuz no one will give you any because you don't have any....vicious circle!

[Garter_Gertie]

Marlin Perkins and Wild Kingdom. Haven't thought about him in ages! What a flashback!

[ssssnakeluvr]

used to watch him every sunday!!! watch him sit in the bushes while Jim wrestled the huge anaconda....

also shows my old age...

[Loren]

I think Marty Stoufer was on Wild Kingdom or something similar(maybe Wild America?) on pbs when I was young. Watched it on sunday afternoons.

[Charlet_2007]

i dont know they just have that "I'll mess your day up all to heck" look on them..

[Steven@HumboldtHerps]

Mutual of Omaha. WOW! That's pre-80's! Scary!

[Garter_Gertie]

Didn't Marty "Stowfer" "Hi, I'm Marty Stowfer." take over for Perkins?

Can't you just hear him saying, "Stow-fer"?

[Loren]

I would sure like to catch a few re-runs of that show. Back when nature shows actually just showed nature and taught about it- no "spooky" voiced narators calling snakes and spiders evil killers, no count downs comparing everything to computor animated humans, no show boating, just a good ol' nature show(if I remember right- I was very young then).

[Bay_area]

Originally Posted by Stefan-A

I've never subscribed to that theory.

LOL! That is just what I say when I do not get what I want, I guess it is a "in the mind" attitude thing that helps me not get upset when it does not go my way. Sort of like when the snake you want gets away right between your legs


"Marlin Perkins and Wild Kingdom." I remember siting down watching that every Sunday before Wonderful World of Disney came on. It was funny how Jim would do all the work & Marlin would tie the episode in with buying insurance from Mutual of Omaha...LOL! He would say things like, "Just as the python wraps Jim, Mutual of Omaha will cover you." LOL!

I also really used to enjoy "Wild, wild world of Animals" narrated by William Conrad. I think those shows molded my thoughts on nature

Thanks, Jerry

[Spiritwolf]

that last pic is adorable, looks like that baby is so tired from being born, he's yawning and ready to go to sleep!

What do you do with babies you produce? I would think that it would be challenging to sell venomous snakes to people who are knowledgeable enough and responsible enough to safely keep them. I could see problems with people wanting a venomous snake for the same reason people sometimes want aggressive dogs, ego, macho, intimidation, boasting, etc wrong reasons.