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Old 04-14-2008, 06:12 PM   #21 (permalink)
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mmmmmmm hummus .... what's not to love
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Old 04-14-2008, 06:15 PM   #22 (permalink)
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So snakes don't actually hear, but feel vibrations? I mean, I knew they didn't have actual ears, but I still thought they could hear somehow.
Very interesting stuff -- I learn something new every day.........

And James, I too would love to know why hummus is such an obsession with you!
If they can hear footsteps I'm pretty sure they can detect the subtle differences in our voices.
Some one should do an experiment and see if garters feel calmer when held and talked to by a woman vs a man...
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Old 04-14-2008, 09:06 PM   #23 (permalink)
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mmmmmmm hummus .... what's not to love
Well, I love it too............just not enough to manage to fit the word into every thread imaginable!
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Old 04-14-2008, 09:09 PM   #24 (permalink)
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If they can hear footsteps I'm pretty sure they can detect the subtle differences in our voices.
Some one should do an experiment and see if garters feel calmer when held and talked to by a woman vs a man...
I'd try that, but because my snakes are so used to me handling them, they won't venture near anyone else, so I wouldn't be able to accurately guage whether or not they were calmer because of a voice difference, or just because they knew it was "Mom"!
I haven't been able to get any of them to even crawl on another person without getting all stressed out.
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Old 04-15-2008, 01:48 PM   #25 (permalink)
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james , your no doubt right about that montra thing. but he seems to like the fuss we all make over him, he is a attention hog!!
still love to handle him and such... bye
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wow very neat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I agree with you Michelle
Strip is the worst he pouts if you don't pick him up
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mine will slither back and forth in front of the tank untill you pick him up, and now that the weather is better and the smell of spring is in the air, he loves to go out on the porch and hang out with us!!
I have a nice set up for caught snakes in quarentean, and cleaning, so he gets lots of fresh air to boot and has lodes of fun mulling around it.
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