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Are you afraid of snakes?

Snakes are great! Me and the kids had a corn snake several years ago and it was really cool. As a teenager, I used to purposely go out and catch snakes with a friend of mine. We both should have been bitten several times!
 
My little girl...

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Some of you guys need to grow a pair :)
 
There are Black Rat Snakes in my area that are big enough to eat squirrels. A large one can be 8-9 feet long and thick as a baseball bat.

Here's a smaller male and large female outside my house two years ago, doing the Black Snake Moan.
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They are excellent climbers. Here's the male going up the side of the house.
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Second floor bedroom window
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My future exwife found this baby one in her bed. It woke her up. She wasn't amused.
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We've found shed skins 6+ feet long hanging from the garage rafters and once in the basement.


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That house would burn down before I dealt with those snakes.
 
I'm not afraid of snakes. I respect them, and don't bother them if I come across one.

I am afraid of horses though, the difference between me and people who are afraid of snakes is that I dont feel the need to kill every horse I see. I ran over a 7 foot diamond back one time and killed it. I felt bad because that snake had to be at least as old as I was at the time.