Ah, maybe I'm getting the black widow bite somewhat mixed up with the brown recluse, which is supposed to be horrid, I know.
And yeah, he wouldn't have had them all free-ranging, but who knows with the authorities? They might have considered it unhygienic or whatever even if just some of the snakes and lizards were running loose - or more to the point, he might have been afraid they would have. As for how and why they all were running free... meh, who knows? Maybe he was in the middle of feeding (which is why he got bitten) and hadn't had the chance/forgot to lock the tanks back up, what with the bites and all. As you say though, I guess it's useless to speculate. I wish though that we COULD get the actual story on just what was going on in there, since you're right, the details don't really add up well.
And agreed on the demonization part. And the whole "ew snakes are slimy!" thing. And so on. (Not saying that, y'know, you have to totally love snakes and spiders, especially if you're innately afraid of them, but the demonization? Bah.)
Re: rant
Date: 2007-08-03 10:11 pm (UTC)And yeah, he wouldn't have had them all free-ranging, but who knows with the authorities? They might have considered it unhygienic or whatever even if just some of the snakes and lizards were running loose - or more to the point, he might have been afraid they would have. As for how and why they all were running free... meh, who knows? Maybe he was in the middle of feeding (which is why he got bitten) and hadn't had the chance/forgot to lock the tanks back up, what with the bites and all. As you say though, I guess it's useless to speculate. I wish though that we COULD get the actual story on just what was going on in there, since you're right, the details don't really add up well.
And agreed on the demonization part. And the whole "ew snakes are slimy!" thing. And so on. (Not saying that, y'know, you have to totally love snakes and spiders, especially if you're innately afraid of them, but the demonization? Bah.)