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Re: Your Worst Mistake
There is a small creek within walking distance of the house where I grew up. Some beavers blocked off a fork in the creek which provided me with some great herpin and fishing. Anyway, I had been watching two very large northern banded water snakes and of course I had to catch one to prove to my dad how big they were (I was about 9 or 10). After several failed previous attempts I managed to get between the water and the largest snake. To make a long story short, I caught her and took her home to show off my prize. I placed her in a tank with grass clippings to make her feel secure. The next day I went to get her out and I wasn't sure which end was the toothed end because she was mostly covered in the grass clippings. I was in a hurry, so I guessed poorly and got hold of the wrong third of her body....she let me have it real good on the middle finger and I still have a 3/4 inch scare to prove it. Of course when she bit me, I did the reaction jerk and smacked my elbow on the edge of the enclosure hard enough to cut that too.
Pain and blood are good teachers and now I DON'T guess which end is the buisness end.
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