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4/19/2009 3:03:30 AM

Hilarious!

4/19/2009 3:49:56 AM

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"Too bad all of his retorts are about banal minute differences (28.9, not 30) or straight up lies. he posted previously about wearing them to multiple parties. if that isn't public, what is??"

hmm, you sort of have a point there, but that really isn't wearing them in public. I was at my friend's house party where there were about 20 people who I have known for a while. It's not like I was wearing them in a public bar.

4/19/2009 1:26:07 PM

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" props to any chick who can handle hots, although hopefully you dont make a habit of that. "

handle hots?

4/19/2009 2:28:37 PM

so how many of these losers have tried hollerin at you via PM?

4/19/2009 2:30:28 PM

tihs t'nia ehs

4/19/2009 2:32:14 PM

^^ ThePeter -- but I actually know him so it's ok

no one has tried pm'ing me yet, but i did get that "you have a pretty smile, PM me" comment

4/19/2009 2:34:26 PM

hots = venomous snakes.

4/19/2009 2:42:26 PM

^ never would have figured that one out

4/19/2009 2:44:14 PM

^^ I just say hot snakes, but the hots makes sense now

I have an even cooler picture than whats in my gallery thing:

4/19/2009 3:03:38 PM

and it technically is a habit I guess you could say... its my research project so I have to handle them almost every Friday

4/19/2009 3:04:17 PM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_editpost.aspx?edit=12830836

4/19/2009 3:09:18 PM

ATTN: Green Gay, For me, its not getting my dick wet, its making sure that no one else does.



I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

4/19/2009 3:11:19 PM

^^ ?? why edit

4/19/2009 4:19:02 PM

what's up samwise

4/19/2009 4:20:43 PM

mind if i ask what your research project is? are you studying with heatwole? is it just copperheads you're milking, or are there other species?

and i was just talking about it being a habit of pinning wild venomous snakes for fun. some people do it, but most people shun it. research is a whole different thing, though.

4/19/2009 5:16:58 PM

Yup, it is with Heatwole and it's just copperheads, but the research can be applied to any pit viper


Yeah trust me... after working with them, I don't understand why people go out and pin them "just for fun" -- yeah it's a rush, and I know I'm not going to die from a bite or anything... but I know it's going to hurt like hell and why would you risk it? Plus if they spray you, you smell God awful the rest of the day!! Just leave the poor things alone.. unless it's for research of course

4/19/2009 5:20:39 PM

Oh and we're trying to making an alternative to venom gland excision by plugging up the fang, in a sense... We use dental composites -- it's kind of like filling a cavity. But the procedure is completely reversible since they periodically shed their fangs and it's much less invasive than removing their venom glands. And if you're wondering why we're doing all this in the first place -- I originally wanted to see how their venom plays a role in digestion but that's when we found out how harmful the surgery is to them and it takes them forever to recover, if they even do at all.

4/19/2009 5:22:18 PM

yo samwise, it would appear i went to high school with your boyfriend

[Edited on April 19, 2009 at 5:36 PM. Reason : actually, i think he may have introduced us once]

4/19/2009 5:35:45 PM

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"Yeah trust me... after working with them, I don't understand why people go out and pin them "just for fun" -- yeah it's a rush, and I know I'm not going to die from a bite or anything... but I know it's going to hurt like hell and why would you risk it?"

Seems like the younger herpers do it because they think it's macho.

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"Plus if they spray you, you smell God awful the rest of the day!!"

Believe me, there are snakes with musk waaaaaay worse than copperheads. Actually, our native pit vipers have mild musk compared to most non-venomous species.

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"Just leave the poor things alone.. unless it's for research of course"

Yup.

Forgive me, but I was under the impression that venom gland excision was only really used for keepers. How do the fang plugs relate to the research? Testing digestion of envenomated vs. non-envenomated prey items? Or has your whole project taken a different route to test the efficacy of these plugs?

4/19/2009 5:37:35 PM

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" Or has your whole project taken a different route to test the efficacy of these plugs? "

Yeah, that's what it has turned into now. I originally wanted to look how fast they digest envenomated prey vs. non-envenomated prey, so yup you were on the right track! It would mainly have been a project seeing if their venom plays a bigger role and isn't just for defensive/killing measures. We were going measure how fast their prey item went through with their venom glands intact, then remove them and do the same thing.


If keepers really do remove the venom glands of their snakes, I feel so bad for the snake. The last time anyone did research on the procedure was 1938, which is why we're trying to make an alternative... It basically mutilates their mouths, whereas our procedure only does this:






Everything is unchanged, except for the tips of their teeth

4/19/2009 6:34:37 PM

now i know how you survived tww

4/19/2009 6:46:08 PM

^ bc I'm a baller who handles venomous snakes?

4/19/2009 8:34:30 PM

that's just asking for innuendo.

4/19/2009 8:54:45 PM

I, too, know who this person is.

4/19/2009 10:07:52 PM

jeremy gibralter knows like everyone

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

[Edited on April 19, 2009 at 10:08 PM. Reason : its fuckin crazy]

4/19/2009 10:08:44 PM

^^ tww is like a HHS reunion

4/19/2009 10:51:55 PM

HI SAMWISE

8/19/2009 4:56:00 PM

she made me a pig pickin cake that's better than my granny's

8/19/2009 4:57:47 PM

is she the one that made that apple crumble?

if so, good going.

8/19/2009 4:59:03 PM

indeed she is

they were also delicious

deemarie was a little i think

8/19/2009 5:01:37 PM

I never got a piece of that cake.

DO WANT.

8/19/2009 5:02:50 PM

Betty Crocker ain't got shit on me

8/21/2009 8:44:37 AM

haaaaaaaaaaaaay sam

8/21/2009 8:45:31 AM

haaaaaaaaaaaaay

I really hope DeeMarie wasn't mad

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"is she the one that made that apple crumble?"

I'm also the one who swore I knew you from somewhere

[Edited on August 21, 2009 at 8:47 AM. Reason : .]

8/21/2009 8:46:30 AM

haha i think she's just jealous of your cooking skillz

8/21/2009 8:47:43 AM

She should be

haha jk... but no seriously


anyways, I just went and read back through this thread and it still cracks me up

8/21/2009 8:54:45 AM

Hey!

8/21/2009 8:55:31 AM

good morning how is Beaufort/MoHC?

8/21/2009 8:57:44 AM

Well I Reckon they are good. I'm in Atlantic Beach. It's doing good I suppose. When are you going to be in town next?

8/21/2009 9:00:30 AM

Word... I think middle of September for my best friend's little girl's 1st birthday party and then a wedding, woot

I miss the beach

8/21/2009 9:01:52 AM