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To: Ilaine who wrote (53929)	7/27/2000 1:01:39 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

ooooppsss... I see that I didn't phrase my comment about the English visitor too well... He wasn't bitten by a snake... he was shot and killed by some young kids who were out joy-riding around downtown Ottawa.... But I would almost have to say that being bitten by a poisonous snake would be more likely up here...even though we barely have any... I've heard that there are water moccasins down around southern Ontario, and we do have rattlers out in the Badlands of Alberta... Yet still, the chances of being shot at or bitten by a snake are fairly remote here... but it could happen... Actually, the thing that I think we're hearing about most often these days is bear attacks... even black bears, which are generally pretty keep-to-themselves... Last year, we had what could best be described as a drought around here, and the bears were coming down to the city to try to get apples out of people's yards... I don't think any of them did anything too serious, but I suppose they could have. But returning to the travel theme, it's funny how, when people are travelling, they sometimes park their commonsense somewhere else.... like... they don't bother reading "WARNING" signs... When we were in Vermont about 3 years ago, there were plenty of signs posted around the hiking trails warning people to watch out for raccoons because of the raccoon rabies which was beginning to be quite prevalent down there. But when we mentioned this to other people that we met, nobody had bothered to read the signs and didn't know about it... Same goes for Arizona... Mr. Croc and I do a lot of hiking and so we pay attention to the local flora and fauna and try to learn about and watch out for things that sting, bite, cause rashes when we are off the beaten track. We went to one park entrance where there was an excellent display of preserved specimens of things like rattlesnakes and Golden Scorpions and various venomous spiders, but we quickly noted that we were the only people stopping to check the WARNING sign and acquaint ourselves with the more dangerous regional denizens... which I found a little odd...

To: Ilaine who wrote (53929)	7/27/2000 2:33:24 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<I also had a "close encounter" with a black widow spider once. >> So did my dad. Took forever for the ulcerating sore on his leg to heal. I found a brown recluse (brown with a tan violin) in my underwear drawer once. The house smelled like Raid for a month.

To: Ilaine who wrote (53929)	7/27/2000 7:24:22 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

You probably missed a record when you didn't catch that six foot water mocassin. 42" would be enough. As for the black widow, the hourglass is on the ventral of the abdomen. The black widow is an orb spinner and never sits on logs. It would be astonishing if your could actually see the belly from above. Probably the famous "false black widow", usually seen in dreams, drunken stupors, or childhood memories. see ag.ohio-state.edu You are very wise to teach your kids about poisonous snakes. Snakes are our friends. No US president has even been killed by being bitten by a snake. Snakes eat rodents and even lagomorphs.