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ok, kinda crazy, but I am having an arguement here
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by hoyta on April 27, 2007
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Ok, please don't flame me for this- I am, having an arguement with a guy here and work who is POSITIVE that snakes have feet! Oh, wow.... Neat, huh? I've explained to him that there is no way in the world there are feet, but he insists that there are. His arguement for this is that his dad and himself SAW the feet when they burned the snakes!!!
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by earthguy on April 27, 2007
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I have heard this story many times, and I have the answer for you. It's rather sad. When animals are injured, they often loose control of bodily functioning. If you were to throw a live male snake into the fire (which is, obviously, incomprehensable to those of us here) they may loose control of their bodily functions INCLUDING SEXUAL ORGANS. Those "legs" your friend saw were hemipenes (snake penises) that were extruded because the snake was in so much pain.
As sad as that is I have a rather humorous story from a friend about this. It's long, but I'll give you the gist of it. After a long debate (similar to yours) my friend stood in front of his grandmother and her afternoon tea club. She swore snakes had legs (she had seen them!) he insisted they didn't. "Well then, what did I see?" she asked. So at the tender age of about 11 (this was a long while back), dressed in a fine suit, presented beore the Baptist Ladies Afternoon Tea Club my friend was forced to thell the truth - "Penises!" he blurted. Much embarrasment (most on the part of his grandma) ensued, and he was rapidly ushered out of the room. He claims the only thing that saved him from a serious whuppin' is that he told his mom it would be wrong to spank him for telling the truth.
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by LarryDFishel on April 27, 2007
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Are you sure he didn't say "when they SMOKED the snakes"?
The other possibility would be something like a skink or a worm lizard, that looks a lot like a snake but has very small legs that they might not have noticed at first.
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by LarryDFishel on April 27, 2007
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Duh! Of course Joshua (sho was posting at the same time) is probably right. I can see how that would look a lot like a pair of legs and feet...
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by Buzztail1 on April 27, 2007
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Not much point in arguing.
Some people can never be convinced of the truth no matter how blatant it may be.
Don't waste your breath.
Ask your adamant friend to become a millionaire and provide photographic proof.
What? No pictures?
Big surprise there!
Just my own opinions,
Karl
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by Aries54 on April 27, 2007
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Yea, that ranks right up there with a guy that I work with that was telling me a few days ago that he had a friend that specialized in cross-breeding animals. And that he had two snakes. One was a boa/python cross of some sort. And the other was a cobra/rattlesnake cross. I just kinda went with it. I just smiled and did the "uh huh,.......wow,.....that's really something!" LOL.
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by snakeguy101 on April 27, 2007
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I have to do that all the time, it is worse when they start telling you the best way to kill the snakes though. I try not to listen because it makes me so durn mad!
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by Crotalusssp on April 28, 2007
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As a high school biology teacher, my favorite stories are always ones that include, "I saw it on T.V." Sometimes I want to put a camera on myself in class and run it to a T.V. that the students could watch, then their grades might go up.
Charles
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by earthguy on April 30, 2007
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ROFLOL
Yeah, I know the feeling. They SWEAR anacondas are 100' man eaters. "I saw it on the movies". But that's not as bad as the time I had to tell a new biology teacher that snakes DO NOT regenerate if you hack them into pieces. I just don't know how some people get degrees.
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