zoos, parents & snakes

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Posted by theMAC on April 08, 2003 at 13:28:51:

I'm not gonna waste alot of time delving into my thoughts behind this but here's the scenario as I witnessed it last saturday at the reptile house of a major zoo here in the USA.

I am being polite and patient, working my way to each exhibit to see some very beautiful snakes and lizards from around the country and the world. Lots of ppl come in and look at each exhibit. Naturally, the kids liked it the most.
Any snake smaller than 2'Long and 1"diameter was "a baby"
Any snake over 4' and 3" dia was a "man eater"
Almost all of the snakes there are "poisonous"..you know, the rattlers, the cobras, the boas, the pythons, the green ones, the mean looking ones

but what I really noticed was the few couples who had at least one kid who REALLY didn't want to see the snakes.
But they brought them in and took to almost every snake exhibit with the child crying, squealling or screaming
"I don't wanna"
"I'm scared"
"Nooooooooo...."
I won't differentiate between the few trying to show their child something and teach them about it and the guy who just delighted in seeing the child squirm and then telling him to "get tough, it won't hurt you".

I believe I read that something to the effect of 'for the same reason some ppl are terrified of snakes, some ppl are fascinated with them'
(I won't say where I read that incase I screwed up his quote or his meaning)

as I said, I'm not going into what I think about this
but maybe you will

Follow Ups:

People who are retarded and fearful of snakes.... GoryLori 04/08/03 (9)
- People who are retarded and fearful of snakes.... mred 04/24/03 (0)
- Re: People who are retarded and fearful of snakes.... sagarae 04/13/03 (0)
- It peaves the hell out of me to see people >>>more highlander1 04/09/03 (0)
- Re: People who are retarded and fearful of snakes.... Classic_Dums 04/09/03 (0)
- Re: People who are retarded and fearful of snakes.... CudaMako 04/08/03 (4)
  - Re: People who are retarded and fearful of snakes.... GoryLori 04/09/03 (3)
    - Re: People who are retarded and fearful of snakes.... oldherper 04/09/03 (2)
      - Re: People who are retarded and fearful of snakes.... GoryLori 04/09/03 (1)
        
        Yikes!!! (have a nice day Gori!!!) CudaMako 04/09/03 (0)
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