Have you ever eaten rattlesnake?  I went camping with some friends once, and 
we were walking down the road.  The guy that was walking with my friend and 
me suddenly grabbed us and pulled us back.  There was a rattlesnake lying 
across the road.  There were all kinds of little tiny children around, so a 
bunch of people decided the best thing was to kill the snake, so there would 
be no danger of it biting one of the kids.  They started to stone it to 
death.  (I learned later that it was trying to slither away during the 
stoning, the poor thing.)  Anyway, they finally succeeded in killing it, and 
it was still moving.  Yuck!  A guy in our group came up and said, "I'm 
eating him for my dinner."  Sure enough, he cut that sucker up and we 
roasted him on the campfire.  It tasted like chicken cooked in bacon grease. 
I'm glad I tried it, but I still feel sorry for the poor snake.  But it 
would have been awful if one of those little kids had been bitten.

Peggy
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:25 PM
Subject: My Experience with Snakes


> Hi all!
>
> I don't mind handling a snake if I know it won't bite me.  One time at a 
> mall, some people were taking pictures of customers who held a python 
> around their shoulders.  My sister Maxine and I decided to do it too.  WE 
> should have the picture somewhere, unless my snake-hating mother threw it 
> out. (grin)
>
> Another time someone had shot a rattler, and they cut off its head.  They 
> opened a place in the skin, and I put my finger in it and could feel its 
> heart still jumping.
>
> Sharon
>
>