Prop is closed

[esteefee]

sorry for the delay in closing, folks! I blame lilyfarfalla's pet mouse lemur, pictured here:



see? how can you blame such an innocent? which also turns out to be an evil,
cannibalistic predator that will nibble on your toes in your sleep! eep!

RUN RODNEY RUN.

um. anyway.

Comments

komodo venom

[elderwitty]

They're not one hundred percent sure that the proteins in komodo dragon glands are used for envenomation. The multiple types of highly virulent bacteria in their bite, however, are undisputed.

How this moron thought he could build up a resistance to them (or, indeed, any possible venom) is mind-boggling, especially as he was intending to do it, not under controlled lab conditions and a doctor's supervision but alone (in the non-reptilian sense) in his home. He might just as well have tried to build up a tolerance for bubonic plague. Or knife wounds. Once again, Darwin is vindicated. Sadly, the animals paid for the human's stupidity ... as per usual.

Of course, none of the folks on that show are overly logically blessed. Remember Antoine, the guy who raised a tiger in his New York apartment and got the hell bitten out of him for his troubles? (And who wants to regain possession of his baby as soon as he can.) He was quoted as saying, "“Ironically we were both placed in cages for the first time," following his arrest. I guess he doesn't consider that Ming - who would be roaming around a JUNGLE in a better world - had been in a cage his entire life. Logic is not for everyone. :D

Re: komodo venom

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Or how about the woman who lived with venomous snakes, all cage free in a small trailer in high desert of California?
She was self taught.
Initially she had them housed in them cages but often took them out to 'work with them'. . .

She had somehow acquired some of the most deadly snakes in the world.......other she regularly picked up during hikes in the area.
Among the 20 that she had was a Black Mamba, a Taipan, a Horned Viper and a Bushmaster, and a Cobra (much like we encountered
when we lived in Taiwan in an hillside area) etc.


I find it all so amazing that THEY have the answer. I mean nobody else who handles them regularly does, but THEY alone do
'Died of acute stupidity' should be noted on the ME form.

Re: komodo venom

[elderwitty]

I think it's a case of not feeling like they're 'special' in any conventional way (singing, sports, etc.) and trying to convince themselves that they have a talent, even if it's for something so out of the ordinary as this. And they don't ever seem to get that even if you have all the training, it can still be deadly. Steve Irwin, anyone?

I don't think the ME is allowed to do that, but you know that thought came up.

Re: komodo venom

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Those who they have placed the spotlight on have by and large been
individuals who are missing something deep in their souls.
Perhaps their lack of self worth and a desire to be in control of something ends has brought about their demise.
Sad when one contemplates it.

"I don't think the ME is allowed to do that, but you know that thought came up."

It was inappropriate in proposing that, but so often I see something and think 'acute stupidity is what actually killed him/her'
In this case taking on wild animals and thinking 'I can do what others cannot or have not done.'
There are just so many cases which prove that theory is flawed.

Re: komodo venom

[esteefee]

I think too the danger is attractive to them. Having a creature that is potentially deadly under their control?

But this is why I like writing about John Sheppard? :D