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Undercover_Man · 07-03-2004, 10:36 PM

Hi! Ok...I was wondering something. I love animals of all kinds but when it comes to spiders and snakes I get nervous. I'd like to pick them up and relocate them but I don't feel like dying cause I got bit. That would be a gh3y way to die. I don't know which are dangerous. Now when ppl say that a certain one is dangerous do they mean poisonous or that they'll bite you easily or both?

Now I live in Collierville, TN which is right next to Memphis in the lower left corner of TN. As for spiders, are there any that are dangerous to humans? Are there a lot? Are all the deadly ones the big huge fury scary ones or can they be small harmless looking ones? Is there a book I could get that'd give me info on it if I were to whip it out when I saw a spider? I've held spiders before but only the teeny tiny ones. Just let it crawl wherever it wanted to onmy hand and arm and left it on another tree away from where I was working.

And for the snakes, I don't think I'd pick them up with my hands but with a stick maybe. I actually wouldn't mind being bitten by one either just as long as I was certain that it wasn't poisonous and dangerous to humans. I've heard that there are very few dangerous ones in TN where I live. Is that true? Is there a book where I could just look in it if I Saw one and ID it?

I like animals and don't really wanna kill them (cept for the birds that crap on my car). If I could only ID whether or not the spider or snake I see isn't poisonous and/or dangerous to humans then I wouldn't mind picking them up and putting them in the forest near our house or by the pond where we fish. Only thing stopping me is the fear of being poisoned by one or dangerous. THANKS

- Undercover Man

07-03-2004, 10:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Undercover_Man Insane	There an easy way to tell whether a spider & snake are dangerous or not where I live? Hi! Ok...I was wondering something. I love animals of all kinds but when it comes to spiders and snakes I get nervous. I'd like to pick them up and relocate them but I don't feel like dying cause I got bit. That would be a gh3y way to die. I don't know which are dangerous. Now when ppl say that a certain one is dangerous do they mean poisonous or that they'll bite you easily or both? Now I live in Collierville, TN which is right next to Memphis in the lower left corner of TN. As for spiders, are there any that are dangerous to humans? Are there a lot? Are all the deadly ones the big huge fury scary ones or can they be small harmless looking ones? Is there a book I could get that'd give me info on it if I were to whip it out when I saw a spider? I've held spiders before but only the teeny tiny ones. Just let it crawl wherever it wanted to onmy hand and arm and left it on another tree away from where I was working. And for the snakes, I don't think I'd pick them up with my hands but with a stick maybe. I actually wouldn't mind being bitten by one either just as long as I was certain that it wasn't poisonous and dangerous to humans. I've heard that there are very few dangerous ones in TN where I live. Is that true? Is there a book where I could just look in it if I Saw one and ID it? I like animals and don't really wanna kill them (cept for the birds that crap on my car). If I could only ID whether or not the spider or snake I see isn't poisonous and/or dangerous to humans then I wouldn't mind picking them up and putting them in the forest near our house or by the pond where we fish. Only thing stopping me is the fear of being poisoned by one or dangerous. THANKS - Undercover Man