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Pellaz · 07-04-2004, 07:06 PM

Generaly speaking, venomous snakes have slit pupils and non venomous have round pupils. It looks like there are only four common venomous snakes in TN.
http://frogsandsnakes.homestead.com/snakes.html

Couldn't readily find anything on the spiders commonly found in TN, but there are really only 6-7 hazard species of spiders found in the states, so if you learn those, you should be reasonably safe.

http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/spider/spider1.htm

Spiders are very helpful little beasties, so if you're finding them outside, it's probably best to just tip your hat to them and move along.

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Pellaz Addict Location: Texas	Generaly speaking, venomous snakes have slit pupils and non venomous have round pupils. It looks like there are only four common venomous snakes in TN. http://frogsandsnakes.homestead.com/snakes.html Couldn't readily find anything on the spiders commonly found in TN, but there are really only 6-7 hazard species of spiders found in the states, so if you learn those, you should be reasonably safe. http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/spider/spider1.htm Spiders are very helpful little beasties, so if you're finding them outside, it's probably best to just tip your hat to them and move along. __________________ " ' Big Mouth. Remember it took three of you to kill me. A god, a boy, and, last and least, a hero.' "