Snake Behind the Instrument Panel

[PDH]

How the heck would you respond to this?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197976,00.html

 

[FN FAL]

How the heck would you respond to this?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197976,00.html

Just like Samuel L Jackson..."We got snakes on a plane and I hope they burn in hell!"

 

[PDH]

I would be squealing like a little girl. There's two things in life I hate--snakes and Michael Moore documentaries.

 

[Gorilla]

How about vultures on a plane? No web source, but a guy years ago, flying a Grumman AA-1b with the canopy open, angled into a vulture which ended up inside with him. It sat on his bag in the rear of the A/C, and stared at him over his shoulder while he did an emergency landing.

After landing, the vulture took a huge dump on both his bag, AND the front seat, before flying off.

Snakes are cool. Please don't kill them. Caveat - if it's poisonous, and you are in a bad situation, like this guy, stomp it, but generally it's best to let 'em go. They are incredibly important for rodent control.

 

[Guitar rocker]

If they have slanted eyes, your fate is pending as they are poisonous...if they have round eyes, they are your friend....non poisonous.

 

[I_Love_Lamp]

If they have slanted eyes, your fate is pending as they are poisonous...if they have round eyes, they are your friend....non poisonous.

Just like humans.

 

[MFRskyknight]

If they have slanted eyes, your fate is pending as they are poisonous...if they have round eyes, they are your friend....non poisonous.

I haven't heard that one, but I don't think I'd like to get close enough to see their eyes before I find out. You can usually tell by the shape of their head. Venomous ones have wider heads to accomodate their poison glands.

MFR

 

[Guitar rocker]

Just like humans.

Yah, thats too funny!

 

[Guitar rocker]

I haven't heard that one, but I don't think I'd like to get close enough to see their eyes before I find out. You can usually tell by the shape of their head. Venomous ones have wider heads to accomodate their poison glands.

MFR

A veterinarian told me about the slanted eye thing here recently. News to me as well.

 

[Guitar rocker]

This was a story that was told a long time ago during the Constellation days.....maybe someone out there who flew those or knows about the story can add to the validity of this one.

Story goes like this. This one particular constellation had flown some snakes as cargo. At their destination, they off loaded the snakes and went on their way. Over the course of several weeks, the flight controls became somewhat more difficult to operate, or at least more noticeably so on this one aircraft. In time, it was well out of the norm and was written up. When they looked into the controls, they found tons of dead snakes (and some living) lying around which caused the controls to be stiff. They had to gut em all out of there....I can imagine that had to have been a lot of snakes. Guess a few got out and found their way to the controls and set up shop there.