On 08-2695, FRAN WARWICK wrote to TOM WEISS:
 FW> Fortunately I haven't had to deal with rattlesnakes. They are out
 FW> there for sure, but none have come up here. The dogs have come in
 FW> out of the woods with bite marks that are over an inch wide. Yes,
 FW> they survive it.
Ouch!  Apparently they haven't learned that birds in an aviary (especially in 
nestboxs) make an easy meal?   Rattlers can't climb wire mesh can they?
 FW> A guy that was catching snakes for the rattlesnake round-up a couple
 FW> of years ago came out of the woods with a 60 lb. rattler. That was
 FW> about four miles up the road. I don't think that I would get close
 FW> enough with my trusty hoe......scaaaarrrry!
Huh? A 60 lb. rattler? Why that thing could take on the largest of parrots in 
one gulp.
 FW> Is getting the skin off a snake the same as getting the skin off a
 FW> catfish? Do you northerners know about catfish?
Sure-tan-lee.  Have you even skinned a duck, goose, chicken or a turkey?  
Just like a catfish.  Do you southerners know about salmon ?
Seems like someone would be lurking this conference to pick up some deceased 
parrots for taxidermy purposes.
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