Which do people run over more; snakes or turtles?

**blueback** · 08-03-2012, 12:30 PM

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Apparently about 95% of people are cool. 5% of people are dicks who will swerve onto the shoulder to hit a reptile. Also, of the people who will stop to help an animal on the road, 100% of them have a hard time telling the difference between a real animal and a rubber animal.

However, there is a silver lining. 100% of drivers left the tarantula to die. As they should. I only wish more of them had run it over.

**ummon** · 08-03-2012, 12:49 PM

Goddamn SUV users. Only those bastards would swerve to kill a reptile.

I take an extreme xenophobic view towards tarantulas. I hate them. I take a sort of segregationist approach to snakes. I don't want to kill them but I wish they were always far away from me. As for turtles, I love them. They're so cute. :D

**Phaze228** · 08-03-2012, 01:04 PM

	Originally Posted by blueback To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Apparently about 95% of people are cool. 5% of people are dicks who will swerve onto the shoulder to hit a reptile. Also, of the people who will stop to help an animal on the road, 100% of them have a hard time telling the difference between a real animal and a rubber animal.

That makes me extremely curios if there's a relationship between the people who help animals and their egregious ability to differentiate between a real animal vs. a fake one. Perhaps the ones that know an animal when they see it, are more prone to treating it like crap.

**dungeonguy88** · 08-03-2012, 02:54 PM

I'll avoid hitting any animal on the road, if I can help it. I might help a turtle across the road, snakes are usually on their own, though.

**VF1J** · 08-03-2012, 02:59 PM

I don't drive, but I almost crushed a baby frog (maybe toad) in the dark, out of pure luck he survived because of my sharp eyesight, this was in a grass field so I did not really need to aid him in any way.

I don't know.

I just wanted to contribute. Frogs are cool right?

**Distance** · 08-03-2012, 03:01 PM

Don't drive an SUV/truck and don't hit animals, if at all safely possible to avoid. But I love this experiment. Great way to get kids to enjoy science and a humorous way to delve into psych.

**Bailalobos** · 08-03-2012, 03:03 PM

Where I live alligators are more the question...I'd never willingly run one over, but have heard it's like hitting a large log; gator often wins. Re tarantulas, poor critters get a bad rap (they're harmless)...the real devils are the wasps that sting/kill them. Right after we moved to an area in which they're commonly found, my son came home w/one in hand and asked if we could hang it from the front doorway as a Halloween decoration.

**Distance** · 08-03-2012, 03:15 PM

Anyone else see the psychological stereotypical ramifications of actions to political alignments?

*flings shit to see what will stick, then runs away*

**Bailalobos** · 08-03-2012, 03:20 PM

Care to elucidate, m'dear?

**Distance** · 08-03-2012, 03:31 PM

Nothing to do with your response. Solely to do with the clip.

**Nothingradio** · 08-03-2012, 03:43 PM

i believe the moose was invented as karma for those 5%

**SirJac** · 08-03-2012, 04:01 PM

	Originally Posted by Nothingradio To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	i believe the moose was invented as karma for those 5%

Probably, moose win most fights with vehicles. Where I'm from people try to avoid all animals crossing the road, if for no other reason that they usually result in damage.

**Phaze228** · 08-03-2012, 04:04 PM

	Originally Posted by Nothingradio To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	i believe the moose was invented as karma for those 5%

Who the fuck swerves to hit a moose?

**Distance** · 08-03-2012, 04:06 PM

Had a relative who drove through a National Park during moose rutting season at twilight. Ended up with a moose through the windshield of their Volvo. Luckily all the humans walked away. Unfortunately, the moose didn't.

Volvo = 0
Moose = 0
Humans = freakin' happy to be alive.

**Sk8ordude** · 08-04-2012, 07:24 AM

Out of the numbers psychologists usually pull out of their asses, 5% is a common estimated percentage of sociopaths within a population... interesting. Also I would punch somebody in the face and/or never have anything to do with them again if I found out they got their kicks from running over animals.

**porousshield** · 08-04-2012, 04:47 PM

We have neither snakes nor turtles here but I always try to avoid running over any animals that I can avoid.

The tourists here are always surprised by the size of moose because I think they expect something the size of a small deer and then this huge animal comes out of the woods right in front of their car.

**eagleseven** · 08-04-2012, 07:59 PM

Dunno where you would run into snakes and turtles. Biggest problem here is running into deer. And I don't like hitting them...they can total your car, and if they fly through the windshield, can kill you. But at least you can keep the carcass for meat, once you register it with the state patrol.

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I generally don't like hitting animals, makes for expensive repairs and a mess to clean up. Think the deer in my neighborhood have a death wish...love walking in front of my car going 40mph at 4AM. Or casually munching grass in my driveway at 11PM.

I've been known to stop in the middle of the street to let a duck with ducklings cross the road. And nobody behind seems to mind or honk.

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When I was a kid, we used to call roadkill "road pizza."

**bales33** · 08-05-2012, 01:25 AM

Why run over any of them if it can be avoided? I just fail to see what is to be gained by killing them even in regards to the tarantula it's not has though I'm going to stop and see if he want's to bite me. But I've never seen anything but brown relcuse here so I don't have to worry about trantula's obviously, and I know to leave any brown relcuses alone so I do. Unless there around the house then I simply catch them and let them go way back at the end of the roads which has nothing but woods for miles. It seems to me rather hypocritical to say I want to live by the wood's and not be by the creatures in the wood's has well anyway.

But in regards to the actual topic. Has a person that lives in kentucky were turtles are rather common I can say they don't get in to the road to often. But snakes don't either so I doubt either are commonly hit by car's compared to the number of cars. I did just see a big snaping turtle by the road two days ago though.

But I call bullshit on the 100% of people who have a hard time telling the difference between a real and fake animal. Because if you stop to help an animal your going to see if it's all right, then even if you notice it's fake your most likely going to check to make sure. Because of that even if you know it's fake at first glance your going to look has though you don't if you simply make sure the thing is fake. Unless he's talking about them not being able to tell it's real before stoping but in that case it still doesn't mean much because I'd wager very few people if any have the ability to tell it's not a toy from their driver's seat. It was an interesting video nonetheless.

**mieu** · 08-05-2012, 05:40 AM

LMFAO the animal control guy ahgahashs.df

**Nemesis** · 08-05-2012, 06:19 AM

I've hit a few prairie dogs. They zip onto the highway pretty fast, so it's almost impossible to avoid them without causing a car wreck.

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I fully support swerving to run over tarantulas, though.

**Thinktress** · 08-06-2012, 01:23 PM

I will get out of my car to move a turtle off of the roadway. Snakes, not so much.

**Polymath20** · 08-06-2012, 01:34 PM

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	I will get out of my car to move a turtle off of the roadway. Snakes, not so much.

This is more relevant. Humans generally have a learned fear of snakes. After all, some of them are venomous. Turtles are generally much more benign. Except for the snapping turtles. Leave them alone.

**Thinktress** · 08-06-2012, 01:37 PM

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	This is more relevant. Humans generally have a learned fear of snakes. After all, some of them are venomous. Turtles are generally much more benign. Except for the snapping turtles. Leave them alone.

Even with snapping turtles though, you can grab them by the other end and move them. Just keep the soft parts of your flesh away from that beak! And, it is amazing how far their neck will stretch out, so you have to take care. But I'm pretty good at handling live shellfish without getting grabbed and I guess that skill translates over or something.

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There are places in New Mexico (esp on county roads) where there are so many rabbits that run across the road so quickly that it is impossible to escape hitting them unless you slow down to 5 mph. After a while you just learn to live with the dull thud hitting your car and you try not to think about it.

**bales33** · 08-06-2012, 03:33 PM

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	Even with snapping turtles though, you can grab them by the other end and move them. Just keep the soft parts of your flesh away from that beak! And, it is amazing how far their neck will stretch out, so you have to take care. But I'm pretty good at handling live shellfish without getting grabbed and I guess that skill translates over or something.

Their not to hard to deal with if you know what your doing. But just a few's years back a guy not to far from where I live had his finger bitten off by one. I'm not saying you shouldn't help it, just saying there not to be underestimated. I also personally got bitten by one while swimming in the river when I was like 13 or 14 and I had to rip the damn thing off. Hurt like hell. Though you sound like you'll be just fine since that's pretty much what I'd suggest has well and I see the big guys like every other day since their rather common in the river that runs not to far from my back porch.

**s4nder** · 08-08-2012, 08:51 AM

I try to avoid any animals on the road (especially moose, hehe). On the last longer trip I must have run over 50+ frogs though, they just litter the roads at night in July, impossible to avoid at highway speeds. Almost hit a hare on that trip as well.

08-03-2012, 12:30 PM	#1
blueback Core Member [154%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 6,169	To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Apparently about 95% of people are cool. 5% of people are dicks who will swerve onto the shoulder to hit a reptile. Also, of the people who will stop to help an animal on the road, 100% of them have a hard time telling the difference between a real animal and a rubber animal. However, there is a silver lining. 100% of drivers left the tarantula to die. As they should. I only wish more of them had run it over.
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08-03-2012, 12:49 PM	#2
ummon Veteran Member [65%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2,613	Goddamn SUV users. Only those bastards would swerve to kill a reptile. I take an extreme xenophobic view towards tarantulas. I hate them. I take a sort of segregationist approach to snakes. I don't want to kill them but I wish they were always far away from me. As for turtles, I love them. They're so cute. :D
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08-03-2012, 02:54 PM	#4
dungeonguy88 Veteran Member [50%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 2,021	I'll avoid hitting any animal on the road, if I can help it. I might help a turtle across the road, snakes are usually on their own, though.
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08-03-2012, 02:59 PM	#5
VF1J Member [47%] MBTI: INTx Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,898	I don't drive, but I almost crushed a baby frog (maybe toad) in the dark, out of pure luck he survived because of my sharp eyesight, this was in a grass field so I did not really need to aid him in any way. I don't know. I just wanted to contribute. Frogs are cool right?
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08-03-2012, 03:01 PM	#6
Distance Core Member [418%] MBTI: eNTj Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 16,735	Don't drive an SUV/truck and don't hit animals, if at all safely possible to avoid. But I love this experiment. Great way to get kids to enjoy science and a humorous way to delve into psych.
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08-03-2012, 03:03 PM	#7
Bailalobos Veteran Member [77%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,110	Where I live alligators are more the question...I'd never willingly run one over, but have heard it's like hitting a large log; gator often wins. Re tarantulas, poor critters get a bad rap (they're harmless)...the real devils are the wasps that sting/kill them. Right after we moved to an area in which they're commonly found, my son came home w/one in hand and asked if we could hang it from the front doorway as a Halloween decoration.
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08-03-2012, 03:15 PM	#8
Distance Core Member [418%] MBTI: eNTj Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 16,735	Anyone else see the psychological stereotypical ramifications of actions to political alignments? flings shit to see what will stick, then runs away
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08-03-2012, 03:20 PM	#9
Bailalobos Veteran Member [77%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,110	Care to elucidate, m'dear?
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08-03-2012, 03:31 PM	#10
Distance Core Member [418%] MBTI: eNTj Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 16,735	Nothing to do with your response. Solely to do with the clip.
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Nothingradio Member [02%] MBTI: IXXX Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 103	i believe the moose was invented as karma for those 5%
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08-03-2012, 04:06 PM	#14
Distance Core Member [418%] MBTI: eNTj Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 16,735	Had a relative who drove through a National Park during moose rutting season at twilight. Ended up with a moose through the windshield of their Volvo. Luckily all the humans walked away. Unfortunately, the moose didn't. Volvo = 0 Moose = 0 Humans = freakin' happy to be alive.
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08-04-2012, 07:24 AM	#15
Sk8ordude Veteran Member [60%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,427	Out of the numbers psychologists usually pull out of their asses, 5% is a common estimated percentage of sociopaths within a population... interesting. Also I would punch somebody in the face and/or never have anything to do with them again if I found out they got their kicks from running over animals.
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08-04-2012, 04:47 PM	#16
porousshield Member [16%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 673	We have neither snakes nor turtles here but I always try to avoid running over any animals that I can avoid. The tourists here are always surprised by the size of moose because I think they expect something the size of a small deer and then this huge animal comes out of the woods right in front of their car.
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08-04-2012, 07:59 PM	#17
eagleseven Core Member [159%] MBTI: XNTJ Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 6,369	Dunno where you would run into snakes and turtles. Biggest problem here is running into deer. And I don't like hitting them...they can total your car, and if they fly through the windshield, can kill you. But at least you can keep the carcass for meat, once you register it with the state patrol. ( Show Spoiler ) To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I generally don't like hitting animals, makes for expensive repairs and a mess to clean up. Think the deer in my neighborhood have a death wish...love walking in front of my car going 40mph at 4AM. Or casually munching grass in my driveway at 11PM. I've been known to stop in the middle of the street to let a duck with ducklings cross the road. And nobody behind seems to mind or honk. ( Show Spoiler ) To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. When I was a kid, we used to call roadkill "road pizza."
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08-05-2012, 01:25 AM	#18
bales33 New Member [01%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 51	Why run over any of them if it can be avoided? I just fail to see what is to be gained by killing them even in regards to the tarantula it's not has though I'm going to stop and see if he want's to bite me. But I've never seen anything but brown relcuse here so I don't have to worry about trantula's obviously, and I know to leave any brown relcuses alone so I do. Unless there around the house then I simply catch them and let them go way back at the end of the roads which has nothing but woods for miles. It seems to me rather hypocritical to say I want to live by the wood's and not be by the creatures in the wood's has well anyway. But in regards to the actual topic. Has a person that lives in kentucky were turtles are rather common I can say they don't get in to the road to often. But snakes don't either so I doubt either are commonly hit by car's compared to the number of cars. I did just see a big snaping turtle by the road two days ago though. But I call bullshit on the 100% of people who have a hard time telling the difference between a real and fake animal. Because if you stop to help an animal your going to see if it's all right, then even if you notice it's fake your most likely going to check to make sure. Because of that even if you know it's fake at first glance your going to look has though you don't if you simply make sure the thing is fake. Unless he's talking about them not being able to tell it's real before stoping but in that case it still doesn't mean much because I'd wager very few people if any have the ability to tell it's not a toy from their driver's seat. It was an interesting video nonetheless.
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08-05-2012, 05:40 AM	#19
mieu Core Member [185%] $/)^3^(\$ MBTI: xNTx Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 7,436	LMFAO the animal control guy ahgahashs.df
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08-05-2012, 06:19 AM	#20
Nemesis Core Member [307%] MBTI: XXXX Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 12,282	I've hit a few prairie dogs. They zip onto the highway pretty fast, so it's almost impossible to avoid them without causing a car wreck. ---------- Post added 08-05-2012 at 08:21 AM ---------- I fully support swerving to run over tarantulas, though.
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08-06-2012, 01:23 PM	#21
Thinktress Veteran Member [52%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,112	I will get out of my car to move a turtle off of the roadway. Snakes, not so much.
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08-08-2012, 08:51 AM	#25
s4nder Member [14%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 597	I try to avoid any animals on the road (especially moose, hehe). On the last longer trip I must have run over 50+ frogs though, they just litter the roads at night in July, impossible to avoid at highway speeds. Almost hit a hare on that trip as well.
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