Running through my mind-SNAKES

[underpants]

Today sees the beginning of a new series here on DU. As I am in training for a marathon and since I have, to date, not succumbed/learned to use my iPod on runs I have a lot of time to kill and only so many braincells with which to do it. So far I am also training alone so what you will see here are the ruminations of long distance runner's mind. We are 21 weeks away from the big run please feel free to get on board and enjoy the slow sweaty descent into madness.

-Snakes-

Do you really think that snakes are as scared of you as you are of them?

All their lives snakes have observed humans and for the most part the first thing we say is something to the effect of "Oh *&$# there's a snake!!" Now that HAS to have an effect. Even the nonpoisonous ones have to feel emboldened by that.

As Bill Cosby once informed us snakes are far smarter than we give them credit for-they know that sooner or later one of those feet has to come back down and touch the ground. I am sure that they also understand, even with their tiny little brains, that the fangs thing is really really effective. Plus even the smallest doubt about their lethality is a great weapon on an enemy. A moments hesitation in "battle" is a moment lost, an opportunity gone as they say.

Now if you are like me and you are out running in the dark at say 5:30 in the morning you are more worried about a stray deer or Bigfoots rather than snakes but yet that it their great advantage hiding behind wild badgers and human-ape bio monsters. Always keep that in mind.

To answer my own question I really don't think snakes are as scared of us as we are of them because frankly I don't think their brains are big enough to handle it.

I will report back when I think of it.