🐮 Lolcow Jeffrey Leibowitz / Not Dead Yet

[Lt Saavik]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you another Floridian nutter, Fishing Garret. Spends his time wandering the Everglades in bare feet capturing non-native invasive creatures; annoying local wildlife and fucking with 'Swamp Puppies' (gators/crocodiles).

Whilst I realise that capturing invasives is essential for keeping the native ecosystem alive, the guy is going to be Steve Irwin'd before he's 30. Many of the animals he captures aren't dangerous, but at least a quarter of them are, and, personally, I think he prioritises showmanship / views over safety....but I'm hardly an expert.

https://youtube.com/shorts/e63iouNAscM?si=MW5heEAKXsPwWtIK

 

[The Wokest]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HXh0rLQPK5gHere’s Steve Irwin kino featuring an inland taipan. He must have been so confident because in addition to being a highly trained professional, his camera crew almost certainly had an ample supply of antivenom on hand.

now that I think about it a lot of those TV wildlife guys got fucked on the field at some point, we all know how Irwin died but I remember Austin Stevens getting bitten by a cobra in the desert and they had a kit to treat the bite immediately.

Then there's croc wearing chud from spain Wild Frank! His crew had water for the russell's viper!

You see, Bossman is wise, he knows any slot can pay dewd! It doesn't matter if it's not a spitting cobra, anything can SQUIRT!
Frank is still around, not on TV networks but youtube/kick now and is a bit of a lolcow himself, doesn't seem like a bad guy.
He claims he lost 60% of the vision on that eye, even years later.

 

[Autistic Integrity]

now that I think about it a lot of those TV wildlife guys got fucked on the field at some point, we all know how Irwin died but I remember Austin Stevens getting bitten by a cobra in the desert and they had a kit to treat the bite immediately.

Then there's croc wearing chud from spain Wild Frank! His crew had water for the russell's viper!
CrocsWearingChud.mp4

You see, Bossman is wise, he knows any slot can pay dewd! It doesn't matter if it's not a spitting cobra, anything can SQUIRT!
Frank is still around, not on TV networks but youtube/kick now and is a bit of a lolcow himself, doesn't seem like a bad guy.
He claims he lost 60% of the vision on that eye, even years later.

Anyone with any brains will have an antivenin kit handy for whatever deadly snake they're fucking with

 

[CircuSphere]

at's a bit different because ball pythons have been bred in captivity so much that I'm pretty sure you'd be able to find noticeable appearance and behavioral difference from the ones in Africa. Reptile owners have created literal snake nigger cattle.

You can dig them up in Africa and they are just as chill. The locals will collect them and put them in shrines and crap.

Though TBH we don't know all that much about them and there has been a lot of confusion about thier habitat and behavior since they hit the US big in the 80s.

 

[invisibult plus+]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you another Floridian nutter, Fishing Garret. Spends his time wandering the Everglades in bare feet capturing non-native invasive creatures; annoying local wildlife and fucking with 'Swamp Puppies' (gators/crocodiles).

Whilst I realise that capturing invasives is essential for keeping the native ecosystem alive, the guy is going to be Steve Irwin'd before he's 30. Many of the animals he captures aren't dangerous, but at least a quarter of them are, and, personally, I think he prioritises showmanship / views over safety....but I'm hardly an expert.

https://youtube.com/shorts/e63iouNAscM?si=MW5heEAKXsPwWtIK

He does read body language, and listens sometimes, but still goes and “yyyoinks” reptiles, mammals and even birds.

 

[Lonely khan]

You see, Bossman is wise, he knows any slot can pay dewd! It doesn't matter if it's not a spitting cobra, anything can SQUIRT!

Austin is 100% the archetype exotic owner. I'm actually kinda shocked he doesn't roll the dice line with some 6 foot python peaking out of hoodie on his neck. He's such the target demographic for these things ... BMJ in a hot snake arc would end in tragedy.

Frank is still around, not on TV networks but youtube/kick now and is a bit of a lolcow himself, doesn't seem like a bad guy.
He claims he lost 60% of the vision on that eye, even years later.

I wonder how much my lolcow horizons would grow if I was bilingual. I wonder if Cantonese is the best bang for your buck lolcow language, or maybe something on a smaller scale but with richer milk like Polish.

 

[AnOminous]

I fear the snakes that are considered very deadly but their mortality rate is very low, why?

Because most people will never see one even in its natural habitat, where humans rarely go, and if some imbecile imports one, it's probably to a First World country that has all kinds of ridiculous things like antivenom for snakebites from some species almost nobody gets bitten by, or they're a zookeeper or a herpetologist and have it as part of their profession.

Also most people who do have access to them aren't completely brainless dipshits who go fucking with them because "anti venom is for pussies."

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HXh0rLQPK5gHere’s Steve Irwin kino featuring an inland taipan. He must have been so confident because in addition to being a highly trained professional, his camera crew almost certainly had an ample supply of antivenom on hand.

Funny how that dude was completely at ease dealing with the most dangerous things in the world and then got killed by something that is generally regarded as harmless.

 

[Unexpected Genitals]

Anyone who keeps venomous snakes outside a zoo is already fucktarded, imagine being against antivenom too only to beg for it later. Hope he dies and stops taking up oxygen that could go to someone more deserving.

 

[The Wokest]

Because most people will never see one even in its natural habitat, where humans rarely go, and if some imbecile imports one, it's probably to a First World country that has all kinds of ridiculous things like antivenom for snakebites from some species almost nobody gets bitten by, or they're a zookeeper or a herpetologist and have it as part of their profession.

Also most people who do have access to them aren't completely brainless dipshits who go fucking with them because "anti venom is for pussies."

The issue with that is the venom composition/potency difference from a wild snake to a captive one, it has been proved that the venom from the same snake differs significantly based on the lifestyle and diet of the snake.

A snake that has a scheduled diet of rodents in a container won't have the same venom compared to the exact same species that is out crawling in some bushes and hasn't eaten for weeks.
There's a big debate about venom samples with some arguing that only venom collected from wild snakes is accurate or useful for both research and antivenom production. Which is stupid because even if the antivenom produced from a snake in captivity is not that effective is still better than nothing.

The labs that produce antivenom usually rely on venom suppliers, even if they keep some snakes in house they still grab samples from third parties and research labs specifically are pretty happy when samples come from the wild.

But if your shtick as a venom supplier is that your samples are from wild snakes only, you are going to die.

 

[Col]

Can we in the western world just admit we systemically hate animals?
Why is it our main "solution" to helping animals is just kill them?
"Oh it is so wrong for this guy to have an endagered species! Well time to crush it's skull... for it's benefit."

 

[Theraposa Enjoyer]

How did this moron get his hands on an inland taipan, anyway? They're Australian, and they're the most venomous snake on the planet. You're not allowed to export any live native animal out of Australia to have as a pet, save for a few parrots (budgies, sulphur-crested cockatoos, cockatiels, etc.). I can't fathom how this would ever make it through customs.

They always do. It takes just one shipment of a couple hundred to put them into circulation for months or even a year. They just get sneakier with how they smuggle them. I just hope they start captive breeding them, by this point. It's a lot less hassle for everyone involved.

 

[Chernabog3000]

This wanker's snakes being euthanised doesn't make much sense. There are nutjobs in the US who collect taipans and other very deadly snakes, apparently they are extremely rare and expensive animals, it surely wouldn't take too long to find someone who would happily take on unwanted animals.

It makes sense environmently. South Carolina and Gerogia only a couple mild winters away from having the same invasive reptile problems florida currently has. Why even risk the chance of these snakes possibly ending up in the ecosystem. Rehoming 12 exotic snake species is to risky. You can't even guarantee a zoo or reptile facility will keep them secure. It does not surprise me southern states especially the ones bordering/close to Florida take a radical stance on these animals.

 

[AnOminous]

The Guy seems to have quite the wacky history.
He also mentions losing the cat and offering a reward.

He sure has a lot of "Studied at"s. Any actual degrees?

 

[Cane Skretteburg]

Too much of this thread is people arguing about whether or not the snakes should have been killed. As much as I think THE BRAVE HEROES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT should be bitten by venomous snakes, to expect some Barney Fife to learn all about snakes in order to rehome a dozen or so dangerous reptiles is retarded. Frankly, it’s the kind of position a redditor would take.

‘Aw jeez the poor heckin’ danger noodles.’

Adults that talk like that are embarrassing, and there’s several in this thread.

 

[Autistic Integrity]

Can we in the western world just admit we systemically hate animals?
Why is it our main "solution" to helping animals is just kill them?
"Oh it is so wrong for this guy to have an endagered species! Well time to crush it's skull... for it's benefit."

Contraband, deadly and improperly raised snakes not supposed to be in the area they are in
It's not the snakes fault this fucker did this and it sucks they have to die but it is the logical fate for them.

 

[Marche]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you another Floridian nutter, Fishing Garret. Spends his time wandering the Everglades in bare feet capturing non-native invasive creatures; annoying local wildlife and fucking with 'Swamp Puppies' (gators/crocodiles).

Whilst I realise that capturing invasives is essential for keeping the native ecosystem alive, the guy is going to be Steve Irwin'd before he's 30. Many of the animals he captures aren't dangerous, but at least a quarter of them are, and, personally, I think he prioritises showmanship / views over safety....but I'm hardly an expert.

https://youtube.com/shorts/e63iouNAscM?si=MW5heEAKXsPwWtIK

I've seen this guys videos, its good what he is doing but he really pushes his safty.
I don't think there is anything really dangerous enough to kill him in Florida besides stuff like cottom mouths and maybe a large crocodile but even then anti-venom and they are not even Salt water crocs which actually do kill.
Id say if anything takes him out it will be an infection from being bitten by a large python.

 

[CircuSphere]

Contraband, deadly and improperly raised snakes not supposed to be in the area they are in
It's not the snakes fault this fucker did this and it sucks they have to die but it is the logical fate for them.

Yeah dude knew what was going to happen to those snakes if he was ever caught.

@Col if you want to be mad, when Florida banned Retics they ceased and euthanized the snakes of legal/responsible breeders with large operations in FLA (because it's such a good climate to raise snakes). They were faced with rehoming dozens of large adult snakes that are hard to rehome under normal conditions and given almost no time to do so. They took out the dude's pregnant legal Boa out of sheer ignorance. It was a typical government slow boil too IIRC, get them to register for inspections and build airlock style doors and then like a year or two later they were straight up destroying their livelihoods/animals.

 

[Cryptojew]

Powerlevel, I'm a snake person. Both of mine are safe and managable- my kingsnake in particular is such a harmless retard that he's more likely to bite himself than he is me. I can't even imagine what was going through this idiot's head getting an Taipan, there's literally no reason to own hot snakes unless you're running a zoo. I hope he gets another and it finishes the job.

 

[Moss Monster]

Can we in the western world just admit we systemically hate animals?
Why is it our main "solution" to helping animals is just kill them?
"Oh it is so wrong for this guy to have an endagered species! Well time to crush it's skull... for it's benefit."

Part of it just comes down to the western world being so heavily legislated. There's almost no arena where "Just do what feels right, man, it's okay!" is a valid strategy in almost any area that intersects with say, law enforcement. We're always looking for ways to make something safe, or clear cut, and it's further influenced by lobbying interests. Most westerners value animal welfare pretty highly. But when it comes to a weird edge case like a pet tiger or a taipan, the state has to look out for people, the environment, etc as well as the safety of its' staff. By no means do I feel the situation is ideal, or undeserving of analysis though. It's clearly suboptimal, and needs to change. Corroborree frogs and Dwarf Galaxias probably wouldn't be endangered if there was some kind of effort possible to transition them into a pet trade, for example. The same is true of a lot of species.

 

[AnOminous]

Anyone who keeps venomous snakes outside a zoo is already fucktarded, imagine being against antivenom too only to beg for it later. Hope he dies and stops taking up oxygen that could go to someone more deserving.

Somehow imminent death wises up even the dumbest people. Sometimes.

It's not the snakes fault this fucker did this and it sucks they have to die but it is the logical fate for them.

If anyone killed those snakes it was Jeffy Boy.