08-03-2011, 08:27 AM
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Snake-on-a-windshield video - animal cruelty?
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If you were driving down a freeway and an animal appeared on the hood, would you pull over?
What if that animal were a snake?
A video making the rounds on the Net shows a Memphis family cruising down a highway at 65 mph when a snake crawls out of the engine compartment and onto the hood of their SUV. With mom Rachel clenching the wheel, dad Tony pulls out a camera phone and and tapes 2 minutes and 24 seconds of confused, writhing serpent.
"I don't know how we're going to deal with this! I want this thing to fall off!" exclaims hysterical Dad, who erroneously identifies it as a water moccasin. (It appears to be a nonpoisonous species.) The family shrieks, titters, laughs nervously, but Mom never pulls over.
Dad gets his wish: The unfortunate creature finally drops over the side, likely to its death.
Comments seem divided into two camps - those cheering the mother's cool behind the wheel and welcoming the snake's demise, and those condemning the family's action as potentially dangerous and tantamount to animal cruelty.
Here's a sampling:
garygdj:
I hate snakes too. When I lived in Florida I ran over a snake with the lawn mower.
northstar:
I was going to say that I would have been happy to run over their snake. A lot more challenging than squirrels and chipmunks.
NY_to_PA:
I've run over snakes in my driveway and some of them just crawl away. The only way to be sure you got the snake is to park a rear wheel over the snake and then peel out. Does it every time.
ColoMom:
No I don't know what I would have done!!! Other than screaming & screaming. I hope I could have kept driving straight. I would be trying to figure out what to do, if I pull over will it go back in side??? Could it get into the passenger compartment??? Honestly my last thought would be for the safety of the snake. I'm an animal lover but in this instance my thought would be on my safety & that of my family in the car!! ( when I got home I would need to change my underwear )
deadlights88:
I would have turned my windshield wipers on when it was laying across it. The snake would have flown right off.
Melissa Christenson:
I would of sprayed it with the water, just glad it fell off before they parked.
TKsMommie:
I would have lost my mind. Snakes scare the hell out of me. My kids would have thought it was awesome but I would have been in tears. And I would have kept driving for fear if I stopped it would somehow get to me!!
alisabethjaimes:
I don't think it's fair to say the women's a hazard. I know if it was me in her place I'd be freaking out, which would freak the kids out. So I commend her for staying relatively calm.
bstb29:
Cool? video dude ! The folks complaining must have animal rights issues ! Perhaps they are jealous of your video ! I would have done the same "dumb" thing !
momtolittleg:
Wow. Yikes. I have to question why they didn't IMMEDIATELY pull off the road. Seems like that would be a dangerous distraction, especially going 65mph down the highway! I wouldn't have been too worried since the windows were up and the snake was on the OUTSIDE, but I wouldn't have gotten out of the car until someone came to remove it. But, yeah, driving with that thing on the windshield- not very safe.
MichaelPatrick:
I would have helped the Snake. All they had to do was pull over and let the Snake off the car instead of acting like they had no common sense.
Guest
This is a family of idiots. I hope they have both been fixed so they don't make any more than they already have. I hear he is a preacher but his disregard for life is quite apparent. Why couldn't they have pulled over somewhere and let the snake get off of their SUV?
sandrsofias:
Pull over and let the snake go. I can't be the only one with this level of common sense.?
What do you think? If it had been a bird or chipmunk trapped on the hood, would you have pulled over? Are snakes, feared and despised by millions, less worthy of your concern?
Snake on a car! Memphis family watches as snake slithers over windshield while driving on highway (New York Daily News)
Huge Snake on Car Windshield Takes Family for Wild Ride (VIDEO) (The Stir)
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