Re: Frozen gerbils for sale in Florida!

[Sarah Conte]

>> You know what,  snakes gotta eat too.  Although I thought most snakes >> will only eat live food. > >I agree that *some* life has to eat other life (can you tell I'm a vegetarian? >;). But I've never seen a snake eat something already dead, so it makes you >wonder what this "ranch" is really selling for. > >Paige Nothing wrong with that,  and I am moving (I say moving,  cause I still eat meat like once a month)  towards a vegetarian life style, of the vegan nature.  No dairy for me, but I do drink about a quart of soy milk a day.  Buy my point is plants are life too. I could never own a snake cause I don't think I could watch them eat their prey that would upset me. I've been a vegetarian for most of my life (hippie mom), mainly 'cause I don't like meat and believe (No, I'm not a zealot, I'm not looking to convert, so no flames please) that humans are not physiologically intended to eat meat (wrong teeth, no naturally occurring enzymes, etc), but I gotta say that I am fascinated by those animals who do eat other animals to survive.   Watching a snake feed is actually pretty darned cool.  I also love the Discovery Channel.  Call it a guilty pleasure if you will, but I'm fascinated by all life and its functions.  So, maybe frozen critters is cheating (it's certainly less interesting), but keeping a snake in captivity is already disrupting the natural order, as well as not even remotely the most disruptive thing that people have done to the ecology, so who's to say. . . Sarah :) The Classic Theatrical Struggle: The Show Must Go On vs. This Is Stupid, I'm Going Home!