# Hoop Snake Fail **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 19, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186 "2012-09-19T16:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186/21 "2012-09-20T18:40:43Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Damn it! I’m a herpetologist (sort of), I manage a captive collection, and I’ve got $10,000. Now I’ll never get that Philippine Hoop Snake I’ve been wanting for exhibition. ☹ Well I have an Incredibly Deadly Viper I’d be willing to sell you. Don’t worry, it’s one of the least dangerous and most friendly creatures in the Animal Kingdom. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186/22 "2012-09-20T19:01:26Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Damn it! I’m a herpetologist (sort of), I manage a captive collection, and I’ve got $10,000. I know this woman who works in a “massage parlor” up in Seattle thats got quite a collection of that going on, and she says the thousands she got in return just wasn’t worth it in the long run. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186/23 "2012-09-20T20:27:00Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Well I have an Incredibly Deadly Viper I’d be willing to sell you. Don’t worry, it’s one of the least dangerous and most friendly creatures in the Animal Kingdom. I have a tame Vindow Viper. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186/24 "2012-09-20T20:35:44Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I have a tame Vindow Viper. Yo, Joe! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186/25 "2012-09-20T21:09:37Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Not really a pitting. Just a follow up in case anyone was interested in the not at all surprising outcome from [this thread on hoop snakes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=665639). What a hoop-de-doo that was! ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186/26 "2012-09-21T05:25:51Z")
Thanks for posting an update! I regret I missed out on posting in the live thread. I wanted to ask him to hunt for me a mobius snake. I would have offered him one meeeeeellion dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186/27 "2012-09-21T05:56:34Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I will henceforth lie awake in fear at night at the thought of the Phillippine King Cobra, which grows far larger than nature chose to make any other venomous snake. Not sure if you’re kidding, but though they don’t knock on doors or have spurious limbs ( though some snakes kinda [do](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvic_spur) ), [King Cobras](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cobra) actually do occur in the Philippines and can in fact hit ~18 feet long ( if probably pretty rarely ) ;). Even non-record holders are quite [impressively big](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYdfLeo3QRw). If I were ever searching for a critter to respectfully worship they’d be pretty high on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186/28 "2012-09-21T08:23:18Z")
Never mind unicorns, I’ll bet the National Zoo will pay big bucks for a dementor. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186/29 "2012-09-21T09:05:30Z")
My wife insists “horse whip snakes” AKA hoop snakes by another name are real, I’ve decided not to push the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186/30 "2012-09-21T09:11:21Z")
Good idea, **grude**. Pick your battles. Always a good strategy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoop-snake-fail/635186.md?page=1)