# Listen to me - **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941 "2019-04-23T15:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941/1 "2019-04-23T15:07:12Z")
and I’m sure you’ll agree, The bravest man in eternity, Was neither a soldier or a champion of law, But the first to devour an oyster raw. Well, he’s got nothing on [this guy](https://gizmodo.com/fossilized-human-poop-shows-ancient-forager-ate-an-enti-1834222964). ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941/2 "2019-04-23T15:19:30Z")
Thank goodness. When I opened the link the first words that jumped out at me were “fossilized poop”. Makes the snake sound down right appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941/3 "2019-04-23T16:06:34Z")
Yes, I was referring to the snake. You’d have to be really hungry to swallow a whole rattlesnake, fangs and all! ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941/4 "2019-04-23T16:58:33Z")
It seems to me that quasi-scientific reporting could find a better word than “poop.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941/5 "2019-04-23T17:47:33Z")
God-all-mighty. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941/6 "2019-04-23T17:51:56Z")
"It’s possible that the snake was eaten by a particularly eccentric or curious individual, and that it never happened again. " I dare you eat this snake, skin and all! ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941/7 "2019-04-23T17:59:14Z")
I wonder if it wasn’t the ancient equivalent of a fraternity initiation. Here hold my \ and watch this! If they were drinking it was probably pulque or something similar. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941/8 "2019-04-23T18:08:11Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > I wonder if it wasn’t the ancient equivalent of a fraternity initiation. Here hold my \ and watch this! > > If they were drinking it was probably pulque or something similar. That’s exactly what I was thinking. And it happened in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941/9 "2019-04-23T18:51:36Z")
For a brief period of time, all the teens were eating snakes and posting it on the cave walls as part of the “Rattlesnake Challenge.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941/10 "2019-04-23T19:08:31Z")
Mr.Wrekker has eaten rattlesnake. Gah! He didn’t eat the fangs though. He just told me, with enough gravy almost anything’s edible. Nope, nope, nope. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-to-me/832941/11 "2019-04-24T21:46:57Z")
Whhat? BBQ rattlesnake is delicious! I tried it in Alamagordo and really enjoyed it.