Slippery subject
I was quite amused by the tidbit in the May 2 Rocky Mountain News concerning the woman brandishing several poisonous asps in an attempt to elude arrest (“Assault by deadly asp”).
I was so amused, I clipped the story and showed it to the proprietor/boy genius of my local herpetological shop.
He was dismayed by two blatant inaccuracies. First, rattlesnakes are not asps, but rather pit vipers.
Second, the snakes are not poisonous. That implies that ingesting them would be dangerous. Not true. They taste like chicken after all!
These snakes are venomous, meaning they inject venom into the bloodstream, which is very problematic.
Judy Reilly, Centennial
Inaccuracies in the Rocky? I am shocked!!!
Posted by Bob on May 16, 2007 10:44 AMAm I the only one who has noticed that when the GOP was in control of the U.S. Congress, the police never harm protesters, but now that the Democrats are in control, the police are attacking them without cause?
Posted by on May 16, 2007 01:24 PMI guss the nameless Repiglicun missed the RNC convention.
Posted by B. Drunk on May 16, 2007 01:29 PM"I guss the nameless Repiglicun missed the RNC convention."
I guess that drunk college Democrats miss obvious sarcasm.
Posted by No use on May 16, 2007 05:11 PM