Well I am sure many of you have already heard the story about the Arizona restaurant serving Lion tacos. I know its not reptile related but we all hate PETA the same so I could not help but share it. According the the owners of the restaurant they have received 20-30 direct threats and hundreds of indirect threats by people, most of which claim to be PETA supporters or members. Some people are even calling for an investigation into weather or not PETA is involved. According to the 1970 RICO act if they are found to be part of the threats they can be prosecuted as a domestic terror organization which is oh so sweet sounding to my ears. DOWN WITH PETA I say. But what do you think?
Reptile News: Kids are not born with a fear of snakes
What a fascinating day
Well fascinating is the only way I can explain the day. I saw a post on FaaceBook asking
Would any one else be interested in starting a Herp Kids Group? A place where we could share our children’s passions of the hobby.
With that being said I could not resist and sprung into action creating a spot for kids on the DRN website called “Kids Corner” I am just so soft when it comes to kids and think nothing is more important than educating them and teaching them the right way to enjoy our hobby.
I also added some more DRN clothing to the “DRN GEAR” page so I am excited to see how that will work out. I have yet to sell anything yet but I am hopeful it will catch on,
As far as revenue goes DRN is still not really making anything. I think today we made $0.04 as of this blog post. Its better than nothing but laughable when you look at what it takes to keep this up. I always look for ways to make money with DRN but have yet to find it or maybe its just still trying to catch on, its hard to say.
Children are not born with a fear of snakes
A new paper published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science looks at research with infants and young children and finds that we are not born with a fear of snakes and spiders but are rather taught to fear them. Research shows that we can just the same be taught to fear flowers but of course the fear of snakes and spiders is learned faster and lasts longer. To view the full text of the findings Click Here.
Baby Dragons
DRN changes and such
Well I am pretty sure everyone knows by now DRN announced on Friday night live on Urban Jungles-Radio that we were going back to 5 days per week for the YouTube videos. I also stated on the air that there will be some programing changes coming. I am still holding to that statement but I am not sure quite where to make the changes. You see this is something I have thought about for a while now. If 8 months from now someone watches Fridays video, nothing in it will be relevant. Reason being is because it will all be 8 months old and old news. I want to keep the idea of talking about the news but I want to make it something more entertaining so people that watch old episodes will still enjoy them even if they are old news. I am absolutely sure that thee changes will make me lose viewers but I am confident in the long run it will make me gain more. Right now according to the plan I am only able to target people who really care about news in the reptile world and that is like slicing my neck as a lot of herpers out there just dont care about news so I think I need to kick it up a notch, maybe make the news fun so not only will I be doing the news but will also be making those who dont care more interested in the news and more informed on what is going on in our world. I am supper interested to hear what anyone has to say about this. Any ideas to make it more interesting further into the future while still drawing a viewer base and keeping what viewers I can? If you missed Urban Jungles-Radio this past Friday or want to catch it any other Friday check out the link below.
Urban Jungles-Radio
Authorities raid home and take snakes
This is a story that will become all to common to us if PETA and the HSUS get their way with banning exotic snakes as pets. A home in Cleveland was raided and 20 Pythons, some measuring 15 feet in length were taken from the home. It is not legal to have exotic snakes in Cleavland without a permit and authorities say no one at the home had one so they walked in and took everything. It boggles my mind why an organization with the name “Animal Protection League” would take the snakes from a home where they were being cared for properly knowing and stating that they do not have the facilities nor do the zoos have the facilities to care for the snakes so they will dump them off at serpintariums around the area.