[TruthTalk] Appalachian "snake handlers"??

[Judy Taylor]

Terry, I told my husband about that headless snake; he's interested in everything outdoorsy - His comment was "maybe their brain is in their tail" :) He's been bitten by a rattler so he has a lot of respect for snakes.  judyt From: Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks David, for the explanation.  The Lord sure made a diversity of life forms, huh?  I am going to start raising rabbits in an area behind the house (the demand at present exceeds the supply), and under the rabbit cages, I have built worm beds to catch the rabbit droppings and use them to raise fishing worms.  While reading up on worms, I learned that they do not have lungs.  They breath through their skin.  I guess that is why you never hear one cough. Terry P.S.  Vee and I have a dear friend that is a marine biologist at the national aquairium in Baltimore.  A strong Christian believer.  When we met, he was doing research on lemon sharks in the Keys, and while commercial fishing,I happened to catch some of the sharks he had tagged.  I am sure you would enjoy meeting him.... and he would enjoy meeting you..   David Miller wrote Hi Terry. My formal graduate level education is actually with snakes. My Master's   >thesis concerned foraging in the mangrove water snake.  > >Neural activity in animals is not just in the brain, but also >centralized in other areas.  In simple animals, there is less >distinction of a brain and the neurology actually looks like several >brains along the spinal chord.  In more complex animals like man, you >will find more of a neural center in the head, which we call the brain. >Nevertheless, even in man, much of the autonomic functions are not >located in the brain, but in the actual spinal column itself.  Have you >ever heard of the "solar plexus"?  Fighters know it as the area just >below the rib cage that can cause a man to lose consciousness if hit >hard enough.  It is a concentration of neural cells that help regulate >certain bodily functions.  There are other masses of neurons along the >spinal column too, most often associated with involuntary activities of >the body, such as breathing and heart beat. > >Snakes don't really have a big brain, so when you cut off their head, >their body continues to wreathe and wiggle and perhaps strike. > >Peace be with you. >David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. > >---------- >"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man."  (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > >If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed.  If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > >  >       ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man."  (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org   If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed.  If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.