Bath tubs sharks are back. Be afraid! Be very afraid!
By Debs_place
@Debs_place (10520)
United States
July 17, 2008 5:12pm CST
Well not really, we all know that Bath tub sharks were just part of the Jaws fall out. But we have heard of snakes in the toilet and not just in Harry Potter movies.
Well this poor woman in Maine found an 8 foot python in her washing machine. The animal handler was shocked at the size and had a hard time with it.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,385222,00.html
I really if a python that large could squeeze into the plumbing. I sure would be scared.
I took a shower one time with a bat. the result of that could have had me arrested for indecent exposure if in a different place (not my yard) and not at 5:30 in the morning.
Ok, let's hear your scary animal stories
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
18 Jul 08
Hahahaha! I got a very good mental image of you once you saw the bat! I'm pretty sure I would have done the same! 
My story doesn't involve "animals" exactly. It involves fish. Yeah, the dreaded, ultimately scary, fish!!!
When I was on my honeymoon, we were sailing around in the Caribbean for a week. One day after anchoring in a bay of one of the islands, we went snorkeling.
It was spectacular! It's so beautiful around there. The fish are all so gorgeous and there were so many unusual things under the water... spiney sea urchins, star fish, etc.
BUT!!! They also have barracuda!!! We came upon 3 of these sharp-toothed nasties who were very, very still, just looking at us. It's a VERY scary feeling, having these things with big, sharp teeth staring you down! And, they can swim faster than I could!!! 
Luckily, I backed away as slowly as I could so I hopefully wouldn't scare them into attacking! They didn't move, thank goodness!
I didn't go back into the water. Nope! Not even my toe got wet after that, uh, adventure! 
My story doesn't involve "animals" exactly. It involves fish. Yeah, the dreaded, ultimately scary, fish!!!
When I was on my honeymoon, we were sailing around in the Caribbean for a week. One day after anchoring in a bay of one of the islands, we went snorkeling.
It was spectacular! It's so beautiful around there. The fish are all so gorgeous and there were so many unusual things under the water... spiney sea urchins, star fish, etc.
BUT!!! They also have barracuda!!! We came upon 3 of these sharp-toothed nasties who were very, very still, just looking at us. It's a VERY scary feeling, having these things with big, sharp teeth staring you down! And, they can swim faster than I could!!!
Luckily, I backed away as slowly as I could so I hopefully wouldn't scare them into attacking! They didn't move, thank goodness!
I didn't go back into the water. Nope! Not even my toe got wet after that, uh, adventure! 
@slickcut (8140)
• United States
18 Jul 08
I found a nice big scorpin in my lavatory one morning.It really freaked me out..I got stung once by one and it hurts ...We live sorta in the country,so now i close the lids on the commodes,and stop up the lavs...I am deathly afraid of a snake and i would have probably had a heart aTTACK...I was raking the yard last month and i was being very careful but i raked into a big copperhead snake.I was screaming at the top of my lungs for my husband..The rake that i had in my hand was not a leaf rake but a garden rake,and i stuck the snake with one of the prongs,and about that time my husband came out and finished the job.That snake did not stand a chance.lOl..Usually copper heads are not real big but this one was one of the biggest ones i have ever seen...
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@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
18 Jul 08
Oh, not a copperhead, I would be gone. My skin is crawling. Ick.
I had a doberman who loved to kill snakes, she would pick them up just in back of the head and snap them until their spines were all broken, Then she would bring it to the door to show me.
While I did appreciate her keeping the snakes out of the yard, she really did not need to show them to me.
Scorpions..I have not had the pleasure of meeting one and i don't care too.
We don't have them in NY in the wild. Though my rather odd brother did have one.
