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Question for September 24 - 30, 1998:

Which would you rather be trapped in a narrow hallway with...

An Alligator

OR

A Rattlesnake?

 

Details:

- This is a narrow hallway - about 5 feet wide, 20 feet long, 8 foot ceiling. No doors.

- You have on shorts, and no shoes.

- You have no weapons of any sort.

- Things to consider: Think about how big the hallway is, how big alligators are, how fast each animal can move, how capable each animal is of eating a person, how poisonous each animal is, how capable each animal is of biting down on your foot and not letting go, etc.

 

RESULTS:

RattlesnAKE: 3
Alligator: 3


Comments:

Thanks to those who voted. Turnout reached an all-time low. Of course it has every week so far. I voted for Alligator, making it a tie.


Name: dev
Choice: Alligator
Comments: My theory on this subject matter is that the alligator is less quick than the rattlesnake, and i dont have a deathly fear of alligators as i do of snakes so this was an easy chice for me...alligators adductor muscles of the mouth are very weak and all i have to do is get on its back...and seeing as the hallway is ony five feet wide the aligator would have trouble using its tail....


Name: John "Fast for a white boy" Taylor
Choice: Rattlesnake
Comments: The obvious choice to me would be the rattlesnake, I would just throw my shirt on top of it then grab it and tie the shirt together encasing the snake. Problem solved. Was that so sarcastic now Kevin???????


Name: ryan
Choice: Alligator
Comments: well, this is the toughest one for me yet. i had to go with the alligator simply because i feel that i would have the best chance of surviving the encounter here. if the snake bites me, i'm probably gonna die. and hey, you can hold an alligators jaws shut with one hand (if i'm lucky enough to be able to get it shut without LOSING my hand). also, as quick as an alligator can be, that snake is alot quicker. it would be alot thougher for the alligator to turn around in that narrow hallway. so there ya have it.


Name: Bob
Choice: Rattlesnake
Comments: A rattlesnake would be easier to avoid or trap. I mean you can grab it by the neck if you are lucky and it is then harmless and you can bash its brains out. I would try to use my shirt to trap it in. Plus the venom of a rattlesnake is not always fatal while getting eaten is.
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Name: Jessica
Choice: Rattlesnake
Comments: I have a better chance of catching the snake and wringing its little head off then doing the same thing to an alligator. Plus I built up an immunity to snake posion while serving on the ship of the Dred Pirate Roberts.


Name: Kevin
Choice: Alligator
Comments: I mean, just stand behind the alligator! What can it do, turn around? It's not too fast. And if it does turn around just hop around real quick to the other side. Try hopping around that snake, though, it won't be pretty.

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