Do Snakes Get Poison Oak?
Do snakes get poison oak? If so, how do they scratch it?
———- from Suzy Kanich of Cottage Grove, OR
Snakes are actually weasels that have lost all their fur, arms and legs to intense poison oak rashes. Science knows this because snakes and poison oak both evolved at the same time, which was roughly concurrent with the disappearance of the dinosaurs. In fact, one theory has it that poison oak was fatal to dinosaurs, another holds that dinosaurs were grossed out by hairless weasel torsos and simply lost the will to live. Personally, I favor the latter theory, because it’s a prime example of the pot calling the kettle black. To my way of thinking, dinosaurs are, like all reptiles, vile, disgusting things for whom extinction came as a gift. Wish the same would happen to snakes and, for that matter, poison oak.
Snakes are actually weasels that have lost all their fur, arms and legs to intense poison oak rashes. Science knows this because snakes and poison oak both evolved at the same time, which was roughly concurrent with the disappearance of the dinosaurs. In fact, one theory has it that poison oak was fatal to dinosaurs, another holds that dinosaurs were grossed out by hairless weasel torsos and simply lost the will to live. Personally, I favor the latter theory, because it’s a prime example of the pot calling the kettle black. To my way of thinking, dinosaurs are, like all reptiles, vile, disgusting things for whom extinction came as a gift. Wish the same would happen to snakes and, for that matter, poison oak. 