In a message dated 10/13/2000 1:17:59 PM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << > Hi Maryse, > Perhaps Joao Paulo raises rattlesnakes to keep folks outa his garden... >> I have a niece who raises rattlesnakes! Really. I wrote her mom and asked if she uses them for medicinal purposes. She has some sort of neuro disease .........so, may we are on to something. Shirley