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- Lucas123, on 07/02/2009, -7/+114Perhaps a 12-foot python shouldn't have been within the same four walls as a 2-year-old. I'll never understand people's fascination with keeping animals like that. They offer no affection, must be kept in small cages and are a constant danger. It's like wanting to own a panther. What's the point?
- fritzmusic, on 07/03/2009, -2/+79Once upon a time, a woman was picking up firewood. She came upon a poisonous snake frozen in the snow. She took the snake home and nursed it back to health. One day the snake bit her on the cheek. As she lay dying, she asked the snake, "Why have you done this to me?" And the snake answered, "Look, bitch, you knew I was a snake."
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -6/+58you're a pussy for not wanting to own a panther
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -13/+44He was trying to hug her!!!
Aww - jordanlgta, on 07/03/2009, -0/+31I didn't do anything. What the ***** is your problem?
- Skitals, on 07/03/2009, -14/+44Burmese pythons are extremely docile snakes... they are not a "constant danger" if you are a responsible owner. If you are a responsible owner, there is NO WAY a burmese python can escape from a proper enclosure. And you don't keep a big snake in a small cage... you keep a big snake in a big cage. A 12 ft snake would need a cage at least 8ft in length, with a LOCKING MECHANISM. If you have a big snake in poor hands though: inadequate enclosure and an underfed/hungry snake = no good. Blame the owner, not the snake.
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -0/+28I laughed at that...im going to hell.
- dazparkour, on 07/03/2009, -2/+25Agreed - don't blame the snake.
- moxley, on 07/03/2009, -2/+23Dear Floridians,
Though your state is like a giant ***** swamp park strewn with golf courses, amusement parks, trailer parks, military installations and old folks homes with beachs all around, it's no excuse to spurn education.
Every single year one of you ***** or your children gets tragically killed by some sort of reptilian. Please note for the future:
1. Reptiles are wild animals. Even if you raise them by hand from being a hatchling, the best you can hope for with a constrictor or crocodilan is to have a wild animal that is habitualized to certain behaviors - it's not like a cat or a dog - it's not generally believed to be capable of forming a loving sort of bond with you, despite how you may anthropomorphize it.
2. If you are qualified or feel you have the knowledge to safely care for a large predatory reptile, make sure to protect yourself and your family. Wild animals are used to exploiting any weakness they find - it's in their genes, it's in their nature - they will kill you or your family if you do wrong thing at the wrong time or allow certain situations to occur. Having a constrictor in the same room as a child shows a very poor understanding of this animal.
Sorry for your loss, but damn - try to have some common sense - at least watch some animal planet and NatGeo channel - then you'd have an inkling. - dazparkour, on 07/03/2009, -2/+22Who wouldn't love a panther!?
- LopezElGuapo, on 07/03/2009, -0/+20Sorry - I was a responsible owner of a 12-foot Burmese with a very large (6x4 foot) cage with TWO padlocks on the door which was made out of 5/8" plexiglass. But before my kids were born and in the same house that snake was gone man. There was no way I was having that thing in a house with human babies, even if it would have taken a meteor crashing through the roof and breaking open the cage, the any risk no matter how small was too big a risk.
- trizzleatl, on 07/03/2009, -0/+19Internet superheroes to the rescue right here.
- cyoder, on 07/02/2009, -2/+21I heard the guy's frantic 911 call this morning on my way in to work. Very depressing, to say the least. Sad story.
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -1/+19Dude just leave jordanlgta alone. What did he ever do to you?
- guinpen, on 07/03/2009, -1/+17hey, i've owned a panther as a pet for YEARS and he's the friendliest creature you could evddfdfjOH GOD GET HLEP DJFJAfd
- theaceoface, on 07/03/2009, -2/+16Having a python as a pet= Eccentric
Keeping a pet python in the same house as a 2 year old= Douchbag - BabyWookie, on 07/03/2009, -1/+14A panther, being just a big ass cat, can be properly trained and would actually show affection. I think that that human-lion reunion video on YouTube had once and for all settled the questions of whether cats can love you.
- Skitals, on 07/03/2009, -6/+19Damn irresponsible pet owners. Any proper enclosure has a locking mechanism leaving zero chances for these kind of escapes. And a burmese python would never go after a two year old unless it was neglected in underfed. Burmese pythons are extremely tame and docile... it's sad how the animals always get the bad rep for irresponsible owners.
- Broomie, on 07/03/2009, -2/+15I don't think you understand the concept of a Darwin award. Look it up.
- tonmil, on 07/03/2009, -3/+16Punishment for the adult... let the snake strangle him. What an idiot to have multiple large snakes in a home with babies
- shane1337, on 07/03/2009, -3/+15as a father and a large snake owner, stories like these are incredibly frustrating and damaging to the hobby
fta: "The Humane Society of the United States said including today's death, at least 12 people have been killed in the US by pet pythons since 1980, including five children." -- factor in how many burmese pythons are kept as pets, it seems pretty safe.. statistically you are putting your kids in more danger owning a dog (from a quick google search: In 2007 there were 33 fatal dog attacks in the USA).. not to say dogs are unsafe, but just like this story it is irresponsible pet owners that are the problem
"can reach a length of 26 feet (nearly 8 metres) and weigh more than 200 lbs (90 kilogrammes)." -- wrong, an adult female can top out at about 20 feet, although they are more often around 15-18 feet.. sensationalist journalism - dazparkour, on 07/03/2009, -0/+12Hey a Baby Wookie.
I'm going to take it home and raise it like a son! - dazparkour, on 07/03/2009, -1/+12People Eaten by Tasty Animals.
- rocknog, on 07/03/2009, -0/+11I can only assume that jodanlgta falls under the category of "people" unless he/she is a highly evolved spambot, so seriously, what's the ***** deal here?
- thegrizz51, on 07/03/2009, -1/+12If the snake was in an aquarium, no wonder it wanted out....it was probably drowning. They should have kept the snake in a terrarium like they were supposed to!!!!
- sgtbutterscotch, on 07/03/2009, -1/+12What??
- JacD, on 07/03/2009, -1/+12Seconded, I'll never understand snake owners. I'm sure I'd feel differently if I had ever had a pest problem, but I would have a lot of trouble feeding cute little mice to a limbless, cold blooded reptile.
- sgtbutterscotch, on 07/03/2009, -2/+12I dislike you.
- chadsexingtime, on 07/03/2009, -1/+10This is why snake control doesnt work!
- X9001, on 07/03/2009, -7/+15I was wondering what peta had to say about this then I remembered that peta doesn't care about people
- MacGyver2210, on 07/03/2009, -0/+8But a 12 foot python isn't fuzzy and doesn't sit on the couch with you watching tv...at least I don't think they do.
- Dec12, on 07/03/2009, -0/+8According to the American Veterinary Medicine Association there were 72,114,000 pet dogs in the US in 2001 and 586,000 pet snakes. Using the figure of 33 deaths in one year vs 12 deaths in 29 years you end up with approximately 1 death for every 2,185,000 pet dogs and 1 death per every 1,465,000 pet snakes. At this point dogs look much safer than snakes given that the number of deaths by snakes refers only to death by pet python who don't make up the entire snake population it's reasonable to assume that the number of deaths per number of pythons is higher still.
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -0/+8and you are still allowed to post on the internet...
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -0/+7just legalize snakes already!! ***** government always trying to control snakes LOOK WHAT HAPPEND!!1one elevenexclamationpoint!
- Sirocco, on 07/03/2009, -3/+10Florida is a melting pot of stupidity. You have native Floridians, who are mostly of average intelligence. Then you have a constant stream of ***** from the rest of the South, senile northerners, and "boat people" who floated over from various places in the Caribbean. Top that off with the occasional brain dead transplant from California, and you have a recipe for lulz. There's a reason they are called Floridiots.
Moving away was the best thing I ever did. - rocknog, on 07/03/2009, -0/+7I wouldn't overestimate the ability for big cats to be tamed, but that's basically right. A panther, under proper conditions, could much more easily be trained in such a way as to bond with humans and not attack them. Of course, one would ideally want to start from a cub, and there are certainly challenges, but the point is, as mammals, they're capable of forming meaningful bonds with others, something that can't necessarily be said of reptiles.
- cawfee, on 07/03/2009, -1/+8Stupid parents keeps exotic pets without any knowledge of their proper care.
I can't see how this can possibly have gone wrong. Makes me wonder though, if they can't even care for a snake, how were they going to raise a kid? - rpgmakr, on 07/03/2009, -0/+7@mac: He wasn't referring to the baby, *****.
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -3/+9Wow. Another idiot parent story from Florida. Is it the bugs that make Floridians retarded, or is it the humidity?
- Legato, on 07/03/2009, -4/+9but the incredibly deadly viper is one of the most loving animals around!
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5And...reported.
- DarkShroud, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5Either move there or shut up.
- dazparkour, on 07/03/2009, -1/+6Frozen mice - don't feed them live mice as they could bite the snake.
- NoamChimpsky, on 07/03/2009, -2/+7Just saw this picture on http://*****.com yesterday:
http://3.media.tumblr.com/O5dig2zienhfwji1Y6FNWubU ...
I guess the difference is that this moron at least tried to keep the snake away from the child, however half-assed his efforts may have been. - GalOnDigg, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5Do you know what connotation means?
- bluesman3535, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5PETA is probably hiring a lawyer for the snake and the 'Sea Kittens'
- readerz, on 07/03/2009, -5/+9Why have dangerous so called "pets" in your house, Pets show love to there owners this is evil!
- BabyWookie, on 07/03/2009, -0/+4BTW, the video I was talking about features two dudes, who once raised a lion cub, who was later released into the wild. Any way, now, years later, they find him in the wild and keep their distance having no idea whether the cub would recognize them or just attack them or whatnot. As soon as the big kitty spots them, it rapidly charges and jumps on them, giving them bear hugs and licking the ***** out of their faces and stuff. It was like they never parted. It's one of the most heart-warming things I ever seen.
- trizzleatl, on 07/03/2009, -3/+7It's called nature. People do die at the hands of animals sometimes.
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