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Old 07-01-09, 02:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Snake Kills Child in FL.

What's weird is I was watching that show "After Man" last night and they discussed how these pet pythons would eventually become the top predator in the wild overtaking the alligator if man were to disappear. It was pretty interesting.


Officials: Escaped pet strangled Fla. child
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OXFORD, Fla. - A 12-foot pet Burmese python broke out of an aquarium and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday in a central Florida home, authorities said.
Lt. Steve Binegar, of the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, said the toddler was strangled by the snake in the town of Oxford, about 50 miles northwest of Orlando.
Pythons can kill by wrapping themselves around a human. Paramedics said the girl was dead when they arrived at about 10 a.m. EDT. Authorities did not release the girl's name. They remained on the scene outside her small, tan home, bordered by cow pastures on each side.
Sheriff's officials told the Orlando Sentinel that the snake broke out of a glass aquarium overnight, went to the girl's bedroom and attacked her. The owner found the snake wrapped around the girl and stabbed it while others called 911. It wasn't immediately known if the snake was killed. The newspaper said the snake slithered away and was missing.
The Humane Society of the United States said including Wednesday's death, at least 12 people have been killed in the U.S. by pet pythons since 1980, including five children.
Jorge Pino, a spokesman with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said that pythons are not native to Florida and can easily grow to 10 or 12 feet long. He also said owners need a license to possess a python in the state.
Some owners have freed pythons into the wild and a population of them has taken hold in the Everglades. One killed an alligator and then burst when it tried to eat it. Scientists also speculate a bevy of Burmese pythons escaped in 1992 from pet shops battered by Hurricane Andrew and have been reproducing since. "It's becoming more and more of a problem, perhaps no fault of the animal, more a fault of the human," Pino said. "People purchase these animals when they're small. When they grow, they either can't control them or release them." Associated Press writers Matt Sedensky, Antonio Gonzalez and Lisa Orkin contributed to this report from Miami.


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If'n my 'boyfriend' had a pet that killed one of my children two things would happen.

1. Pet would die
2. 'boyfriend' would die

not in that particular order.

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If'n my 'boyfriend' had a pet that killed one of my children two things would happen.

1. Pet would die
2. 'boyfriend' would die

not in that particular order.
So, you are afraid you can't control your boyfriend's snake?

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So, you are afraid you can't control your boyfriend's snake?
What kind of pet does your boyfriend have?

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Thanks for reminding me what chat is about.

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What kind of pet does your boyfriend have?
I'm glad you beat me. My "Doc has a boyfriend/snake/penis" joke didn't measure up
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kick @ss.

I've got an office (w/ a door!) with a window that looks out on the mountians. I have my own lab to work in. And, I just bought a house last week.

I'm also considering buying a 370Z.... when my house in IA sells.

I'm giddy like a school girl.

(yes, like a school GIRL. w/ a boyfriend/ snake/ pen!s). .......

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They actually had to print that pythons weren't native to Florida

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They showed pics of that giant boa that ate the alligator on the show last night. They said it was so fat and full that it either died or another gator attacked it because it couldn't move.

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They showed pics of that giant boa that ate the alligator on the show last night. They said it was so fat and full that it either died or another gator attacked it because it couldn't move.

If things warm up they may get bigger and bigger!
they found a fossilised 43' snake

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They showed pics of that giant boa that ate the alligator on the show last night. They said it was so fat and full that it either died or another gator attacked it because it couldn't move.
it wasn't a boa.

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Python, Boa, B.F.S.....

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Python, Boa, B.F.S.....
totally different types of snakes.

pythons lay eggs, boas give live birth.

also, pythons get much larger than boas and tend to be much more grumpy.

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They showed pics of that giant boa that ate the alligator on the show last night. They said it was so fat and full that it either died or another gator attacked it because it couldn't move.
The theory now is that a Person killed it.

1. The Head was missing and never found.
2. It was cut/ripped open but not eaten.

Had it been an animal it would have tried to eat it or something.

It was probally some guy who decided to kill a fat snake to see if it had eaten a Person.

In a way it's sad, but Burms aren't native to Florida and they are doing some serious damage to the Native Wildlife.


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they found a fossilised 43' snake

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B.F.S.?
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Big Fuckin' Snake!

*EDIT- What Skillet Irwin said

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Old 07-01-09, 05:42 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Big ****in' Snake!
Heh yep.

Pythons on average tend to be longer, bigger, and heavier.

I can't remeber if the Anaconda is a Python or a Boa.
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