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Python Stalks And Eats Family Pet
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:59 pmby brooksieb
A 16-foot python stalked a family dog for days before swallowing it in front of two young children.
The snake ate the five year old Terrier-Chihuahua crossbreed at a family home near Kuranda in Queensland state, Australia.
Both youngsters - aged five and seven - watched their pet disappear.
Stuart Douglas, owner of the Australian Venom Zoo in Kuranda, said all he could see were its hind legs and tail when he arrived.
He said: "It actively stalked the dog for a number of days. The family that owned the dog had actually seen it in the dog's bed, which was a sign it was out to get it.
"They should have called me then, but (the snake) got away and three or four days later, I was called and went around and removed it after the dog had been killed."
Scrub pythons typically eat wild animals such as wallabies but sometimes turn to pets in urban areas.
Zoo manager, Todd Rose, said they squeeze their prey to death before swallowing it whole - the dog would have been suffocated within minutes.
But she said removing the half-swallowed animal could have harmed or even killed the python because dogs have sharp teeth and claws that could cause internal damage if wrenched out.
The dog was still being digested days later.
Posted:
Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:02 pmby brooksieb
If it was me and I saw it straight away I would probably kick it to try bide the dog some time if I had a knife I would of butchered the snake. Protected or not.
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:14 pmby MeDeFe
Well, shit happens, they should have looked after their pet better, they can get a pet python instead.
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:19 pmby Neoteny
16 foot, they're probably lucky it didn't get a kid...
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:57 pmby greenoaks
serves them right for not having a real dog.
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:59 pmby MeDeFe
greenoaks wrote:serves them right for not having a real dog.
Where's KoolBak and his avatar when you need them?
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:03 pmby Guiscard
Something should be done! Bloody Pythons rampaging everywhere eating our pets... What's next? Their own shops?
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:06 pmby InkL0sed
Python is a powerful language
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:34 pmby ignotus
Guiscard wrote:Something should be done! Bloody Pythons rampaging everywhere eating our pets... What's next? Their own shops?
I think they even had their own show.
It was called something like Monty Python...
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:49 pmby browng-08
Guiscard wrote:Something should be done! Bloody Pythons rampaging everywhere eating our pets... What's next? Their own shops?
As long as they don't try selling us their digested parrots.
It's bloody deceased!
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:09 pmby Neoteny
Guiscard wrote:Something should be done! Bloody Pythons rampaging everywhere eating our pets... What's next? Their own shops?
Ironic, this thread...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... BV5PP3.DTL
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:11 pmby Dancing Mustard
Call that a python?
Check out these twenty inch fucking pythons, bitches!
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:13 pmby muy_thaiguy
Dancing Mustard wrote:Call that a python?
Check out these twenty inch fucking pythons, bitches!
How'd you get that pic of me?
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:22 pmby heavycola
In the python awareness manual for dog owners, I am prrrretty sure the first thing you do when you see your snake slithering around your dog is to MOVE THE DOG OUT OF THE WAY.
i could be wrong. Actually, what an awesome show it would have been.
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:28 pmby Dancing Mustard
muy_thaiguy wrote:Dancing Mustard wrote:Call that a python?
Check out these twenty inch fucking pythons, bitches!
How'd you get that pic of me?
From
http://www.getabetterfuckingbarber.com
Posted:
Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:33 pmby 2dimes
Another Baldwin brother?
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:09 pmby 0ojakeo0
i woulda bear wrestled that shit
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:14 pmby Skittles!
brooksieb wrote:If it was me and I saw it straight away I would probably kick it to try bide the dog some time if I had a knife I would of butchered the snake. Protected or not.
Didn't you read that the dog was SUFFOCATED to death before it got eaten? You couldn't of saved the dog anyway.
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:15 pmby Skittles!
0ojakeo0 wrote:i woulda bear wrestled that shit
ANDDDDD it would of wrapped itself around you.
Seriously people, have you never seen a python?
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:19 pmby 0ojakeo0
"A large alligator will eat a small python," Rodda said. "But we are not recommending you import alligators into California. That would not be a good idea."
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:19 pmby Neoteny
0ojakeo0 wrote:"A large alligator will eat a small python," Rodda said. "But we are not recommending you import alligators into California. That would not be a good idea."
It's a gold mine of quotes...
"As for other potential prey, human beings - like rodents, beavers and deer - are mammals, government scientists confirmed."
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:25 pmby 0ojakeo0
Neoteny wrote:0ojakeo0 wrote:"A large alligator will eat a small python," Rodda said. "But we are not recommending you import alligators into California. That would not be a good idea."
It's a gold mine of quotes...
"As for other potential prey, human beings - like rodents, beavers and deer - are mammals, government scientists confirmed."
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:27 pmby InkL0sed
"...a determined Burmese python from Florida could arrive in San Francisco as early as August 2020."
"Small Florida deer have been turning up inside the digestive tracts of Everglades pythons, which has alarmed deer lovers and also the deer."
Are you sure this wasn't an SNL skit?
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:43 pmby Neoteny
InkL0sed wrote:"...a determined Burmese python from Florida could arrive in San Francisco as early as August 2020."
"Small Florida deer have been turning up inside the digestive tracts of Everglades pythons, which has alarmed deer lovers and also the deer."
Are you sure this wasn't an SNL skit?
Lmao I don't know! I can't figure out if the San Fran Chronicle is doing an early April Fool's joke or if they're just fucking with us, or what?! All I know is that it was a fun read...
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:55 pmby wrestler1ump