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reno
Jul 1, 2009, 2:53 PM
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Snake kills child in Florida
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I've never understood why someone would want a python as a pet. Or any snake, for that matter.
In reply to: OXFORD, Fla. - A 2-year-old girl apparently was strangled Wednesday by her family's 12-foot-long pet Burmese python, officials said. Shaunia Hare was already dead when paramedics arrived at about 10 a.m., Lt. Bobby Caruthers of the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said. |
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camhead
Jul 1, 2009, 5:59 PM
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Re: [reno] Snake kills child in Florida
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reno wrote: I've never understood why someone would want a python as a pet. Or any snake, for that matter. In reply to: OXFORD, Fla. - A 2-year-old girl apparently was strangled Wednesday by her family's 12-foot-long pet Burmese python, officials said. Shaunia Hare was already dead when paramedics arrived at about 10 a.m., Lt. Bobby Caruthers of the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said.
I used to catch gopher and king snakes when I was a kid and keep them as pets. Always fantasized about getting a Burmese Python, btu my parents wouldn't let me. Smart parents.
(only of peripheral relevance) There was actually a good article in the New Yorker a few months ago on the self-sustaining wild populations of Pythons and moniter lizards in Florida. Scary.
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