Awesome....Just Awesome....:rollseyes:

[The Hedgehog]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110418/od_nm/us_snake

I can see it now...."The Vicious snake went right for her neck to kill her!!"

[Skittles1101]

Oh great......just what we need......

[stratus_020202]

Yes. In the headlines of our local news paper. I've shut my phone off for good measure.

Only the Topeka Capital Journal has even harsher comments. Apparently, she should be turned in for child endangerment for having a snake. I'm not sure how they missed the part where the woman was only treated for scratches.

[Jeremy Browning]

REALLY REALLY WTF IVE HAD ENOUGH!

[Inknsteel]

Jeremy - I saw your post over there. The ignorance of the comments is driving me insane. I've responded to a few of them (If you're reading comments and replies, mine show as Kevin J) but I've quickly realized that I don't have enough time in the day to reply to all of the idiotic responses...

In case anyone didn't already know...

gators, wolves, lions, tigers, chimps, lizards and snakes and animals that live in the wild are not pets. they will kill you and eat you (well, i don't know about lizards)

[Dante's_Girl]

They're giving the cop a certificate for bravery!? Omg...it's not like he wrestled an aligator or anything. People are so stupid, if the thing really wanted to kill her it would have been wrapped around her. That's all the herp society needs, more fear mongering.

There was actually a story on our local news about a 15 year old girl who woke up in the middle of the night with her pet boa wrapped around her neck and choking her to death. Her dad had to supposedely stab it fifty times with a butcher knife before he was able to kill it and save the girl from certain death. A vet who examined the snake later (or what was left) said that it was extremely underfeed and dehydrated, and it would have been really easy for the dad or the girl to pull the snake off. The vet also said that's why it started constricting on the girl because it was just that hungry when it escaped.

[MissDizzyBee]

They're giving the cop a certificate for bravery!? Omg...it's not like he wrestled an aligator or anything.

This was exactly my thought.

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[Dante's_Girl]

I mean I'm actually a little surprise that he just didn't try to shoot it first I guess. Still though, I would have done the same thing the cop did, it's not that brave of a thing to do. They make it sound like this cop risked his own life to "pull the jaw open" and free the girl. Hell, once the cop stuck his nasty, probably latex gloved, fingers in the snakes mouth it probably let go instantly.

[shelliebear]

I commented as "Out and Proud". :/

[Mft62485]

Those comments are ignorant. I love the ones that say people shouldn't own snakes, but dogs instead. Now I am not saying people should own dogs, but they kill so many more people then pet snakes do by a LARGE margian. Sorry, I just hate ignorance.