Currently watching Animal Planets special on the African Rock Python titled "Man Eating Super Snake". I've found myself laughing at about half the episode so far. Narrated by the same ominous voice that tells you "In a world, where sea monkeys roam the earth..." which is the main point of humor for me because it makes it so blatant that they're aiming to provoke fear in people. Also stated was that they are "Dangerous to interfere with while feeding"...well, no kidding!? I guess an ARP was the kind of snake that killed that young boy in Florida somewhat recently... And they made a very big deal about that in this episode but neglected to give so many details.. Like when the snake "escaped its tank and slithered to the 3 yr old boy..." they forgot to mention exactly how and why the snake escaped. Perhaps it was not properly secured? Or how some farmer woke up to find one of his Turkeys had been "devoured" by the snake and how horrifying that is supposed to be...
I just thought a channel like Animal Planet would be a little less biased and be less on the shock factor value and more on quality, factual information. Sorry, I just felt the need to let off a quick rant.. I really thought this show would be cool... Instead it turned out to be a lot of dramatizations, shaky camera feeds and abstract angles..
Anybody else seen this?
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