Dangerous ball pythons..?

So i was doing a search on python pets in google and a Animal Planet link comes up titled "So you want to own a python, a very dangerous pet" Or something like that and i click the "quiz" and this is what i see..

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/13/y5u9u4uj.jpg

Way to go Animal Planet.. Trying to tell me my ball pythons going to constrict me to death lol

Well what more to you expect from animal planet? They're always talking crap about reptiles, however i have noticed bps a lot recently

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Originally Posted by anwhit

Well what more to you expect from animal planet? They're always talking crap about reptiles, however i have noticed bps a lot recently

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Lol i had a hamster when i was a kid do worse damage then a bite from a adult bp. I hate animal planet now

Some idiot that doesn't know jack about animals just purchased a stock photo of some generic python and they liked the purty colours on that BP pic.

They are going of extremes in worst case scenario's to get ratings as well.
None of us want to see even an itty-bitty sand boa kept by someone that isn't prepared to look after them properly but, that doesn't get viewer. Some fool with a monster snake and no clue how to handle it, feed it, or read its' body language does get ratings, it is sort of like a hypothetic Darwin Award show instead of a Nature/Animal show.

BPs are less dangerous than pet rocks.

I just got tagged by my 700g pied last night. My first time ever getting bit. I didnt even realise I got tagged till I saw I had blood on my hand.

The only thing any snake is a danger to is rats.

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Originally Posted by meowmeowkazoo

BPs are less dangerous than pet rocks.

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I can't tell you how many times I've dropped my pet rock on my foot! Now THAT hurts!

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Originally Posted by reptiliachnids

I just got tagged by my 700g pied last night. My first time ever getting bit. I didnt even realise I got tagged till I saw I had blood on my hand.

The only thing any snake is a danger to is rats.

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wouldn't go so far as to say all snake. but Bp definitely falls under harmless category

I can see owning a large constrictor snake is NOT for everyone and requires proper husbandry and safety precautions. But most snakes that are in the pet trade are harmless. And it aggrivates me that animal planet has zero knowledge on keeping a snake as a pet and frowns upon it. Take the quiz.. it says if your in a dark room hiding the snake is going to find you by its infered sences. Its just rediculous how they word things to scare viewers.


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In a way... I'd rather have them deflecting the idiots who get ideas from Animal Planet.

If they REALLY wanted a pet python, they would do research elsewhere, and join a forum like this!