Python Attack Child!

Think about it though, we all know snakes and understand them. If I didn't know a single thing about them and some bigass snake was wrapped around my son's leg, I would beat the hell out of it too. Now granted, it was only 4 feet long, but thats pretty good size when compared to a 15 month old.

Ya, its ashame what happen, but I can actually understand it and not blame the people this time, which is VERY rare.

poor snake... i mean, all it did was bite a kid.

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Originally Posted by anthrpicdecadnce

poor snake... i mean, all it did was bite a kid.

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Ya, biting and wrapping around a 15 months old leg isn't a big deal at all.. :rolleyes:

Umm...ball pythons are slow moving for the most part so...how the :cens0r: can you not see a 4ft snake creeping up on you enough to wrap around your leg...Media is bull:cens0r: and the sad thing is people buy it.

im not defending the media at all, cant stand them myself.

But where did they say it was a ball python? And I dunno about you, but when my snakes are hunting a mouse, they move pretty damn fast.

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Originally Posted by sw204me

Think about it though, we all know snakes and understand them. If I didn't know a single thing about them and some bigass snake was wrapped around my son's leg, I would beat the hell out of it too. Now granted, it was only 4 feet long, but thats pretty good size when compared to a 15 month old.

Ya, its ashame what happen, but I can actually understand it and not blame the people this time, which is VERY rare.

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i have a 16mos old son and would be mortified if such a big snake got that close to him, let alone wrap around him.. im a snake/pet lover by nature but i woudl do what came instinctually to me, save my baby!!!

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Originally Posted by sw204me

im not defending the media at all, cant stand them myself.

But where did they say it was a ball python? And I dunno about you, but when my snakes are hunting a mouse, they move pretty damn fast.

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First sentence in the bold. Not saying they can't move fast but normally don't and even when feeding it will sneak..and wait...sneak and wait. Still 4ft...that is like a little kid sneaking up on you I see little ribbon snakes and ring neck snakes in my yard without even looking and they are maybe 8 inches....48in...sorry it is just that size that I am having a hard time believing unless they were sleeping in the park then maybe, but wide awake....

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Originally Posted by mricyfire

First sentence in the bold. Not saying they can't move fast but normally don't and even when feeding it will sneak..and wait...sneak and wait. Still 4ft...that is like a little kid sneaking up on you I see little ribbon snakes and ring neck snakes in my yard without even looking and they are maybe 8 inches....48in...sorry it is just that size that I am having a hard time believing unless they were sleeping in the park then maybe, but wide awake....

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Ya, I see it now, must of totally over looked it, but other then that, I have no idea what you just said. Punctuation can really go a long way when your trying to make a point.

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Originally Posted by sw204me

Ya, I see it now, must of totally over looked it, but other then that, I have no idea what you just said. Punctuation can really go a long way when your trying to make a point.

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lol my bad...i type faster than I think sometimes

Ball pythons can move fast, but from my experiences they don't. They usually move quick to get close and then from there they will sneak up and then wait and do the process all over again until the moment is right to make the strike or at least that is how my guy does it. Four feet to me is just about impossible to not see. I see ribbon snakes and ring neck snakes all the time without trying and they are a maximum of 10inches and they are as skinny as a pencil. Now a 4ft. ball python on the other hand to me is impossible to not see. One of that length is probably a inch or two in diameter and from my experience with them, they don't blend in grass at all. So unless they were sleeping I find it impossible for them to have not seen it. Also balls don't just bite. My theory is they pissed it off and it bit and because of its size they thought it was going to kill them so they yelled people came and to make them not seem like the bad guy, they skewed the story to make them seem as the victim. Just my :2cent:

Hope this helps.

yup, much better. :D

we all know how the media is, so the truth to this story will prolly never be known. But if events happen as they say it did, I don't blame anyone for their reaction.