Ball Python on Today show....

Ok I just caught something

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Whilst I collected rock pythons as a child I have not before come into contact with a ball python.

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And yet it was only after the show she relized that this wasn't the snake she is use to dealing with????? I smell fish

Smells to me too. You mean to tell me miss african wildlife expert has NEVER come across a BP? I find it kind of strange.

And I still SWEAR she said something about it being a boa constrictor, but seeing as no one else did I must be losing it.

Well ball pythons are a very localize species of Africa so it is quite possible that she had never seen one before. I live in Mississippi and have never see a wild Northern water snake. Now would I mistake it for a species of snake I kept as a child doubt full besides did she do any research on what they told her she would be dealing with??

I jsut think she messed up and is trying to keep form looking ignorant.

I watched that segment twice from the posted link and I heard her say something about a boa constrictor too. So no you're not crazy spix14.;)

I too think she should have said something on the air about not being familiar with a ball python. Instead of repeating what she thought was correct only to realize that she made a mistake afterwards. And I am not sure how you would make a mistake about that anyway. Being just opposite of her, if someone handed me a scrub python (which I have only seen pictures of) I would know right away that it was not a BP.

Thats so bad. I hope she is better informed about Rhinos!!!

Hopefully the Today show will air a retraction in this case. I had to go back on the DVR a couple of times to make sure I was not crazy or hearing things.
Oh, and it appears that I goofed her first name in the original post...my bad. They didnt put it up on the screen and it was hard to understand.

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Originally Posted by waltah!

Hopefully the Today show will air a retraction in this case. I had to go back on the DVR a couple of times to make sure I was not crazy or hearing things.
Oh, and it appears that I goofed her first name in the original post...my bad. They didnt put it up on the screen and it was hard to understand.

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Thank you for bringing it to our attention. I am never up at that hour, so things that happen are forever forgotten.:8:

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Originally Posted by spix14

Smells to me too. You mean to tell me miss african wildlife expert has NEVER come across a BP? I find it kind of strange.

And I still SWEAR she said something about it being a boa constrictor, but seeing as no one else did I must be losing it.

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I will watch this video once I am at home.

but...

Lol, how is that username even allowed to be on this message board? Spix14? Maybe i'm the only one who gets it, living in Texas.

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Originally Posted by Skoalbasher

I will watch this video once I am at home.

but...

Lol, how is that username even allowed to be on this message board? Spix14? Maybe i'm the only one who gets it, living in Texas.

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Freakie Frog could be a crazy french person also. Even Skoalbasher could be derogatory if you want it to be. I don't like chewing tobacco or busting skulls!

But I would give people the benefit of the doubt.

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Originally Posted by Brimstone111888

Freakie Frog could be a crazy french person also.

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and he is :rolleye2::rolleye2::rolleye2: