Good lord, no wonder people are so afraid of snakes...

I was flipping through the channels last night and I saw a program on Animal Planet (a program that's supposed to PROMOTE animal knowledge) called "Man-Eating Super Snake". I thought it would be about the rare occurrences and the myths of most snakes eating humans. You know what it was about?

African Rock Pythons.
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Way to go, Animal Planet. Misinforming the masses once again. :rolleyes:

Yeah AP has nailed it's last nail in the coffin. I will not be watching there shows any longer if it's not about dogs, cats, it's a horror story about animal attacks etc etc.

yeah i saw that show too. they were saying these snakes can actually EAT an adult human. obviously not true. very bad info in that show. I couldn't believe it.

ENJOY!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxoL...eature=related

I love how Brady Barr makes the other guy grab the head lol

I've refused to watch Animal Planet for the past few years. I don't enjoy any of the shows they air now. They have become the MTV of the animal world, steering away from their original purpose and airing only shows that they know will bring in the high ratings. Most people would rather hear horror stories than educational stories. I do enjoy Nat Geo Wild though. Their shows are well-informing, for the most part.

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Yeah AP has nailed it's last nail in the coffin. I will not be watching there shows any longer if it's not about dogs, cats, it's a horror story about animal attacks etc etc.

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If it's not small and furry it's going to eventually rip you into pieces, didn't you know? :rolleyes: I'll admit there are truth to some of the stupid stories (people buying tigers/lions/etc that they keep in their house just because they think they'll be like a housepet) but anything that has to do with reptiles it's about how they're cold-blooded killers, yada-yada-yada.

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Originally Posted by Reps4life

yeah i saw that show too. they were saying these snakes can actually EAT an adult human. obviously not true. very bad info in that show. I couldn't believe it.

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I think there's only been a handful of accounts of them actually EATING people, and it's usually decades apart and the victims are usually small children.

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Originally Posted by MikeV

I love how Brady Barr makes the other guy grab the head lol

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I noticed how he grabbed it's TAIL too, nice and far away from the head. You go, Barr, make sure that tail doesn't escape!

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Originally Posted by Kymberli

I've refused to watch Animal Planet for the past few years. I don't enjoy any of the shows they air now. They have become the MTV of the animal world, steering away from their original purpose and airing only shows that they know will bring in the high ratings. Most people would rather hear horror stories than educational stories. I do enjoy Nat Geo Wild though. Their shows are well-informing, for the most part.

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I would rather watch NatGeo Wild because they have a lot of shows that look wonderful (one is about python "wranglers", who are going after all the pythons in the Everglades and such to help them, not yell and scream "WOW LOOK AT THIS THING!! LOOK HOW BIG IT IS!!") but unfortunately my house has terrible wiring and some of the channels don't come in, NatGeo being one of them. :(

Animal Planet can suck...it. Yeah..it. SUCK IT.

I love how the video says they can grow twice the size the size of the one they found, which was 14 feet. How often do people find 28 footers?

I taped that to finish watching, the part I saw showed a biologist that obviously said more than was aired. Since I don't know much about African Rock Pythons, tell us a little bit about them.

That being said Animal Planet hasn't been the same since Steve Irwin passed. What we need is another animal educator like him. He didn't talk about reptiles as big scary monsters. He was one of a kind. RIP Crocodile Hunter.

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Originally Posted by xFenrir

I noticed how he grabbed it's TAIL too, nice and far away from the head. You go, Barr, make sure that tail doesn't escape!

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As long as it isn't a blood python. I did that once. :rage: Next time I'm grabbing the head end.

Seriously, I'd like to see someone do a special on how many people are killed or severely injured by large constrictors vs common farm animals. The snakes would look like saints compared to cattle, hogs, and horses.

Guys do you all remember the video we all made fun of a few months back of the guy in the cave getting bit by a retic and screaming like a girl... Same guy... Have seen this schmuck tv a few times and every time he acts like this. An over zealous under informed "expert".

Unfortunately Animal Planet mostly died with the great Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin was the best! I miss that guy and his work!:(

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Originally Posted by Kymberli

I do enjoy Nat Geo Wild though.

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agree with that! i've been enjoying the python hunter series, about a few of the guys who hunt them out in the everglades.. was a really nice take on it. they all love and respect the creatures, never once did they go off on the "man eating monsters" trail

I wish I got Nat Geo wild. :(

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Guys do you all remember the video we all made fun of a few months back of the guy in the cave getting bit by a retic and screaming like a girl... Same guy... Have seen this schmuck tv a few times and every time he acts like this. An over zealous under informed "expert".

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I do believe you're talking about this video. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI2AeYLZZWU

It happens at about 1:25. Immediately when I started the video I knew something was gonna go wrong: he had the snake by the tail. :rolleyes:

Oh my god, what a tool! I've never seen a grown man act like that before. Why would you be hunting for snakes if you're such a baby about getting bit?

That guy could give Chewy lessons.

"I've got a bad bite guys, oh my god!"

Either suck it up and stop being a baby about it, or find another profession. You mess with the snake you get the fangs. :cool:

... My little brother actually believed this... he's 15... first thing he asked me after askin if he could hold Loki (ball python)

"When Loki gets bigger can he eat me?" my reaction :confused: "No... He couldn't eat anything bigger than Molly, and it'd have to be ALOT smaller than her..." (she's 5lbs at most)

He then informed me about seeing a show about an African Rock Python... I asked what it was on "Animal Planet" a was his responce...

I then told him don't believe every ridiculous thing in the world, then walked away. He keeps this up, no way in heck is he holdin my scaly baby...

steve irwin needs to come back and give barr a lesson in "man up 101"!
steve wouldnt send anyone else in to get the snake's head, nah, he'd just aim and launch himself on it and pop up going "crikey! he's a cheeky fella. look at him trying to eat me!"
oh & we cant all forget his "danger, danger, danger!"

barr aint got crap on the dangers of being a wildlife conservationist. in fact i'm sure he'd crap himself if he ever faced off with steve-o's croc named graham, the one that he's chasing around in his movie.

heres a vid of the great steve-o's most embarrassing moments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHwdQdwc_Tk

you go steve!

Animal Planet is pretty much a HSUS PETA channel now for animal rights radicals. Anything that is not a mainstream pet(i.e. a dog or cat) is villified and presented as too dangerous to be allowed to be owned by ANYONE at ANY time.

In addition, there's the ton of shows that villify any owner of more than one dog or a dog and a cat. Anyone owning exotics is some whack-job who screams about satan or wants to kiss cobras to feel the thrill. Never mind all of the responsible owners of geckos or the people who own venomous because they respect and love the animals.

The instant they started up with the ridiculous lying garbage that is Whale Wars, I shut it down. It was sliding downhill quickly, but that just put the last nail in the coffin.

Python Hunters is AWESOME. I mean, you can't help but love a tv show that the main people on it are members here and have been in the reptile world so long and been so available to everyone for advice and talk! Micheal Cole is one of the two people who made me really love ball pythons! None of the three fuss about getting bitten, they all throw themselves into helping the animals and the environment, while making it clear they love keeping the reptiles!

More of it, and less of the sensationalized lies and animal rights thinly veiled media campaign would be nice. Won't happen, but it'd be nice.

I think the "man-eating super snake" was to be a hybrid between the Burms and the rock python :D "Something straight out of science fiction" was the running quote. Apparently, a rock python was found somewhere between the Everglades and Miami back in... the '80s? I don't remember now, but it was a while ago. Then another was found in 2005. So, obviously, there is now an invasion of he rock python here in the Everglades :O I quit watching after the second commercial break.

I've lived here my whole life, and have spent well over a decade going out to all parts of the Everglades, finding my own secret spots and going into places no one has set foot on in decades - I have found panther tracks, evidence of bears (seen one up in Ocala, too), hogs, some scarce bugs, and even a Burm or two. Never have I seen a rock python, and if they're out there in such "great numbers," I think I would have found one by now. I'm not saying that just because I haven't seen them, there aren't any - and other exotic species intentionally or accidentally released out there - but the possibility of a SyFy super-snake happening suddenly? Get real.

AP's shows can be crumpled up and thrown in the garbage pail like so much bad writing. They're a joke.

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I think the "man-eating super snake" was to be a hybrid between the Burms and the rock python :D "Something straight out of science fiction" was the running quote. Apparently, a rock python was found somewhere between the Everglades and Miami back in... the '80s? I don't remember now, but it was a while ago. Then another was found in 2005. So, obviously, there is now an invasion of he rock python here in the Everglades :O I quit watching after the second commercial break.

I've lived here my whole life, and have spent well over a decade going out to all parts of the Everglades, finding my own secret spots and going into places no one has set foot on in decades - I have found panther tracks, evidence of bears (seen one up in Ocala, too), hogs, some scarce bugs, and even a Burm or two. Never have I seen a rock python, and if they're out there in such "great numbers," I think I would have found one by now. I'm not saying that just because I haven't seen them, there aren't any - and other exotic species intentionally or accidentally released out there - but the possibility of a SyFy super-snake happening suddenly? Get real.

AP's shows can be crumpled up and thrown in the garbage pail like so much bad writing. They're a joke.

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Actually, they said the rocks were in a 6 square mile area of Miami near the Everglades. They found a nest and they found some babies. So they are worried that the Rocks are spearding and will eventually be like the Burms if nothing is done. I am fine with that. That's a true concern. I just don't like the scare tactic approach the show took.

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Actually, they said the rocks were in a 6 square mile area of Miami near the Everglades. They found a nest and they found some babies. So they are worried that the Rocks are spearding and will eventually be like the Burms if nothing is done. I am fine with that. That's a true concern. I just don't like the scare tactic approach the show took.

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Did they find a nest? Maybe I didn't make it far enough in the show. Still, though that would undoubtedly be a potential threat, it's not quite as immediate as they wanted it to be. From what I saw, they seemed to want to make people believe that the monster hybrid could happen tomorrow. I admit I shut it off out of frustration, so maybe I missed something.

Did they find the nest recently, by the way? If by Miami they meant the actual city, and not the whole county (Miami-Dade), that would put the rocks somewhere near Shark Valley or the Chekika area, or thereabouts.

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

Python Hunters is AWESOME. I mean, you can't help but love a tv show that the main people on it are members here and have been in the reptile world so long and been so available to everyone for advice and talk! Micheal Cole is one of the two people who made me really love ball pythons! None of the three fuss about getting bitten, they all throw themselves into helping the animals and the environment, while making it clear they love keeping the reptiles!

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I agree completely. I look forward to that show each week more than anything. Those three men make me love the reptile community even more than I already do. :)

first off....hello everyone...first post. WOOT! saw the video and had to say something. WHAT A F"N DBAG!! Cry Baby Pee Pants! thats all i have :)

Yea that show was bad, it was a total scare tactic, they were pumping the fear factor for ratings, plus I thought there had never been a confirmed case of someone being eaten by a snake. Besides look at the how dangerous domestic dog breeds can be, how many children and adults are killed every year by pet dogs? It all comes down to people just being responsible, if someone is hurt it is probably not the snakes fault, it is almost always the persons fault. And people releasing pets are not the main cause of the python everglades invasion, it was hurricane Andrew and the reptile importers warehouse that blew down in the storm releasing thousands upon thousands of snakes into florida... But that doesn't jive with their agenda to curtail our right to own reptiles, so they will conveniently ignore the facts and continue the scare mongering to mold the publics perception of our community into something more "politically correct" and in line with the "mainstream"