"Man-Eating Snakes: African Rock Pythons"

This show is a freaking joke, there was a part where this man had an african rock python in his toilet, it had to be no bigger than 6 feet.
And the narrator was all dramatic saying "The snake was trying to get into the house, and if it did, NO ONE WOULD BE SAFE"
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I hate animal planet.

I was watching Swamp Wars earlier, and I love the people on there, but the people who make the show....not so much.

They were talking about the 'HUGE deadly burmese pythons" and they showed a picture of a ball python :colbert:

Now they're talking about how African Rock/Burmese pythons will be
"MAN- EATING SUPER SNAKES!"

:O Quickly! Everyone run for the hills, we have a hybrid up in :cens0r:

I've seen that before, it is horrible.:mad:

Some of the most bogus crap I've ever seen is on animal planet.

I don't even remember if this is on animal planet, but call of the wildman really gets on my dang nerves.

I mean yes, both animals are potentially dangerous to humans, but the media makes it seem like the snakes are actually HUNTING us. No, we're intruding on THEIR territory. I'd be pretty pissed off too if someone mowed down my natural habitat.

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Originally Posted by Trackstrong83

I mean yes, both animals are potentially dangerous to humans, but the media makes it seem like the snakes are actually HUNTING us. No, we're intruding on THEIR territory. I'd be pretty pissed off too if someone mowed down my natural habitat.

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good point

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Originally Posted by heathers*bps

Some of the most bogus crap I've ever seen is on animal planet.

I don't even remember if this is on animal planet, but call of the wildman really gets on my dang nerves.

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That guy not only gives out bogus information, but just gives me the creeps.

Yea I'd love to :fishslap: him

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But then again, he'd probably like it, the weirdo.

Just watched the episode, I think I wanna try to breed that super snake!

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Originally Posted by spankege

Just watched the episode, I think I wanna try to breed that super snake!

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It's already been done and it's called a Cateater.

I've watched it also. They were saying that the hybrid of the 2 (afrock and burm) could produce the giant gene in the offspring. In some species like ligers (tiger/lion hybrid) they are much larger than normal, so they assume it could happen in snakes. :banghead:

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I watched Fatal Attractions last night. They really do play off snake keepers to be psychotic, don't they?

"Despite the warnings from his friends and family, Brian just could not live without his precious snakes."

While they said that, it was a video clip of some guy just staring into a tank, almost like he was stoned. As he fed it, the human in the clip looked almost... aroused by feeding his snake? Biting his lip, savouring the moment kind of crud.

Really?

Because of these shows, co-workers of mine, who once thought it was neat that I had snakes, are now approaching me asking if I ever worry about my safety. I just reply: "I worry about my safety more when I'm driving than I do feeding my animals at home. You have a dog, don't you? Don't you ever worry it's going to maul a child to death like in those shows?"

"That's different..." they say.

Yeah... SO different :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Vasiliki

I watched Fatal Attractions last night. They really do play off snake keepers to be psychotic, don't they?

"Despite the warnings from his friends and family, Brian just could not live without his precious snakes."

While they said that, it was a video clip of some guy just staring into a tank, almost like he was stoned. As he fed it, the human in the clip looked almost... aroused by feeding his snake? Biting his lip, savouring the moment kind of crud.

Really?

Because of these shows, co-workers of mine, who once thought it was neat that I had snakes, are now approaching me asking if I ever worry about my safety. I just reply: "I worry about my safety more when I'm driving than I do feeding my animals at home. You have a dog, don't you? Don't you ever worry it's going to maul a child to death like in those shows?"

"That's different..." they say.

Yeah... SO different :rolleyes:

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Yeah, the media really hurts our hobby, and I wish people knew that they do it for views, and that it's not the whole truth.

I used to watch Animal Planet all the time, but lately it's seem like their only concern is telling people about "killer animals". Let's see, they've talked about killer freshwater fish, bloodthirsty snakes and large felines that crave human flesh. :colbert:
They also have a show called "My Cat From Hell".
Okay...
From my understanding of this (correct me if I'm wrong), large snakes will only hurt people when threatened, or when they haven't been properly cared for (with the few rare exceptions that every species has).
Now I'm curious- How many large snake attacks are there, per year, compared to dogs or other "normal" pets?

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Originally Posted by JaGv

good point

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Not only because I am an owner of sebae sebae pythons (the largest and strongest subspecies of african rock pythons) but, imagine we are those animals/snakes etc. The snake's propably mourning with thoughts (towards us humans) such as: IF ONLY YOU WERE IN MY SHOES!
...so let's give them a chance to be really truely happy with us humans. Them = snakes. They deserve more care, love and attention than some sort of thing! It's a live animal. Not a piece of plastic or a rock on the sidewalk. Respect and treat all snakes right, please do.

I asked Animal Planet how many African Rock pythons, or hybrids thereof, have been captured or killed in Florida's python challenge. There has been no response yet...

im just watching some of the snake-related vids on their youtube-channel http://www.youtube.com/user/AnimalPlanetTV (this is not a shoutout, nor is it advertising).

Anyway, i watch them, i spot mistakes, i spot neglect when it comes to research, i downrate them, and then i look at the comments and try to sort out some of the mess there.

Really, this is like foxnews. Animalplanet is compared to animal documentaries what foxnews is compared to news media. Their bias is: We, as humans, are species number 1 and everything else is inferior to us, and can only be either useful to us or threatening to us. Pathetic, really.

I hate how they show in tv these guys catching momma snakes, cutting them open and destroying all her eggs.. Alive.. It disgusts me.

I mean, yeah.. During all the hurricanes and stuff in FL all the snake breeders lost all their babes and they all got loose and went a little crazy.. But is not their faults, ya n ow?? They're just trying to live like any other animal in this world..

I have to laugh. I agree with many of these replies. The fear of snakes is so deep seeded...going back far beyond Biblical times so yeah, it IS hard to convince the general public. Animal Planet is just doing this for the money like any other corporate entity. Their shows play into emotion. WE all know the truth so WE are the ones who need to educate those willing to listen and learn. I have written to Animal Planet several times...and surprise, NO response.

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Originally Posted by ballophile

The fear of snakes is so deep seeded...going back far beyond Biblical times

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Not really, snakes were regarded in many different ways in the past. Snakes were common at places of healing during the Greek and Roman times and they thought that the tongue of the snake had healing powers. That's why snakes are on the symbols used by doctors today. It is a reference to the staff of Asclepius. It is mainly the Abrahamic religions that are more familiar today that cast the snake in the primarily "evil" role.

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Originally Posted by ewaldrep

Not really, snakes were regarded in many different ways in the past. Snakes were common at places of healing during the Greek and Roman times and they thought that the tongue of the snake had healing powers. That's why snakes are on the symbols used by doctors today. It is a reference to the staff of Asclepius. It is mainly the Abrahamic religions that are more familiar today that cast the snake in the primarily "evil" role.

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Just to point out another flaw in the "the Bible says all snakes are the Devil" thought process - Moses's staff turned into a snake as one of his miracles to Pharoah and it ate the "bad" magicians' snakes/staffs.

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Originally Posted by Annarose15

Just to point out another flaw in the "the Bible says all snakes are the Devil" thought process - Moses's staff turned into a snake as one of his miracles to Pharoah and it ate the "bad" magicians' snakes/staffs.

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On an even more religious note, a Christian with a brain would know that God made snakes too, and loves them equally among all the other animals.