Stupidity strikes again...

http://6abc.com/pets/woman-gets-snak...n-ear/1732092/

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Yep. Sigh.

That's PDX for you. lol

Hahaha, Caesar just did that with a ring of his silk vine 2 nights ago. I had to cut the ring off him and boy was he stressed. I swear I was going to get bit but he was a trooper and just looked at me while I worked on him. Then after all was done, he curled up on my arm and sat on me for like 30 mins without moving lol.

Ugh...I live very close to Portland and sometimes it's embarrassing...

Im not going to say anything as it wouldn't be nice at all :colbert:

Dangers of owning a snake.
Forget sizing you up to eat you, they'll just get stuck in your ear.

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Ugh...I live very close to Portland and sometimes it's embarrassing...

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I lived there for years and loved it. I loved Oregon. I though Portland was the center of the hipster universe but Austin seems to be trying hard to take the title.

I saw this a couple weeks ago or so, and I can't believe. LOL

What people will say about snake owners now :bow:

...just, like...honestly...how??? how is that possible to accomplish?!

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I lived there for years and loved it. I loved Oregon. I though Portland was the center of the hipster universe but Austin seems to be trying hard to take the title.

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Don't get me wrong, I do love Oregon. There's so many wonderful places to hike! However, like you said, there are hipsters everywhere and some people are snobby. Some guy tried to shame me for liking lattes (he said that they are for children; I'm 21) because he only drinks espresso. He said he drank lattes when he was 3. Good for you dude? Maybe that's why he's so bitter.

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Don't get me wrong, I do love Oregon. There's so many wonderful places to hike! However, like you said, there are hipsters everywhere and some people are snobby. Some guy tried to shame me for liking lattes (he said that they are for children, I'm 21) because he only drinks espresso. He said he drank lattes when he was 3. Good for you dude? Maybe that's why he's so bitter.

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The thing I miss the most is all the killer disc golf courses. lol And the cheese steaks from Shut Up And Eat. lol

The girl in the story posted this in a FB snake group i'm in. While she maintains it happened by accident, i am thoroughly convinced that this was an intentional dumb idea gone bad. I have friends with gauged lobes, and without the jewelry in its not like they just stay wide open like a hula hoop, you have to want to put something in there for something to get in there. Listen, i dont want to be too harsh, i am so sure it was intentional b/c i actually can see the appeal of the idea - in theory - i just would like to think that common sense would have prevailed before it got to that point.

I love these stories more when they don't start with "Florida man .. "

Sincerely, A Florida man

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It really ticks me off. I, and many others, have been working hard to bring understanding and empathy to the general public about reptiles and their responsible keeping. Educational presentations, explanations and so on and forth.

Along comes one idiot and wants her 2 minutes of fame. And of course, something like that has to go viral. Making "snake people" look like freaks and not making the snake look much better, either.

Like that really happened "on accident". Because Ball Pythons move as fast as Black Mambas. And what did she expect the ER personnel to do about it ? That poor snake going through all that stress and the cold temps for hours. She probably wanted to make a real cool picture and it didn't work out that way.

So whats the next best thing. Head to the ER and make a picture/story of THAT.

I have already gotten several texts and emails from friends and acquaintances today, asking me whether my snakes are as "aggressive" as that "nasty" one and whether I have ever thought to make creative pictures with mine to go "viral".

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It's hard to be nice, but I will be. Long as the snake didn't get hurt.

haha my friend sent me this yesterday.... I said I'd marry that woman haha shes got gauges, snakes and isn't really bright, the total package!

I'm not sure what's worse that the snake that's stuck there or that she called the fire department for help

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Yeah, definitely not "accidental". I hope the general public sees this for what it is: one woman doing something stupid that seemed like a fun idea at the time, but went wrong. The animal did nothing wrong, and is clearly the real victim here, and I hope the public sees that as well. I'm guessing she had probably done it before this incident without any issue too. Oh well, like they say, there's one in every crowd. Let's hope it's a learning experience and this woman is a better, more responsible snake keeper who treats her animals properly...Ok, now that I feel bad for that snake, I gotta go grab one of mine and appreciate what amazing animals they are. After all, that's why most of us keep them right?

They ARE amazing. And each one is different. I love them. I wish I had room to take in all the sad ones.

"I thought it was attacking the side of my head"...

... My 5 yr old ball barely knows how to attack his food..

sometime i wander if people like this are the same species as me

I have gauges and can confidently say that this would not happen on accident like she makes it sound. In order to get that far into the hole, the snake had to stick it's head in there first. That she will have noticed for sure unless she was sleeping (then maybe) the feeling of being struck was the tension the snake put on the earlobe with its girth. While sizing up, you sometimes do it too fast and the tension causes the skin to literally rip. THAT might feel like the snake is striking at her. (I've never even bit so far but I could see how the two could feel similar). BUT, before that, you'll feel some sort of increasing tension where any normal person (with or without gauges) would say "ok, this is the time to reverse whatever is happenning" and take the snake back out, before it gets stuck.
Gauged earlobes aren't any number than not Gauged ones so she must have felt the snake sticking it's head in there initially and then the increasing tension following that.
She either shouldn't have gauges, or a snake. Maybe even both.

My snake got into a sticky situation with a slatted garden chair when I took him outside on a sunny day once. But even there I could get him out before he got completely wedged between the slats BEHIND ME WHERE I DIDN'T EVEN SEE HIM. 😒

People can be so incredibly stupid...

I like that she acts like the snake is the idiot in this situation! I highly doubt that he tried to get into the hole all by himself...

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I like that she acts like the snake is the idiot in this situation! I highly doubt that he tried to get into the hole all by himself...

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YES! there was no way this was an accident! i'm sorry, but she was an idiot! "too fast" only happens on feeding day.

Also on her Facebook she keeps posting articles about the incident and how she's "famous". Like if this had been an accident why would you be proud of how "viral" this is?

Because to a base and shallow kid like her, any attention is better than no attention. What might help her would be to drag her outside of her little pathetic world, get her into some seriously consequential community service, and actively teach her how to develop some deep and lasting, real self-esteem.

I need to apologize for that last post. Aside from teaching, I volunteer in my community with "life-skills" kids, the level of kids who will always need to be at home or in a group home. One of the boys, who is very kind and very caring, who is never going to live on his own, or read above a hesitant 3rd grade level, and will always look "different" comes to the nursing home and reads his books to the residents who just stay in their rooms, and rarely have company. We shared an elevator with a pair of girls all decked out. As they walked away, we couldn't help but hear them laughing about him being a "creepy 'tard" that they shouldn't have to see, and "imagine him when he's old".
Hearing that last evening really PO'd me. Then Ben cried, and that tore my heart. I'd love nothing more at this moment than to get my hands on them, strip them of all their embellishments because that appears to be the sole way they define themselves, and put them to good use in the community with REAL people until they developed some real and deep feelings. They need to learn how to be human beings. When I finally got home after talking it out with him at Tim Hortons, I had to get Ethel out, she's such a wonderful BP, and just let her slide through me hands and pet her until my blood pressure went down.
grrrr

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Also on her Facebook she keeps posting articles about the incident and how she's "famous". Like if this had been an accident why would you be proud of how "viral" this is?

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Agreed. Plus, as some one who formally had large stretched lobes, I can attest to the fact that a snake would not just crawl through them. Also, why would you not stop it if it was starting to do so? Ugh, this is why I don't use social media...vapid attention seekers. Plus, am I the only one who thinks her dropping the "f" word in her post is totally unnecessary and tacky?
Maybe I am just getting old and cranky....


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I saw this when she posted it on a Facebook group I'm a part of, It has been shared to me 5 times since, and made local news in at least 5 states as well as BBC and other parts of the UK.