18ft Scrub eats family dog as kids watch

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- A 16-foot python stalked a family dog for days before swallowing the pet whole in front of horrified children in the Australian tropics, animal experts said Wednesday.

The boy and girl, aged 5 and 7, watched as the scrub python devoured their silky terrier-Chihuahua crossbreed Monday at their home near Kuranda in Queensland state.

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc....ap/index.html

i believe there is another thread about this

The part I don't get is they knew the snake was there, and that it was stalking the dog, but for some reason didn't think it was important enough to call anyone until after Yo Quiero became Taco Bell.

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Originally Posted by AshleyB

i believe there is another thread about this

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Hi,

At least one. :)


dr del

this is so stupid, these people supposedly watched a snake stalk their dog for days before it got it. Bull, if it is true, and they were still letting their kids play in the back yard with a "strange" 16ft python roaming around, they dont deserve to have their kids
why not call the first time you see a snake in your back yard
just another exagerated story to make snakes out to be bad:colbert:

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Originally Posted by ALEX B.

this is so stupid, these people supposedly watched a snake stalk their dog for days before it got it. Bull, if it is true, and they were still letting their kids play in the back yard with a "strange" 16ft python roaming around, they dont deserve to have their kids
why not call the first time you see a snake in your back yard
just another exagerated story to make snakes out to be bad:colbert:

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That's how the Aussie's roll....

http://members.cox.net/renegade_sith...-croc-baby.jpg

you got a point there, i remember all the controversy that came about when that photo was released, like M. Jackson dangling baby over railing, haha

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/i.../jackson_l.jpg

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Originally Posted by pslsnakes

That's how the Aussie's roll....

http://members.cox.net/renegade_sith...-croc-baby.jpg

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I think this was uncalled for.

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

I think this was uncalled for.

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I second that!

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

I think this was uncalled for.

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Originally Posted by AshleyB

I second that!

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I'm not trying to bad mouth Steve Irwin, rest his soul...

But come on...Would you let your kids out side while you KNEW there was a threat to thier well being.

As for that picture, is it alright to be holding your infant child while feeding a crocodile...just to put on a show? NO, it's not. Regardless of who it is....

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Originally Posted by pslsnakes

I'm not trying to bad mouth Steve Irwin, rest his soul...

But come on...Would you let your kids out side while you KNEW there was a threat to thier well being.

As for that picture, is it alright to be holding your infant child while feeding a crocodile...just to put on a show? NO, it's not. Regardless of who it is....

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there was no benefit of posting the photo.. if you want to make your point do so but it really isnt nessesary imo to have posted steves photo. The photo of MJ isnt flattering either but i wont go there.. visuals IMO werent nessesary

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Originally Posted by pslsnakes

I'm not trying to bad mouth Steve Irwin, rest his soul...But come on...Would you let your kids out side while you KNEW there was a threat to thier well being.
As for that picture, is it alright to be holding your infant child while feeding a crocodile...just to put on a show? NO, it's not. Regardless of who it is....

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Well, you accomplished what you said you were not trying to do: Badmouth Steve Irwin. You are looking through a very ignorant (uneducated) and ethnocultural lens when you judge Steve Irwin and presuppose that you know what he should have done with his son and his life (what you called his show).
As for letting children outside while there is a threat to their well-being... all of us do this all of the time. People who live in a city or neighborhood expose their children to being run over by a car. Ever let your kid run into the store for you, or wait in the library for you, or hang at the house til you got home? In this country, that it a big risk. What do you feed your kids? I hope it is 100% organic or else you are putting them at risk. Send your kids to public school? Risk risk risk: shooters, bullying, crazy teachers. Send your kid to a hospital? Wow, mega-germs; you'll come out sick.
So, get it? Danger lurks everywhere because life lurks everywhere. Teach your children. Evidently the Aussie family in the news story did~ their kids weren't eaten, just the dog. Oh well, that happens, that's life.

I don't have kids. ;)

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Originally Posted by pslsnakes

I don't have kids. ;)

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Then don't comment on how to raise them :gj:

at the end of the day, the snake was doing what was necessary to survive and the family is at fault for KNOWINGLY allowing it DAYS to stalk their dog. However... the snake is made out to be evil.... what the heck has happened to this world?

I have to agree, leave Steve out of this...but then, I am kind of knee jerk protective of Steve-O's memory. Say what you will about the guy, fact of the matter is the he did more for herps and wildlife than any of us could ever hope to accomplish. And I firmly believe he would have thrown himself into that croc's jaws before he let it hurt his son.

That said, would I feed a huge croc while holding my daughter? No. But then again I wouldn't be feeding one by myself, either.

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Originally Posted by starmom

Well, you accomplished what you said you were not trying to do: Badmouth Steve Irwin. You are looking through a very ignorant (uneducated) and ethnocultural lens when you judge Steve Irwin and presuppose that you know what he should have done with his son and his life (what you called his show).
As for letting children outside while there is a threat to their well-being... all of us do this all of the time. People who live in a city or neighborhood expose their children to being run over by a car. Ever let your kid run into the store for you, or wait in the library for you, or hang at the house til you got home? In this country, that it a big risk. What do you feed your kids? I hope it is 100% organic or else you are putting them at risk. Send your kids to public school? Risk risk risk: shooters, bullying, crazy teachers. Send your kid to a hospital? Wow, mega-germs; you'll come out sick.
So, get it? Danger lurks everywhere because life lurks everywhere. Teach your children. Evidently the Aussie family in the news story did~ their kids weren't eaten, just the dog. Oh well, that happens, that's life.

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well said.. i tried to write something similar and it just got jumbled and wasnt coming across right so i deleted it, you wrote exactly what i was thinking

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Originally Posted by pslsnakes

I don't have kids. ;)

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that explains alot ;) my views on MANY things are totally different since becoming a parent

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Originally Posted by starmom

Then don't comment on how to raise them :gj:

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agreed

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Originally Posted by Gooseman

at the end of the day, the snake was doing what was necessary to survive and the family is at fault for KNOWINGLY allowing it DAYS to stalk their dog. However... the snake is made out to be evil.... what the heck has happened to this world?

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your absolutly right and its sadening

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Originally Posted by spix14

I have to agree, leave Steve out of this...but then, I am kind of knee jerk protective of Steve-O's memory. Say what you will about the guy, fact of the matter is the he did more for herps and wildlife than any of us could ever hope to accomplish. And I firmly believe he would have thrown himself into that croc's jaws before he let it hurt his son.

That said, would I feed a huge croc while holding my daughter? No. But then again I wouldn't be feeding one by myself, either.

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You guys are over reacting IMO He did nothing wrong but showing a picture STATING how dumb some PPL can be!

im not on either side of this debate over the irwin photo but i do have an opinion on the post about kids at risk!
If you are saying kids playing around a strange 16ft. python is the same thing as kids going to a public school then you have no business saying someone else is ignorant. Thats one of the dumbest analogies I ever heard!
I agree there is certain risk in everything we do but the level of risk is not even close being the same.....

You Know What, Not To Bring Up An Old Post, But Preach On Pinball
Plus, I Am As Big A Steve Erwin Fan As The Next, But The Photo Of Him Teasing A Crock With His Newborn In His Hands, C'mon, The Guy Wasn't Thinkin' Right There

Excuse me, but Steve was, and still is, my idol, and the only person who I can say that about. Steve wouldnt have done this with his kid if he thought it was dangerous for the baby. He would have died himself before allowing the croc to get to his kid. As for the dog being eaten; I saw an African Rock Python eating an antelope on tv last week, much bigger than a dog. Was that in the news??? I dont think so. Just dog owners with no common sense.