Re: Lionel Richie news story
Being so immersed in the reptile hobby makes me forget how little most members of the public know about snakes. For most people, "python," "boa," and "big snake" are interchangeable terms.
Case in point: a local news station in the US was dragged on a report on the annual copperhead emergence recently. The snake they featured on the reel? A ball python in someone's backyard. :rofl:
Re: Lionel Richie news story
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WrongPython
Being so immersed in the reptile hobby makes me forget how little most members of the public know about snakes. For most people, "python," "boa," and "big snake" are interchangeable terms.
Case in point: a local news station in the US was dragged on a report on the annual copperhead emergence recently. The snake they featured on the reel? A ball python in someone's backyard. :rofl:
Oh yeah, snakes are misidentified all the time. The real exception is when they get it right, lol.