News: 2 die in rock python attack

[Pythonfriend]

A couple of things to remember.

The snake has ALREADY been convicted in the media.

There has been no medical report as of yet so actual cause of death is not known. These things tend to take a long time to complete. Much of the story will already be out of the media by the time the truth is known.

Once the actual cause of death is known, (and I'm betting that the snake will be exonerated) there will be NO followup reports in the media explaining that the snake was not at fault.

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. But if we get the facts right and have the right arguments to fend off the nonsense, then we can score where it matters: in the legislative and judicial battles.

But of course media perception matters. Any experts here? Anyone here working for NBC or MSNBC or CBS or (*vomit*) fox?

i dont know, just make us look not so bad in the media. There is an avalanche of very bad and nasty coming downhill on all keepers of constricting snakes, which includes ball pythons.

[eatgoodfood]

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. But if we get the facts right and have the right arguments to fend off the nonsense, then we can score where it matters: in the legislative and judicial battles.

But of course media perception matters. Any experts here? Anyone here working for NBC or MSNBC or CBS or (*vomit*) fox?

i dont know, just make us look not so bad in the media. There is an avalanche of very bad and nasty coming downhill on all keepers of constricting snakes, which includes ball pythons.

We share the same feelings on fox news... But its not just a problem for constrictors but all snakes, a snake is a snake to someone afraid of them or misinformed. Its already next to impossible to own large snakes and venomous where I am. Cant even have a BCC without a permit and thats not easy to get. When stuff like this makes international news and countries start making laws, the whole world is watching and governments start to follow suit.

[Banana]

I completely agree with what everyone has said so far. What a horrible situation I definitely agree that there is something very fishy going on here. But also I wonder where the adults in this situation were? It said the boys were sleeping at a friends house (perhaps the third boy), who I would like to assume had at least one parent. And as discussed earlier it would be virtually impossible for all of this to happen so silently that no one else was woken up. So why were the boys bodies not found until the morning? Were there no adults home at all? How terrifying. I hope more details come to light explaining this tragedy better, because right now it just appears to be an unlikely mess.

[SquamishSerpents]

Here is something interesting that was posted up on cornsnakes.com. The store owners name is John-Claude Savoie....

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/nb/news-no...-00134-eng.htm

Accused of sexual assault with a weapon, sexual assault, assault with a weapon, assault, uttering threats, and pointing a firearm

Could be a coincidence, however.

[Kodieh]

Unfortunately for your theory, there's no such thing as coincidence.

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[SquamishSerpents]

I just mean it could be a completely different person, with the same name.

However I'm not sure why but my first impression of the story, I just had a gut feeling that there would be something very sinister behind it, and sexual abuse was my first thought. Do not know why, but it was one of my first thoughts.

I am patiently hoping the public gets to see this unfold

[Kodieh]

I know why, two young children at an apartment over a store in the wee hours of the morning.

That spells more bad than it does good.

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[eatgoodfood]

Well if it does play out that way, everyone is just going to think all reptile owners are sickos and we will have fanatic religous groups protesting shows.. ok maybe not, bus still..

[Kodieh]

Snakes are the devil.

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[Kodieh]

Saw the story on yahoo just now, most commenters there are calling bs too. Glad to see the public isn't buying this either.

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