Snake Attacks

[Pezz]

Oh my, i never knew that all pets require responsibility. Go ahead and come get my snakes. Right after you pry my rifle out of my cold dead hands.

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[Momokahn]

When I saw this article was from the Humane Society of the United States, which is waaaay different than your local Humane Society, I knew that I was done reading this article. Without taking the time to do a ton of typing, just Google this outfit. It is really bad when the Huffington Post even throws this outfit under the bus. The HSUS is no animal lovers friend, it is an organization of indoctrinators not much unlike PETA. They prey on the weak and our children by sensationalism.

[Craiga 01453]

I found this online and thought it was interesting

http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/...ke-attacks.pdf

What are your opinions on these snake attacks? Were they the fault of the owners? Are snakes sometimes dangerous pets?

I dont think they're any more dangerous than dogs or cats, but I'd love to hear your opinoons

WARNINN:
the data in the report contains stories of both people and snakes being injured, view with discretion

Thanks for sharing this comical read.

[Hannahshissyfix]

This was a day I'll never forget. I had to call the fire dept with the jaws of life to get her removed from my finger. I've never feared for my life so much and promptly sold all of my kings. These attacks are real, people!

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[Crowfingers]

That site is spread around a lot. If you actually read closely, a bunch of these "records" are fear-mongering, over-exaggerated lies. Check this:

May 1, 2011/Opelousas, Louisiana: A gardener cutting weeds in a client’s yard in aresidential neighborhood encountered a 5-foot snake with an estimated 6-inchcircumference, believed to be a python. As he reached to pick up the snake, theanimal latched onto his hand and dragged the 6-foot, 143-pound man into thebushes, swallowing his hand and shredding the tops of his fingers.

A 5 foot snake can drag a 6 foot man? And swallow his hand? LOL. I'm about to die laughing.

For those without perception on snake size, my dumeril's boa is 6 feet long, thick-bodied, and I am a 5'5" girl and I can easily man-handle her. She is about the width of my wrist, and weighs 7 lbs. I still handle her gently.

October 23, 2009/Panama City, Florida: A construction worker was bitten twice onthe hand by a 4-foot albino Burmese python after he attempted to move the snakefrom a pile of dirt at a home under construction.

If incidents like drawing a bit of blood from a small python can make it onto the list, why not start listing every cat scratch and bite too? A bite from a pet rat or hamster is far more damaging than from a 4 foot python, whose head is still only the size of a girl's thumb.

And I only skimmed the top for these two. I remember reading another listed incident being some 3-4 foot boa biting a girl's finger. That's considered a "snake attack".

You should've read a bit further - one snake is accused of "attacking" two victims via a blood transfusion

"
April 12, 2001/Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:
A woman died from septic shock related
to a
Salmonella
infection after obtaining a tran
sfusion of blood platelets. The platelet
donor
’s 9
-foot pet boa constrictor was identified as the likely source of the
Salmonella
. The type of
Salmonella
found in a stool sample from the snake matched
that found in the platelets. The man exhibited no sympt
oms at the time of his
donation, but had been ill two weeks previously
and taken antibiotics. A second
patient who received platelets from the man also contracted
Salmonella
but was
healthier
at the time of the transfusion and lived"

[purepearl]

You guys, I work as a Dispatcher for a large Central Florida Fire Department... its almost like people HAVE to exaggerate snake things. My rescue BP actually came from a "Snake Removal" call, lady called and said she had a 6 foot boa constrictor behind her water heater... wound up being *maybe* 3 feet of Ball Python, and a sweet as pie one at that.

You know that the Humane Society just eats this stuff up when they can get people to tell the most exaggerated story. Unfortunately it makes our jobs as Reptile Keepers harder with negative stigma, but it gives me job security

[Godzilla78]

This was a day I'll never forget. I had to call the fire dept with the jaws of life to get her removed from my finger. I've never feared for my life so much and promptly sold all of my kings. These attacks are real, people!

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off-topic, the kingsnake is wicked! on my wishlist to get a king.

[Zincubus]

This was a day I'll never forget. I had to call the fire dept with the jaws of life to get her removed from my finger. I've never feared for my life so much and promptly sold all of my kings. These attacks are real, people!

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That's a real cutie !

What morph incidentally?


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