Quote Originally Posted by ewaldrep View Post
This statement does not say only cardiac arrest so that does not rule out the snakes as the culprit here. Thus far, on this site, it has been an interesting view of confirmation bias in action. The most likely scenario at this point is the unfortunate and untimely death of the two boys by the snake due to an irresponsible keeper. If there is evidence that contradicts that then I am waiting to hear it.
Something to think about, though. Why was there no mention of other evidence of the snakes being responsible i.e. broken ribs, bruising, bite marks? If the autopsy conclusively proved the snake did it, why are the Mounties still looking into it and not already filing charges against the store owner? The store owner is probably responsible for this in some way whether it's negligence or murder. From what I've seen so far and what I know of large constrictors I'm far from convinced the snake did it. I should mention that someone on Facebook brought up another possible scenario. The ventilation was damaged. Is it possible the boys were killed by CO2? I know it does no good to speculate really, but with all the general public jumping on the bloodthirsty snake bandwagon it's hard not to get defensive.