News: 2 die in rock python attack

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Some more sheer idiocy:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...es-hungry.html

The best rated comments, heck the comments in general on this article (and the article itself) really bother me. Why people can't employ common sense and realise that not all snakes are big enough/of the temperament to be any real threat to people, and that NO snakes are evil monsters out to prey on people any chance they get is beyond me.

Hopefully some of you might post on this article like I did so there are at least some comments that aren't of the 'BAN ALL SNAKES IMMEDIATELY - SAVE OUR CHILDREN!!!!' variety.

One of the things they are ignoring with this call for a ban is that the guy in this case had these snakes illegally despite a ban on constrictors over 3 meters (about 10ft). I've tried too, there's no reasoning with these people and they won't change their mind even if it does come out the snake wasn't responsible.