Without research, and watching pythons on tv, this person probably thought hrmmmm, i always see them slithering at a waters edge, etc etc blah blah ...no excuse whatsoever for this husbandry but it doesnt suprise me. People can do some silly things both intentionally and unintentionally. Time to educate.....one of what I think our responsibilities as reptile enthusiasts is.
to often experts or people with knowledge rather bash, attack, show people who arent educated how ignorant they are and all the stupid mistakes they made..........instead when an action is unintentional no matter how silly, unbelievable it may be, education should come first without judgement. You never know you may have someone who truely loves reptiles and may grow into a great herper?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
A good example would be my ignorance when I got married, I was told by all listen and do whatever she says!!!!!!!! I started like that but soon realized I still can do whatever I want and have yet to lose half of what we own lol
ps....that was a joke........