Best Britain's Got Talent EVER.

[Anatopism]

Yeah. So I showed it to a non-herp friend, and it made her all teary-eyed. She's having a weepy-eyed kinda day today, and she was all embarrassed about that, but she said, "my little two boys are so upset about extinction and species loss."

I said, "I was pretty upset about it, too, at their age."

And she said, "Yeah. It's really almost criminal how we get hardened to it as we get older."

... I DONT cry or get teary eyed except very rarely, and typically it's just when I'm overwhelmed and angry. I dont know WTF just happened, but immediately... teary eyed.

[loonunit]

I felt my eyes tear up a little bit, the "poe-em" (love her accent) was beautiful. I posted this on my FB page because lots of my friends from Farmville tell me in response to my photos "the only good snake is a dead snake". >:/
Let's see what they think once they find out that if you feed a snake properly and it isn't starving, it won't just go around devouring little girls and pet dogs all day--they actually don't prefer them.

Oh, that's awful. My FB friends mostly just humor me and tell jokes at my expense. The only one who ever threatens my snakes with the deep fryer is my husband, and it's just because he has to LIVE with them.

[JamieH]

OMG this little girl is awesome.

[Kinra]

I'm a little annoyed at all the concern for her safety. I mean, I know the backstage guys mean well, but there's also clearly many years of companionship here.

I was a little concerned watching it because it did look like it was wrapping a little tight towards the end, but I agree the backstage guys were overreacting a little.

She was so cute and her poem was wonderful! I think the audience reaction was the best. Thanks for sharing this!

[loonunit]

I was a little concerned watching it because it did look like it was wrapping a little tight towards the end, but I agree the backstage guys were overreacting a little.

She was so cute and her poem was wonderful! I think the audience reaction was the best. Thanks for sharing this!

Yeah, okay. Lucy is probably frighteningly strong compared to a 7 year-old girl's neck, so caution is good... and if you're the stage hands, and you don't know from snakes, I guess I can understand why you'd be scared clean out of your wits. Honestly, I probably wouldn't even let a kid that size hold an adult boa without strict adult human supervision. And definitely not around the neck.

... but with BPs, anyway, I've noticed that there's an "ATTACK" squeeze and a "holding on" squeeze... "holding on" is done with the back 2/3s of the body, but "constrict & kill" is mostly done with the front 1/3. This little girl didn't look even remotely uncomfortable (except for her sliding headband)--that was definitely a "holding on so I can get a better look at the stage lights" grip.

(And I love how Lucy's craning her neck at the audience. She's all: "WHAZZUP, Britain! That's right. IMA SNAKE.")