News: 2 die in rock python attack

[Bluebonnet Herp]

It seems that the most common theory is that the snake was used to cover the murder of these two boys or the snake killed these two boys. If those are the two options, I hope the snake did it.

Regardless of whether the snake "did it" or not, everything else stands. The snake isn't "responsible", shouldn't be killed, isn't an evil killing machine, etc. If the snake is in fact what killed the kids, the snake's keeper is responsible, not the snake. I'd rather know that these boys each briefly awoke to find they were being constricted by a snake than to know they briefly awoke to find they were being strangled by an adult human being they trusted. I'm a mother before I'm an animal lover. The biggest tragedy here isn't the potential impact on the reptile world. That's big, for sure, but it's not the worst thing here.

Well, the fact is, this has become one tragedy, and is evolving into another. The loss of life in the two young children, whom had a good life ahead of them, is horrible. That's bad for the kids not having a future, and the family who lost two wonderful ecstatic children is heartbreaking. And my deep condolences to them.
However, a new tragedy is on the horizon, with a saddening situation like this being manipulated for revenue by the media is at the expense of reptile lovers and owners. These poor kids lost their lives, unfortunately, but now thanks to money greedy hands and radical naturalist, thousands will be losing their livelihoods.

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