I totally agree. I mean, there are ZERO deaths caused by ball pythons. It just DOESN'T happen! There was NO need to mention that there were even children there! Seriously! I really wish that reporters would actually do some RESEARCH before this stuff goes to press. Sigh. Super frustrating. Then they talked about the animals being in distress. Well, duh! They're TRAVELING. Almost any reptile in that situation would under some sort of stress. Ugh.