Ball Pythons... deadly? According to animal planet...

[JMH]

I am a cop (not an animal cop) and should be receiving my 3rd BP by 1030 in the morning today from Nebraska. I must be really messed up then!
Got the first one June 30th at a show. My Homicide sgt. Brother in law bought it.

[Sputnik]

I am a cop (not an animal cop) and should be receiving my 3rd BP by 1030 in the morning today from Nebraska. I must be really messed up then!
Got the first one June 30th at a show. My Homicide sgt. Brother in law bought it.

Good for you!

[lunajl97]

Animal Cops San Fran



I have noticed the Houston one does a terrific job with reptiles. They picked one up the other day (can't remember what it was for the life of me - we watch it at work) and he handled the snake easily and pointed out that it was "friendly" unlike the florida one where I have seen the "reptile expert" (not tha animal cop) use a snake hook on a ball python.

The florida "reptile expert" is the biggest yahoo on tv. i once saw him trying to lasso aligators, it went poorly, he used rope that wasn't stiff, so it was like he was throwing a big wet noodle at the "gator". I think they eventually caught him when some other guy was called in to help. The Houston cowboy hat guy is my favorite, he really knows his stuff, and goes the extra mile.

[desertpirate]

Did anyone see the National Geographic "Taboo: Pets"? I lost a lot of the respect I once had for NG after that one. I almost turned it off, but it was sort of like watching a train wreck. I wanted to see how bad it really got. They interviewed pet owners who were actually crazy, which just perpetuated all the myths about reptile owners. There was a woman who dressed an iguana in clothes and put it in the child seat in carts at the grocery store, and they tried to pass that off as typical exotic pet owner behavior.

[SecurityStacey]

Did anyone see the National Geographic "Taboo: Pets"? I lost a lot of the respect I once had for NG after that one. I almost turned it off, but it was sort of like watching a train wreck. I wanted to see how bad it really got. They interviewed pet owners who were actually crazy, which just perpetuated all the myths about reptile owners. There was a woman who dressed an iguana in clothes and put it in the child seat in carts at the grocery store, and they tried to pass that off as typical exotic pet owner behavior.

...You don't bring your reptile to the store and put them in the kids seat? ....

[anendeloflorien]

...You don't bring your reptile to the store and put them in the kids seat? ....

The kids seat? Geez, I bring the whole bunch and just pile them in the cart . Oh you crazy people with lots of snakes, whats next? Crazy people with lots of cats? This country is just spiraling out of control if you ask me lol.

[desertpirate]

You don't bring your reptile to the store and put them in the kids seat? ....

The reptiles don't fit next to the fishbowl...

[SecurityStacey]

The reptiles don't fit next to the fishbowl...

Oh... you own fish... crazeeee

Lol.

[SlitherinSisters]

No kidding, lets hope animal planet never finds any of our BP breeders, lol.

I'm not surprized they said that sort of stuff though.....

[_Venom_]

They did acknowledge he was making a bunch of money later on though. The guy was like "this is a blah blah, it's probably worth blah blah. If he breeds them he could get money blah blah"


I did get mad when he said "It's kind of like you have an obsession with them, right"
Even though I only have a few...