Escaped pet python strangled Fla. child

David_ Bowie · 07-01-2009, 05:29 PM

Wow! This girl was only two years old. My heart goes out to the family...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/...hon_strangling

Atom · 07-01-2009, 05:38 PM

Wow. That is sad from several different angles.

anakha6 · 07-01-2009, 05:52 PM

I kinda do feel sorry for the family. But i also kinda feel they want shooting. Who puts a snake and a 2 year old in the same building?!?!

pctec · 07-01-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by anakha6

Who puts a snake and a 2 year old in the same building?!?!

I could not agree more...

Too bad they couldn't convince the snake they were its parents...

Jenie0109 · 07-01-2009, 11:19 PM

Better yet, don't make these creatures as pets. They are better off in the wild.

pctec · 07-02-2009, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Jenie0109

Better yet, don't make these creatures as pets. They are better off in the wild.

For the 2nd time in less than 24 hours, I could not agree more...

I hope the agreement thing is not going to become a trend...

BlackEyes · 07-02-2009, 06:51 AM

If you are having a pet like snake make sure that the cage is always close and locked..
Snake are just ok to be a pet but this is a big responsibility..Remember that guyz..
I have a pet snake and i'm always make sure that his cage is always locked when i leaved..

BradS · 07-02-2009, 02:52 PM

I sometimes wonder wth people are thinking when they actually have kids... "oh yay children for me to love" or "yay another tax exemption"

vilelink · 07-02-2009, 07:07 PM

Very sad. Wild animals always belongs to wild.

anakha6 · 07-03-2009, 04:54 PM

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I could not agree more...

Too bad they couldn't convince the snake they were its parents...

Don't mock me. This is done by a process called filial imprinting. Basically, many animals will take the first thing they see and interact with to be their parent. So by being the only thing there when an animal is born you can convince it you are it's parent if the real parent is removed.

Laura Varon · 07-03-2009, 06:48 PM

Having a pet snake does NOT sound like a good idea to me, regardless of whether the animal is poisonous or dangerous or completely harmless towards human beings. Snakes just aren't meant to live in terrariums (or worse, CAGES!), I personally think it's something really cruel to do.

anakha6 · 07-03-2009, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jenie0109

Better yet, don't make these creatures as pets. They are better off in the wild.

Problem is, there isn't enough wild left.

marshalprince7 · 07-04-2009, 01:22 AM

Proves "Nature never changes" and may be "Kindness is wasted on evil".

anakha6 · 07-04-2009, 05:20 AM

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Proves "Nature never changes"

Ever heard of evolution?

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Originally Posted by marshalprince7

"Kindness is wasted on evil"

If any species can be called evil, it's ours.

marshalprince7 · 07-04-2009, 08:48 PM

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Ever heard of evolution?

In what sense and what you wanna say?

If any species can be called evil, it's ours.

phrase the sentence atleast right or make me understand "its' ours" what? or it is like "it us"

**~kev~** · 07-04-2009, 09:25 PM

This might seem a little "rude" - but seriously. If they were stupid enough to keep a predator in their house, maybe they should not have children. Maybe its better that their gene pool gets a little bleach thrown in it. That way the "stupid" genes stops with them.

Oh gee, lets keep a lion in our house. Oh gee, lets keep a tiger in our house,,,,, - a snake is no different. Its a small brained reptile predator. What do we really expect.

krahmaan · 07-05-2009, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by David_ Bowie

Wow! This girl was only two years old. My heart goes out to the family...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/...hon_strangling

I saw the story on the news. It always hurts to hear a story of a child dying. For me, it becomes an even deeper pain. But I've come to learn that all life must one day end. Even the mighty stars and suns will one day enter into the darkness. And no one can place a date on when one will die. Nobody is even guaranteed to live past the age of one. This is just a fact of life. Something that I am beginning to accept more and more.

anakha6 · 07-05-2009, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by marshalprince7

phrase the sentence atleast right

I think you shot yourself in the foot there...

anakha6 · 07-05-2009, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ~kev~

This might seem a little "rude" - but seriously. If they were stupid enough to keep a predator in their house, maybe they should not have children. Maybe its better that their gene pool gets a little bleach thrown in it. That way the "stupid" genes stops with them.

Oh gee, lets keep a lion in our house. Oh gee, lets keep a tiger in our house,,,,, - a snake is no different. Its a small brained reptile predator. What do we really expect.

Strange thing is, I'd rather have a lion, a tiger and a snake than a kid.

pctec · 07-05-2009, 05:04 AM

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Strange thing is, I'd rather have a lion, a tiger and a snake than a kid.

Thank you kind sir...