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Snake In NJ Lake Identified as Green Anaconda
Newsmax.com ^ | 7/21/14 | Nick Sanchez

Posted on 07/21/2014 10:28:55 AM PDT by njslim

An anaconda snake is loose in New Jersey's Lake Hopatcong, and a local reptile expert said Friday he's breaking his silence after animal control told him to keep quiet about the dangerous reptile. "I've known it was an anaconda since last week, but I was told by animal control and state police not to say anything," Gerald Andrejcak, who works for Common Sense for Animals, told The New Jersey Herald. "Officials were afraid that if it came out that the snake was an anaconda it would cause mass hysteria. It needed to come out, it is a public safety issue."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: anaconda; lake; nj; snake
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To: bramps
...and I would advise people not to put their baby in the lake," animal control Officer Dale Sloat told CBS New York. "A snake this size can probably swim about 25 miles an hour." Being constrictors, anacondas wrap themselves around prey to asphyxiate it, then swallow it whole.

LOL - now you like snakes even less...

141 posted on 07/21/2014 4:06:41 PM PDT by GOPJ (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize-Voltaire)
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To: njslim

It’s already dead.

Got hold of a Jersey City Tube Fish, and died of poisoning.

Lake Hopatcong is surrounded by summer bungalows that were converted to year-round residences. Septic systems are... well... suspect.


142 posted on 07/21/2014 4:07:42 PM PDT by Peter W. Kessler
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To: njslim
"Years ago had some nutjob keep a Gabon Viper (among other venomous snakes) - one day bite him on arm while trying to feef....""

I got one better than that. On night back in the '70s some kid broke into the Reptile House at the National Zoo and stole a Gabon Viper. He put the snake in a paper grocery bag and caught a Metrobus home, but it bit him on the way.

143 posted on 07/21/2014 4:07:52 PM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: Hot Tabasco

Not a problem.

It was kind of you to think of me...:)


144 posted on 07/21/2014 4:27:35 PM PDT by Salamander (He ain't heavy, he's my Boa.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Since water temps are much lower than air/land temps, it’s already on borrowed time.

Assuming it even really exists.

;)


145 posted on 07/21/2014 4:29:58 PM PDT by Salamander (He ain't heavy, he's my Boa.)
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To: Mouton

The purchase of long guns is not too much of a problem. You go through the procedure of getting a firearms I.D.card. The procedure is basically a background check. The card is a lifetime purchaser I.D. and you present the card when buying a long gun. Generally a drivers liscence is needed for I.D. As you can see there is no problem for long guns. Pistols are another matter. You have to get a pistol purchase permit which when issued allows you to purchase two handguns within I believe 60 days. Depending on where you live this can take from several weeks to 6 months or longer. Where I live I can get a permit in about a month. Some hard a$$ police chiefs might not issue you at all. Getting a carry permit can be almost impossible.


146 posted on 07/21/2014 5:40:41 PM PDT by certrtwngnut
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To: Hot Tabasco
Does it come when you call it and fetch balls?......LOL!

Well I'm sure he would if he had ears and thumbs. But at least he doesn't shed fur all over everything. And his pee isn't wet -- just little white chalky pellet-like things that don't stain. And oh yeah -- he doesn't bark either.

147 posted on 07/21/2014 6:14:32 PM PDT by Maceman
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To: certrtwngnut

I lived there long ago and am happy to have left, for good. I applied for a permit purchase and the as...le police chief grilled me for about 15 minutes about why I wanted to buy a model 66 sandw. After putting up with his nonsense for ten of those minutes, I said because that is the stainless model of the sandw 19 I carry at work as a fed. He reluctantly signed.

I do not ever wish to be in that position again.


148 posted on 07/21/2014 8:04:34 PM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: PUGACHEV
He put the snake in a paper grocery bag and caught a Metrobus home, but it bit him on the way.

Oooh. Did somebody have to suck the poison out of his way?

149 posted on 07/21/2014 8:56:50 PM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: BCR #226

Please don’t get me wrong. I realize millions of people keep snakes as pets. I have no issues with this. Years ago we had a pet snake in our family.

In my first post questioned the wisdom of keeping giant aggressive snakes as pets, especially Green Anacondas and African Rock Pythons. I know Burmese Pythons can grow quite large as well, however to the best of my knowledge they are usually quite docile for the most part as pets.


150 posted on 07/22/2014 6:48:26 AM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

It’s like dogs... It depends on how you work with them and raise them. I know Burms that I wouldn’t mess with without a few people around and a hook. Others, are just big babies. Same goes for retics, anacondas, rocks, carpets, etc.

My big retic girl is a love lush. She loves attention and being around people. She’s quite literally a giant puppy dog. Same with all of my boas and other pythons. On the other hand, I’ve got a pair of garter snakes that are very defensive and quite nippy. What I’m saying is that the bigger snakes are more laid back because they don’t feel the need to fear us like smaller snakes do. They all just want to be left alone in the wild.


151 posted on 07/22/2014 12:40:01 PM PDT by BCR #226 (02/07 SOT www.extremefirepower.com...The BS stops when the hammer drops.)
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines; BCR #226

Take a guess who is behind all the anti-snake propaganda
[and probably the “giant snake in Jersey”]

http://ballpythonbreeder.com/2009/12/republicans-democrats-and-reptiles/

HSUS/pETA/Obama

The unholy trinity of statist evil.


152 posted on 07/22/2014 11:24:40 PM PDT by Salamander (He ain't heavy, he's my Boa.)
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To: Salamander

It’s looking more and more like the snake in the lake is a hoax.

If that is the case, criminal charges need to be filed against the people behind the hoax.


153 posted on 07/23/2014 6:19:25 AM PDT by BCR #226 (02/07 SOT www.extremefirepower.com...The BS stops when the hammer drops.)
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To: BCR #226

Scotland has “Nessie”.

Jersey has “Figment”.

[Figgie?]


154 posted on 07/23/2014 10:44:53 AM PDT by Salamander (He ain't heavy, he's my Boa.)
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To: Salamander

Epic... absolutely epic!


155 posted on 07/23/2014 12:36:25 PM PDT by BCR #226 (02/07 SOT www.extremefirepower.com...The BS stops when the hammer drops.)
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