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Python Tries to Eat Boston Owner
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| April 4
Posted on 04/04/2004 7:53:02 PM PDT by ambrose
Python Tries to Eat Boston Owner
BOSTON - Police rescued a Boston woman from the jaws of her 7-foot Burmese python after the snake clamped onto her arm and started squeezing. Wanda Nunes, 43, told the Boston Herald that her python Moma went for her arm shortly before she planned to feed her two rats Saturday morning.
"She must have smelled the rats because she reached back and lunged for my arm," Nunes said. "Before I knew it, she was all wrapped around me. ... Every time I tried to pry her off or move, she just got tighter around my leg."
Her 13-year-old son called police after trying, and failing, to pull the snake off his mother.
Two police officers were able to pry Moma off Nunes and put her back in her cage.
Nunes said the snake was part of the family, and she had no plans to get rid of her.
"The police wanted to put her down," she said. "But I begged them not to."
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: python; snake
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posted on
04/04/2004 7:53:03 PM PDT
by
ambrose
To: ambrose
Python Tries to Eat Boston Owner Prolly a Damn Yankee fan
To: ambrose
Seeing as how this lady is from Boston, there's a good chance she is a RAT.
Oh....wait.....
To: ambrose
The snake is just misunderstood, and needs a good psychotherapist.
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posted on
04/04/2004 7:55:38 PM PDT
by
doug9732
To: All
To: ambrose
Two police officers were able to pry Moma off Nunes and put her back in her cage. Yeah, but what did they do with the snake?
To: ambrose
Who owns Boston ?
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posted on
04/04/2004 7:56:16 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Is it mogadishu yet ?)
To: ambrose
Boston! They keep pythons as pets and elect them to public office. Then when the Republicans save them from themselves, they go right back to doing what they were doing before. What do they put in the water in Boston to create such insanity?
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posted on
04/04/2004 7:56:34 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
To: ambrose
If that snake could talk...she'd probably say "I don't like Spam!"
9
posted on
04/04/2004 7:56:47 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...and now for something completely different.)
To: ambrose
Nunes said the snake was part of the family and she had no plans to get rid of her. ,,, Moma is possibly short for Moma-in-law.
To: ambrose
This settles it! I am calling the Giant Reptile Emporium in the morning & canceling my order!
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posted on
04/04/2004 7:59:25 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: RichInOC
Pap alway told all us kids... if it ain't got hips or lips leave it the hell alone. Pretty bloody good advice... I'd say.
To: RichInOC; martin_fierro; mikrofon
"'Moma Python'? 'A Squish Called Wanda'?
Who's been nickin' our material?"
To: ambrose; Aggie Diller; Ditter; shaggy eel; RichInOC; Vigilanteman; stylin19a; Texas Eagle; ...
Typical. People purchase baby pythons without really taking into account that certain species (like the Burmese, African rock, and Reticulated pythons) grow to enormous length. A 1 foot long burmese for example can grow to a length of over 20 feet, and the longest snake in the world is a Reticulated at 33 feet (fortunately Reticulated pythons are rarely for sale ...they are protected ....but the Burmese is the most common large snake for sale). For some reason people don't like smaller snakes like Ball pythons and corn snakes but want something 'exotic.'
The following is a picture of a 20 foot Burmese python. Obviously much bigger than the 8 footer from the article.
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posted on
04/04/2004 9:34:43 PM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear missiles: The ultimate Phallic symbol.)
To: ambrose
"Throw Moma from the Train"
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posted on
04/05/2004 8:46:56 AM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(.......John Kerry suffers from delusions of adequacy........)
To: ambrose
MMmmm...python...tastes like...chicken...
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posted on
04/05/2004 8:59:45 AM PDT
by
Khurkris
(Ranger On...)
To: ambrose
I bet the next time this happens that the police won't be so quick to respond!
To: Charles Henrickson; All
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posted on
04/05/2004 11:56:56 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra.)
To: spetznaz
,,, what age would you say that snake in the picture is?
To: Vigilanteman
What do they put in the water in Boston to create such insanity? If I'm not mistaken...tea.
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posted on
04/05/2004 5:21:20 PM PDT
by
grellis
(Che cosa ha mangiato?)
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