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Chilling 911 Tapes in Florida Toddler's Python Death: 'The Baby's Dead!'
FOX News.com ^ | July 2, 2009

Posted on 07/02/2009 8:04:26 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Slapshot68

Oh so true, it wasn’t the SNAKE that was stupid. STUPID. Glad that little girl doesn’t have to grow up with someone so ignorant.


41 posted on 07/02/2009 8:30:59 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Kaslin
Picture of the happy couple at on the left:


42 posted on 07/02/2009 8:33:59 AM PDT by bornred
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To: Kaslin
Well, I basically agree. They seemed to have been very stupid. Their story seems to make some kind of (stupid) sense. I suppose things happened just the way they said.

But I think there is at least the possibility that the live-in boyfriend placed the snake in the crib and that the mother is either buying his lies or is in on it too.

Odds of this being the case? Probably less than 5%. But the police should investigate, and I'm sure they will.

43 posted on 07/02/2009 8:36:08 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I don't believe anything anyone says about anything anymore.)
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To: CaspersGh0sts

Biggest keu here is that the snake was not in a terrarium ( confined climate controlled and inescapable unless the sides and tops are broken). The snake was in a bag in an UNLOCKED CAGE....end of story and baby. Life in the electric chair


44 posted on 07/02/2009 8:37:11 AM PDT by the long march
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To: Kaslin

“When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.”


45 posted on 07/02/2009 8:39:03 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Kaslin

My mind cannot process the senselessness and horror of this tragedy. All I can do is offer prayers.


46 posted on 07/02/2009 8:43:40 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: wedwo
Now why in heaven’s name would someone keep a python.

As long as you take proper care of it they aren't paticularly dangerous. Unfortunately, few people move past "snakes are cool" to "I'd better know how to take care of it." They tend to use cages that are insufficiently secured, and tend to feed the snake too infrequently. My nephew has one and he's ultra-conscientious about it.

And, of course, it's incredibly stupid to keep one while there are small children or small pets in the house. These things aren't like dogs, they don't make distinctions among species, much less particular people. All they do is size up animals as prey or threats. The article says that there was no lock on the cage, BTW.

47 posted on 07/02/2009 8:47:04 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (We're definitely in the Rise of the Empire era, but is Obama Valorum or Palpatine?)
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To: Kaslin
Here are the stupid parents (the mom looks pregnant again):

And here is the story in the British press: Horror as two-year-old girl is strangled to death by 8ft pet python

More pictures, inclding the snake with bloody stab marks on it, at the link.

48 posted on 07/02/2009 8:51:47 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Shouldn't there be equal time for our Bill of Responsibilities?" -- Justice Clarence Thomas)
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To: nhwingut

Well, consider this: In Florida you have to get a permit to own one. I’m betting the permit includes proving you know what to do with the bloody thing. So, it’s being placed with someone who knows what they’re doing. Also, this snake is not “broken” in the way a dog that mauls someone is. The snake’s brain is a sinmple little object, and all it does is size up animals as threats or potential prey. A dog who starts attacking people has something wrong with it and needs to be put down, because it will almost certainly keep doing it. Meanwhile, that snake is no more or less likely to kill another human than it was the day it was born. It’s pretty much a robot.


49 posted on 07/02/2009 8:53:24 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (We're definitely in the Rise of the Empire era, but is Obama Valorum or Palpatine?)
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To: GingisK
Similar to the type that keeps pit bulls, I guess.

Exactly. It is inconvenient to post stories about pet dogs that do the same thing on a daily basis across the country.

50 posted on 07/02/2009 8:54:13 AM PDT by southlake_hoosier (.... One Nation, Under God.......)
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To: Maine Mariner

Remember the story a few years back about the boa that chomped down on his adult owners rear end and wouldn’t let go? IIRC, it took about five or six husky firefighters and cops to pull the snake off the womans butt!


51 posted on 07/02/2009 8:57:06 AM PDT by Ammo Republic 15
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To: Dahoser

Yep. Hang the boyfriend, prosecute the mom and adopt out the kids.


52 posted on 07/02/2009 8:57:14 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (We're definitely in the Rise of the Empire era, but is Obama Valorum or Palpatine?)
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To: FlashBack; Londo Molari; GingisK; ClearCase_guy; nhwingut; lovecraft; Slapshot68; onedoug; ...

Ping to post 48 for lots of pictures at the link of the long, long snake and the stooooopid parents.


53 posted on 07/02/2009 8:58:07 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Shouldn't there be equal time for our Bill of Responsibilities?" -- Justice Clarence Thomas)
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To: Albion Wilde

Did I not predict the tattoos? HAH!


54 posted on 07/02/2009 9:01:37 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (So close to Postal.)
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To: mikelets456

Actually, my wife and I refer to our new daughter as “the baby” all the time. The callers use of that phrase means nothing.


55 posted on 07/02/2009 9:07:46 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (We're definitely in the Rise of the Empire era, but is Obama Valorum or Palpatine?)
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To: CholeraJoe
You did! i was soo just about to post to you about them lol!


56 posted on 07/02/2009 9:08:54 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: villagerjoel
What kind of a person refers to their child as “the baby?”

I do.

Why is that a problem?

57 posted on 07/02/2009 9:09:54 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (We're definitely in the Rise of the Empire era, but is Obama Valorum or Palpatine?)
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To: Albion Wilde

You’d have to be REALLY STUPID to keep that snake in the house with a toddler.


58 posted on 07/02/2009 9:10:26 AM PDT by KansasGirl (I still think Obama is just plain creepy.)
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To: Kaslin
How anyone can keep a Python as a snake, especially with a small child around is beyond me

Would it be better if it were kept as a dog? ;-)

Seriously though, people keep all kinds of serious baby threats. The most common is dogs. Dogs are carnivores. While most pose no real threat to an adult human (especially if they are the master), many are potential killers of children.

Any dog larger than a baby could easily kill one, should they decide to do so. Even many smaller dogs and house cats could kill a baby, with a bit more effort. Many babies and small children are killed by pets, every year.

59 posted on 07/02/2009 9:12:48 AM PDT by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: Albion Wilde

Boyfriend looks pregnant too


60 posted on 07/02/2009 9:14:19 AM PDT by the long march
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