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To: the OlLine Rebel

A 6 foot snake at 90 pounds will look like a giant football. Even the heavier boids at 6 feet are only around 20 pounds. At 10 feet, around 40 pounds.

This is an example of media hype and fear mongering. With that being said, a 6 foot snake at 20 pounds is an incredibly strong animal and is fully capable of defending itself against many predators... including dogs and people.

They should be respected as a wild animal and not messed with if you run across a large boid in the wild. In most places in the US, you run across one, and it’s almost guaranteed to be a recent escaped pet. That means it’ll be used to people and is quite a bit safer to come in contact with vs. a wild bred snake.

Florida is probably the only exception to this rule being that it’s the only place in CONUS that can support a wild population of these snakes.


39 posted on 09/20/2013 6:55:28 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

Actually the weights were referring to the dog.

I can see the length of unknown snake being mistaken but you should know your own dog’s weight.


45 posted on 09/20/2013 11:33:05 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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