[DUMBGRUNT]

Being cold outside, if the beast escaped it would not get too far?

I hope.

Only one handler?

[11th_VA]

Snakes have attitudes - some are really nice, and some are stuck on mean ...

[DesertRhino]

Only a dumbass would pet a 17 foot snake. Hell, any snake for that matter.

[fini]

A python bites a person and it warrants a newspaper article? Obviously the news person has not been around snakes. Sheesh, I had a ball python (probably the most docile python breed) and that thing bit me from time to time.

Here is what you do when you get bitten by a non-poisonous snake: 1. Extract snake from your body. 2. Put snake back in cage. 3. Put antiseptic on bite (and remember to check for infection in a day or so). 3. Get a beer. 4. Go to computer and read Freerepublic.

[Menehune56]

I hope the authorities don’t feel the need to put down the python. He was just doing what snakes do, it’s his nature.

[blueunicorn6]

What they needed was one of those costumes like they have for Weiner dogs.

A 17 foot long hot dog.

Snake on a bun.

Delicious with relish.

[ransomnote]

A friend of mine was a reptile breeder. Of all the species of reptiles he bred, he said Burmese pythons were the most aggressive. He was handling one and it latched onto his bicep. When he tried to loosen it’s very painful grip it “doubled down” Can’t pull on the snake while fangs in your arm - hurts to wait for it to get tired of biting you and let go.

[DannyTN]

[editor-surveyor]

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Lucky the snake didn’t swallow her!
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[Tax-chick]

Pythons aren’t venomous. Rubbing alcohol and a Band-aid.

[Rastus]

A python bit a girl? That’s nothing. A moose once bit a FReeper’s sister.

[Daffynition]

[nicollo]

My daughter brought a friend’s snake home, and when her mom saw it she screamed so loud it killed the snake. Seriously, the damned thing died.

Now, I’ve been screamed at by that woman, but I’m a survivor!