Hamster named Gohan, right, and snake Aochan live togther in a cardboard box at Mutsugoro Okoku zoo, outskirts of Tokyo, in this January 14, 2006 photo. Gohan and Aochan make strange bedfellows: one's a 9 centimeter dwarf hamster; the other is a 120 centimeter-long (yard-long) ratsnake. Zookeepers at Tokyo's Mutsugoro Okoku zoo presented the hamster _ whose name means "meal" in Japanese _ to Aochan as a tasty morsel in October, after the snake refused to eat frozen mice. But instead of indulging, Aochan decided to make friends with the furry rodent, according to keeper Kazuya Yamamoto. The pair have shared a cage since. (AP Photo/Mutsugoro Okoku Zoo, Kyota Nomura)
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To: freepatriot32
2 posted on
01/18/2006 10:04:48 AM PST by
mlc9852
To: freepatriot32
a 120 yard-long rat snakeSumpin' ain't right here.
3 posted on
01/18/2006 10:05:52 AM PST by
Lekker 1
("Computers in the future may have only 1000 vacuum tubes..." - Popular Mechanics, March 1949)
To: freepatriot32
> a 120 yard-long rat snake
HOLY CRAP!!!
4 posted on
01/18/2006 10:05:58 AM PST by
orionblamblam
(A furore Normannorum libra nos, Domine)
To: freepatriot32
DemocRATS make a pact with Satan.
To: freepatriot32
Alls well until the snake gets hungry.
7 posted on
01/18/2006 10:08:26 AM PST by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: freepatriot32
the other is a 120 yard-long rat snake.!
8 posted on
01/18/2006 10:09:29 AM PST by
Diddle E. Squat
(“I shot the SHERiff....I shot the sherRIFFFF....I SHOT the sheriff....I shot THE sheriff...”)
To: freepatriot32
The only good snake is a dead snake.........
CC&E
To: freepatriot32
..as long as the snake is well fed...the hamster is not, in danger/prey.
Live prey can injure (mouth rot) a snake's mouth.
15 posted on
01/18/2006 10:15:08 AM PST by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: freepatriot32
They should have named the hamster Liberal.
To: freepatriot32
The snake is preparing to moult, note the milky eyes. It will likely get hungry again, really soon!
20 posted on
01/18/2006 10:19:23 AM PST by
SWAMPSNIPER
(MAY I DIE ON MY FEET IN MY SWAMP)
To: freepatriot32
Hamster, Snake Best Friends... Are you sure this isn't just a parable for the Congressional Black Caucus and the Democartic Party?
21 posted on
01/18/2006 10:19:25 AM PST by
ericthecurdog
(The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.)
To: freepatriot32
Talk about animal abuse. That hampster must think he's died and gone to Hell.
22 posted on
01/18/2006 10:19:59 AM PST by
Rebelbase
(Whew! Another year until the cursed green bean casserole strikes again!)
To: freepatriot32
In the photo, the hamster looks scared.
24 posted on
01/18/2006 10:21:52 AM PST by
SittinYonder
(That's how I saw it, and see it still.)
To: freepatriot32; EveningStar
I used to have a hampster that looked like that.
26 posted on
01/18/2006 10:24:18 AM PST by
FOG724
(Governor Spendanator)
To: freepatriot32
Got one of those for a niece once...the dwarf hamsters bite 50% more than the cute "teddy bear" hamsters. Blech..
28 posted on
01/18/2006 10:24:33 AM PST by
Windsong
(Jesus Saves, but Buddha makes incremental backups)
To: jwfiv; TheBigB
32 posted on
01/18/2006 10:29:00 AM PST by
Serb5150
(Mir Boziji – Hristos se Rodi!)
To: freepatriot32
jimmy carter's foreign policy in pictures.
To: freepatriot32
I think I'd hate going through life with my name meaning "Meal".
Cute picture though.
35 posted on
01/18/2006 10:32:43 AM PST by
najida
(OK, so we have this problem with the paint cans sticking to the floor.....)
To: freepatriot32
Gosh, President Clinton, being an intern sure is exciting!
37 posted on
01/18/2006 10:34:14 AM PST by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: freepatriot32
Maybe they should feed the Rat Snake a large Alligator lizard. Then the snake will know what a real fight is.....
40 posted on
01/18/2006 10:36:58 AM PST by
fizziwig
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