"but, but, it just wanted attention and he needs my love"
twit
Posted on 12/18/2006 4:09:35 AM PST by tlb
CINCINNATI - A 13-foot boa constrictor wrapped itself around its owner’s neck and killed the man in his home, authorities said.
An acquaintance found Ted Dres, 48, inside the snake’s cage Saturday and called police, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s office said.
“People who keep these type of animals as pets should know exactly what they’re doing and what they’re capable of,” Mahlman said.
He said he has seen photographs of reptile owners posing with snakes coiled around their necks.
“They don’t realize they could be a few seconds away from death,” he said.
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inside the snake’s cage ?
A tiger is a tiger, a boa is a boa....and a lib is ALWAYS a lib.
Heads up ping!
Pun sort of intended.
Should have picked a better pet, a dog maybe?
Yeah, the old boa constrictor autoerotic asphyxiation thing.
“People who keep these type of animals as pets should know exactly what they’re doing and what they’re capable of,”
Just like people who climb mountains should know the risks.
"but, but, it just wanted attention and he needs my love"
twit
LOL, well you don't keep a 13 footer in an aquarium. He must have had a "walk in" size cage.
Never trust an animal that doesn't come when you call them....
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My prime rule for pet ownership.
Nothing bigger or stronger than me.
Speaking of snakes.....
Saturday evening my brother called me (he lives two houses over) and says "hurry, get over here now, there's a snake in my living room". So, broom in hand, I get all three boys and we take off. He had gotten it out of the house and in to the drive way (by the use of a golf club) by the time we pulled up. Sure enough, there in strike position was a small copperhead.
So, somehow, it had gotten into his house. He had just gotten home and sat down in his recliner and reached for the remote from the coffee table - and happened to look down, and there he saw it - laying right up against his flipflop with it's head resting on the flipflop.
Needless to say, he had the eebie jeebies for the rest of the weekend. He said yesterday that Saturday night, the fan blew his covers on his bed and it scared him so bad he jumped out of the bed and stayed up all night.
So, for those of you in central Texas - be warned, the snakes are still crawling.
They haven't made it into my house yet, here in E TX. But have had to shoot a few cotton mouths in my yard. Uncovered a copperhead cleaning around my pond, but it was a cool day and he was sluggish.
I hired a sharp shooter to come and shoot the water snakes in my small lake and pond. When he would hit them they shot straight up into the air like a rocket. It was something to see.
What did that snake kill?
We all know what a snake represents from viewing paintings of the Garden of Eden. My opinion, all reptiles, especially snakes, can be removed from the planet.
Looks like a kangaroo
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