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To: Little Rock Ag

I have trouble believing a 10 year old could stomp on a 10 foot python one time and kill it.
Those things are all muscle.

31 posted on 08/26/2007 7:54:37 AM PDT by winodog ( Coming Attractions: Bubba II Worse Then The First)

You must have missed the part about stomping on the snake’s HEAD.

57 posted on 08/26/2007 8:39:25 AM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace

I have trouble believing a 10 year old could stomp on a 10 foot python one time and kill it. Those things are all muscle.

A snake's spinal cord is not attached to the head very securely. I'm sure that this loose attachment is necessary for snakes to be able to move and to swallow large prey. A blow behind the head has a good chance of severing the spinal cord and killing the snake. People who keep snakes as pets have to be very careful of the head and neck region for this reason. A kick to any other location probably wouldn't have killed the snake. This kick was easily fatal.

Bill

106 posted on 08/26/2007 5:34:52 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)

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