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Originally Posted by For crying out loud
its like one of the oldest urban legands, lol. its always a friend of a friend or such.
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Yes, it's also listed in almost identical words on Snopes, where they point out that snakes don't measure their potential victims .. indeed they'd starve if they put that much preparation into eating as animals don't normally lie there waiting for the snake to measure them up :)
However, I agree with those who say that it's the height of idiotic irresponsibility to try to keep a python in the same house as a child. A tragedy for the child in this case .. but truly awful parenting.
I never understand why people want to keep wild anmals in the home anyway .. they're better off in the wild imo .. one reason cats and dogs are referred to as "domesticated" animals .. (and some of the latter don't belong in a home with children imo .. pit bulls for eg.)
But interesting that Helen referred to tigers .. apparently there are more tigers in the USA than there are living in the wild now .. and most of them are in private homes in Texas! I'm glad that in Sheffield, as in Thameside, tigers have a zero population.
Caryl