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Python kills Venezuelan zookeeper
"A three-metre (10-foot) python has killed a student zookeeper who let the snake out of its enclosure in Venezuela while working a night shift at the zoo.
Horrified employees at the Caracas zoo discovered the Burmese Python as it tried to swallow its victim's head, local media reported.
The co-workers beat the snake to force it to release Erick Arrieta's body.
Marks on the biology student's left wrist suggested the snake had bitten him before crushing him to death.
Arrieta, who was 29, had been supervising the reptile section alone on Saturday night when he broke zoo rules by opening the snake's cage, Venezuela's El Universal newspaper quoted zoo officials as saying.
The snake was donated to the Caracas zoo two months ago and was not on public display, said the zoo's management in a statement.
"The young man underestimated the animal's instinct," said Javier Hernandez, director general of the Parque del Este zoo. " "A three-metre (10-foot) python has killed a student zookeeper who let the snake out of its enclosure in Venezuela while working ... more -
Snakes on a...er, country
Climate change is creating more habitable areas for pythons across the US. Apparently, there are enough people buying pythons then letting them loose once they realize they've bought a GIANT SNAKE for a pet that this could become a real problem. Quick, where's Samuel L. Jackson when you need him? Climate change is creating more habitable areas for pythons across the US. Apparently, there are enough people buying pythons then let... more
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Snake saved after eating golf balls
A snake was saved by surgery after mistakenly eating golf balls it thought were eggs. How do we know it was a mistake? Maybe the snake meant to do it, maybe it had a thing for golf balls? Give the snake some credit here. A snake was saved by surgery after mistakenly eating golf balls it thought were eggs. How do we know it was a mistake? Maybe the sna... more
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NYC Woman Finds Python in the Toilet
OH HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"There was no Halloween bogeyman in the closet for one Brooklyn woman just a 7-foot-long python in her toilet. Nadege Brunacci was washing her hands in her bathroom before dawn Monday when she glanced back and saw the slithering serpent peeking out from her toilet, most of its body hidden in the pipes."
I would flush that isht right back down the toilet! [not that it would work, but it's a funny idear]. OH HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... more -
WTF??? New York Woman finds 7ft+ Python in Toilet
Do I really need to explain why this is interesting?
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Man Accused of Biting Girlfriend's Snake
"A Northern Ireland man bit his girlfriend's pet snake in half during a fight and remarked that it "tasted lovely," lawyers testified Friday." - How could you bite that in half? Pythons are so big. It must have been a baby, and it must have tasted like chicken. "A Northern Ireland man bit his girlfriend's pet snake in half during a fight and remarked that it "tasted lovely,"... more
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