Blame the snake or the owner?

  • Brian Klawitter
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    August 6, 2013 at 12:50 pm #1283215

    Two young boys in northern New Brunswick are dead after a python, believed to have escaped from its cage at an exotic animal store, slithered through ventilation ducts into an upstairs apartment and killed them some time during the night, according to Campbellton, N.B., RCMP.

    What began as a summer sleepover at a friend’s apartment turned tragic as police arrived shortly after 6:30 a.m. to find the boys, five and seven years old, dead. It is believed they were brothers, but RCMP would not confirm this. Some residents said the boys were killed as they were sleeping.

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    carroll58
    Twin Cities, USA
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    August 6, 2013 at 1:10 pm #1187868

    Both!!!

    The Owner for not having a Secure Enclosure!

    The Snake, well I relate that to what happened thousands of years ago:
    Genesis 3:15 NIV
    And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

    kooty
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    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
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    August 6, 2013 at 1:22 pm #1187872

    All snakes are evil. That’s all I got to say about this.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
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    August 6, 2013 at 1:29 pm #1187874

    Do you blame a hunter when goes out, kills a deer and eats it? Nope, that’s how they do. Same with the snake. Owner is 100% guilty.

    coleycrawler
    Minneapolis
    Posts: 308
    August 6, 2013 at 1:45 pm #1187881

    Ssssnnnot the sssslithery ssssnakes fault…

    It’s a python!! And it was hungry, sssssstupid.

    Snake owners should have a better cage, (one a snake cannot out smart perhaps…) or forced to tape their ventilation ducts shut while the owners are sleeping and away for any period of time.

    Brian Klawitter
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    August 6, 2013 at 1:51 pm #1187883

    You two give me goose bumps.

    jeff_huberty
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    August 6, 2013 at 2:25 pm #1187892

    Quote:

    Do you blame a hunter when goes out, kills a deer and eats it? Nope, that’s how they do. Same with the snake. Owner is 100% guilty.

    X2

    However the snake must go also

    belletaine
    Nevis, MN
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    August 6, 2013 at 2:27 pm #1187893

    Hey BK, it sounds like Nicole might have a plan brewing…

    jeff_huberty
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    August 6, 2013 at 2:33 pm #1187896

    Quote:

    You two give me goose bumps.

    Have you seen the picture of that guy shooting at a snake?

    jeff_huberty
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    August 6, 2013 at 2:37 pm #1187898

    On a side note: I think there is something Inherently wrong with python owners.

    Brian Klawitter
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    August 6, 2013 at 2:51 pm #1187903

    Quote:

    On a side note: I think there is something Inherently wrong with python owners.

    Winning post. ^^

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    August 6, 2013 at 3:22 pm #1187918

    Yes, any animal that kills a human needs to go. Especially a “domesticated” animal.

    To each his own, but I never understood the allure of snakes and most other reptiles. Chameleons are pretty cool, but I’d get bored with them too.

    Brian Klawitter
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    August 6, 2013 at 3:29 pm #1187924

    Could a python be considered domesticated?

    How would could we tell if it knew the meaning of “play dead”?

    Back on track here a bit. I don’t know or even want to think how I would react if I as a parent found out my child was killed at a sleep over by a freak act like this.

    The parents must be over whelmed with grief and non belief.

    belletaine
    Nevis, MN
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    August 6, 2013 at 3:36 pm #1187929

    I agree BK, I can’t imagine anything worse than the loss of a child and for it to be like that…I always felt that python owners have them as part of an image thing more than a love of snakes, almost like a prop. I don’t get it.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
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    August 6, 2013 at 4:19 pm #1187937

    Quote:

    Could a python be considered domesticated?


    Hence “”

    Brian Klawitter
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    August 6, 2013 at 6:15 pm #1187968

    I thought that too.

    Then I remembered about the snake in Hastings a number of years back. Tried to strangle a young adult. They figured the chicken feathers in the pillow set it off.

    On the other hand a person might think the first kid would have made enough noise to wake the others. Even if it was only kicking.

    Very odd.

    BTW Welcome to IDo and where the heck is North Fowl?

    desperado
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    August 6, 2013 at 6:18 pm #1187969

    Quote:

    BTW Welcome to IDo and where the heck is North Fowl?

    just above South Fowl, geesh

    desperado
    Posts: 3010
    August 6, 2013 at 6:28 pm #1187972

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    Chicken feathers? … Eagle feathers!

    yup, maybe that’s what ya need BK … snakes are afraid of Eagles ya know ?

    desperado
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    August 6, 2013 at 6:49 pm #1187979

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    Desparado is spot on.

    always a good assumption to start off with

    Brian Klawitter
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    August 6, 2013 at 6:58 pm #1187981

    He’s new Don.

    desperado
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    August 6, 2013 at 7:03 pm #1187983

    anyone know a good way to clean Coca-Cola off a computer monitor screen ?

    lhprop1
    Eagan
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    August 6, 2013 at 7:03 pm #1187984

    Quote:

    Desparado is spot on.

    Any man who stretches his ice fishing into May is ok in my book.

    On a related note, ONLY 114 DAYS UNTIL ICE FISHING!

    Brian Klawitter
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    August 6, 2013 at 7:05 pm #1187985

    Quote:

    anyone know a good way to clean Coca-Cola off a computer monitor screen ?

    I-Hop, what are we going to do with you?

    What was this thread about?

    desperado
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    August 6, 2013 at 7:12 pm #1187989

    Quote:

    I-Hop, what are we going to do with you?

    I’m thinking a joy-ride accross the Diamond Bluff channel in mid-Feb might be just the thing

    jeff_huberty
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    August 6, 2013 at 7:44 pm #1187996

    Welcome to IDO

    Just be careful around those two Mr.Jones

    desperado
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    August 6, 2013 at 7:50 pm #1187998

    Quote:

    Welcome to IDO

    Just be careful around those two Mr.Jones

    What … not gonna warn him about PUG ?

    lhprop1
    Eagan
    Posts: 1899
    August 6, 2013 at 7:57 pm #1188000

    Quote:

    What … not gonna warn him about PUG ?

    Sometimes, you just gotta let the new guy learn some stuff on his own.

    Brian Klawitter
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    August 6, 2013 at 8:05 pm #1188002

    Quote:

    Quote:

    I-Hop, what are we going to do with you?

    I’m thinkimg a joy-ride accross the Diamond Bluff channel in mid-Feb might be just the thing

    Only time I’ve ever had the Sheriff called on me and I was with Don.

    desperado
    Posts: 3010
    August 6, 2013 at 8:13 pm #1188003

    Quote:

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    a joy-ride accross the Diamond Bluff channel in mid-Feb

    Only time I’ve ever had the Sheriff called on me and I was with Don.

    welll, at least I was able to get rid of him quick

    … just did the neighborly thing and offered him a ride too

    desperado
    Posts: 3010
    August 6, 2013 at 8:28 pm #1188009

    This begs the question

    Which is worst? (from a BK perspective)

    1. having the Sheriff called on ya

    2. Coley forgetting to bring the bait

    3. swimming snake trying to board the boat

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