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I think this youtube video speaks for itself....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNqJGPT0d50&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNqJGPT0d50&feature=related
Seen that photo a gillion times. confirmed photoshop
Well I sure wish I could keep a Burmese python in a KK :}The "danger" of keeping large pythons/boas is so ridiculously overblown, and this thread is doing absolutely nothing to fix it. It's exactly the same as keeping tarantulas, just don't be an idiot and you will be FINE.
Codykrr, you DO know that this very popular photograph has already been debunked as an internet HOAX, do you not? Every herpetologist with an ounce of knowledge of large snakes has come out and stated that this is a hoax, based on several factors, not the least of which the snake shown in the series of photos leading up to this one aren't EVEN THE SAME SPECIES, and aren't even found on the same continent! Also, the angle of the snake's ribs in the photo indicate that for the human to have been in the snake's digestive tract, the snake would have had to swallow the man FEET FIRST, and THAT, dude, is an impossibility for sure! Furthermore, anyone with an iota of Photoshop know-how will immediately recognize a PS job here, and a lousy, amateurish one at that.
What I meant by my comment, was that the dangers are relatively similar. Keeping a pokie, I consider, more dangerous than a Burm.Well I sure wish I could keep a Burmese python in a KK :}
i know i just felt like messing with you.What I meant by my comment, was that the dangers are relatively similar. Keeping a pokie, I consider, more dangerous than a Burm.
I know you were, just thought it did need a little clarifying.i know i just felt like messing with you.
heck i'd rather handle a burm or retic over a Psalmopoeus anyday
Deffinetly can understand why you thought that at first. Haha so did i when you first posted the pic.i didnt know this was hoax...when searching i found this and a few others. never mentions in any of the dozen sites featuring this set of pics was a hoax. so my appologies.
I'm lucky I still have fingers.....evil little dwarf hamster..But, HAMSTERS......................Forget IT!!!!
Those little bastards, man - No Way Brave 5 year olds Out there - LOL
- J
My little panda hamster is evil too and yet my family is terrified that I have Ball pythons around my kids!!I'm lucky I still have fingers.....evil little dwarf hamster..
Well said! So long as you keep these animals in a responsible manner and with a proper amount of space and common sense you won't have a problem. Every animal has its natural wild instinct ... that cannot be changed no matter how "tame" a pet is. The problem comes when their keepers ignore signs of aggitation, hunger, or defensive behavior, which seems to be the root cause of the bad reps for both the animals and our hobbies.The "danger" of keeping large pythons/boas is so ridiculously overblown, and this thread is doing absolutely nothing to fix it. It's exactly the same as keeping tarantulas, just don't be an idiot and you will be FINE.
I think there has been at least one confirmed and documented report of a very large reticulated python killing and eating a 14-year-old boy in Indonesia....