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 #2032063


Deee_42
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 OT : Breaking news here

This is horrible, it just happened at 10am

Burmese
07/01/09  11:21am

 #2032069


Constrictor
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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032063


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Thats messed up. Also i cant stand the people posting under it saying " what kind of fool keeps snakes as pets" or " snakes shouldnt be kept as pets and should be left in the wild"
07/01/09  11:28am

 #2032070


Deee_42
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 OT : Breaking news here

one more news link...also shows of another burmese caught not far from me. Click on Invasion

here
07/01/09  11:29am

 #2032071


Deee_42
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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032070


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I agree but, with a snake that size, they should have made sure the snake was SECURELY locked when theres little kids in the house
07/01/09  11:31am

 #2032086


Cinderellawkids
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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032071


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i agree too. One article strongly urges you to contact fwc, if anyone you knows has a python. I foresee lots of trouble!!!!

I have a burmese and several children. Before we purchased her we designed a large enclosure for her that takes a screw gun and pad lock to open for a reason
07/01/09  12:13pm

 #2032090


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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032063


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Sorry i don’t believe that is what happened, if the snake was locked up how did it get out and did the kid smell like the snakes food. Somethings up with this one and the little kid is the victim! But they will blame the snake! My heart and prays go out to the child.
07/01/09  12:19pm

 #2032098


Cinderellawkids
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   Message To: Cinderellawkids   In reference to Message Id: 2032086


 OT : Breaking news here

That 14 footer in 08 caught in Holly Hill was found on the street over from where I lived. Its really sad that people can be so irresponsible
07/01/09  12:26pm

 #2032134


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   Message To: Cinderellawkids   In reference to Message Id: 2032098


 OT : Breaking news here

http://www.wesh.com/video/19916362/index.html

He had the snake in a bag in an aquarium...
07/01/09  01:46pm

 #2032141


Cinderellawkids
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   Message To: Cinderellawkids   In reference to Message Id: 2032134


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http://www.cfnews13.com/MediaPlayer2/MediaPlayer.htm?video=WEBPYTHON_070120090134&cat=Local&title=Child%20Suffocated%20By%20Snake
07/01/09  01:56pm

 #2032147


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   Message To: Cinderellawkids   In reference to Message Id: 2032134


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it doesn’t take that much creativity to recreat a snake attack....Get a needle and prick the child’s forehead, smother the child, then stab the snake and say it killed her. It sounds like the boyfriend and the mom planned this. I hate that people try to pin this on the snake. I don’t think the snake would have touched her if it had gotten out and surely they would have heard something if the snake had gotten out. The child, probably an early riser, would had at least screamed if she was awake if the snake had bit her. People are just sick. You should punish the snake for the sins of the human.
07/01/09  02:05pm

 #2032159


Cinderellawkids
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   Message To: Muttsnakelover   In reference to Message Id: 2032147


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Muttsnakelover, I was thinking too, something doesnt seem right. Will and can a 12 footer kill, sure-but other things didnt add up. Snake is out of enclosure and you immediately run to small child’s room? Like you said, no screams and this was 9:30 am??
Also, they havent handed snake over and waiting for a warrant? Ok I understand not entering without a warrant, but emd eaminers were inside...Snake not positively dead, last seen under dresser????
If snake fatally wounded, or dead, why not turn over the carcass...
07/01/09  02:41pm

 #2032166


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   Message To: Cinderellawkids   In reference to Message Id: 2032159


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They are getting ready now to go in after the snake ( under the dresser ). I dont understand why the snake was in a bag in an aquarium
07/01/09  03:16pm

 #2032171


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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032166


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hopefully the people investigating this case will look at the possibility of murder. this story also seems fishy to me also
07/01/09  03:24pm

 #2032172


Cinderellawkids
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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032166


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I was looking for that, is it live?
I have heard two officials say its not bad to have these as pets but takes responsibility and due diligence.

I have to say I have lots of questions, most deaths are accidents with older children being cocky or adults, not having second person, giving meds ect.

A child, in her crib, possibly sleeping leads me to wonder if the snake was hungry searching for food.

Also, dont understand bag thing, fine for transport, but, umm in enclosure-Unless having a really bad shed, and not the route Id try, I dont understand that, certainly not if you have proper enclosure
07/01/09  03:25pm

 #2032191


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   Message To: Cinderellawkids   In reference to Message Id: 2032172


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Ive been watching Fox ( ch 13 ) its a local channel we get, they keep having updates...so far they havent went into the house.
They say there is also a boa in the house.

This is the channel Im watching, not everyone gets it.

WOFL FOX35 Orlando
07/01/09  03:44pm

 #2032197


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   Message To: Cinderellawkids   In reference to Message Id: 2032172


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this is al a sad event specially with the lost of a child, I know that around here ( my trailer) you can’t go into the snake room unless 1 I am home,2 I give premission, and 3 there is at least one other adult in the trailer . ( so minuim of 3 people in the residents. Plus I don’t keep any of the burmese or retic pythons which seems to be 90% of these type of calls outside of vemonous snakes .

The real bad part this is more fuel for the remake of the snake ban people and trying to pass such laws.
07/01/09  03:49pm

 #2032206


Cinderellawkids
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   Message To: Mechnut450   In reference to Message Id: 2032197


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Quote:

The real bad part this is more fuel for the remake of the snake ban people and trying to pass such laws.


Yes, Im sure that is why on every station and newspaper they all switch to the pythons in the everglades. (As if that has anything to do with this tragedy)
07/01/09  04:03pm

 #2032208


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   Message To: Cinderellawkids   In reference to Message Id: 2032206


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They just now showed the python on the news. they had it stretched out on the grass..its still alive, not sure how bad its injured though...they are questioning the parents. I feel so bad for the 2 yr old girl
07/01/09  04:07pm

 #2032211


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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032208


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Oh and, from what I saw of this python, for 12ft it looked thin to me
07/01/09  04:09pm

 #2032219


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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032211


 OT : Breaking news here

it looked thin to me too so either way I say it’s the parent’s fault not the snake’s. Some people are so irresponsible.
07/01/09  04:25pm

 #2032221


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   Message To: Muttsnakelover   In reference to Message Id: 2032219


 OT : Breaking news here

Quote:

I have a burmese and several children. Before we purchased her we designed a large enclosure for her that takes a screw gun and pad lock to open for a reason

Thats the way it should be, especially with small children in the house.
I wonder if the snake was TIED in the bag, and the enclosure locked...if it was, I dont see how it could have gotten out. It may take a bit before we know what really happened.
07/01/09  04:30pm

 #2032227


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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032221


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Heres the python



07/01/09  04:40pm

 #2032232


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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032227


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that’s 12 feet long ????????
07/01/09  04:57pm

 #2032242


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   Message To: Camo_pants   In reference to Message Id: 2032232


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They measured it....8 1/2FT
07/01/09  05:28pm

 #2032250


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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032063


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That snake didn’t do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
07/01/09  05:36pm

 #2032259


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   Message To: Draggon ball   In reference to Message Id: 2032250


 OT : Breaking news here

The 911 call & video is on the right

Video
07/01/09  05:54pm

 #2032271


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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032259


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I just don’t believe it. If one of my animals killed my child (if I had one)there would be a blood bath ! BLOOD BATH I tell you I would stab it until there was a huge hole in my floor and atleast hacked into a zillion pieces. 1 stab wound ?? c’mon.



07/01/09  06:05pm

 #2032277


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   Message To: Muttsnakelover   In reference to Message Id: 2032147


 OT : Breaking news here

you’ve got to be kidding. Snakes are predators, they may get "tamed" but NEVER domesticated, which means it is still a WILD animal.

It is plain to see that the snake killed the child. The kid did not need to smell like a rodent or the snakes typical prey. If it thinks it can swallow the prey, it will try.

So to try to say the parents are "framing" the snake for their actions is not only insane, but completely insensitive. The crime scene investigators have ways of telling if the child was smothered or constricted, the body would be in completely dif. condition. You can also tell the dif. between a pin prick and the wound a snakes bit would leave.

This stuff happens far too often, and yes, it is usually the humans ineptitude and lack of knowledge that causes it. You do not keep a burmese in a glass aquarium. they are like all snakes, escape artists, and if hungry, well, you saw the result.
07/01/09  06:12pm

 #2032291


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   Message To: Deee_42   In reference to Message Id: 2032063


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It is idiocy like this that makes me think that HR669 may not have been such a bad idea. just rewrite it with strict regulation on the large snakes and slim to moderate if any on the smaller ones.

Or maybe the people in florida should just not be allowed to own snakes at all. Everytime a very tragic event like this occurs, it’s always in florida. I simply do not understand why someone would get any pet, especially a burmese python, and not know how to take care of it and keep it.

A boa is capable of killing a human adult. People simply do not have enough respect for their pets sometimes. The guy kept it in a bag in an aquarium. That is just stupid, a burmese needs a custome or specially built encloser. the little critter tanks you buy at pet stores are simply not adequate. an 8 ft burmese can push their way out of any of the commercial terrariums you can get at pet smart, simply by forcing the screen off or tearing through it.

This is sad that a little girl had to die because of the adults stupidity.
07/01/09  06:35pm

 #2032293


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   Message To: JH123   In reference to Message Id: 2032277


 OT : Breaking news here

I am also thinking the parents may be involved. You would have heard screaming if the snake had bit someone and you could even make the snake bite the kid by putting a rabbit or whatever it eats on the child so the snake bites it just to make it more realistic. Im not sure on the parents but something doesnt seem right.
07/01/09  06:37pm
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