10/11: Python and Pit Bull

Undertoad · 10-11-2001, 12:34 PM

Guy decides he likes vicious and difficult pets. So he buys a python AND a pit bull. And now he has only one of them left.

The pit bull weighed 30 pounds.

The only solution for this, I believe, is for the guy to be put into jail... with a python. Not his python, but a rather larger one, from the Amazon. A hungry one. The guy can only go without sleep for so long...

10-11-2001, 01:07 PM

As a snake enthusiast, I feel I must reply to this (and in doing so, return from my nearly week-long absence - more on this later).

The guy is an idiot. More likely though, he was neglecting the snake. It actually appears to be an anaconda, but it could be a burmese or reticulated python as well... anyway, the snake was likely RAVENOUS because (trust me), they don't eat if they're not hungry. I've owned 4 pythons and 1 boa constrictor and they simply *will not eat* if they're not hungry.

Also, while it's likely that a large anaconda could kill him, it's highly unlikely that it could actually eat him. Most of the pictures you see where it's claimed "man eaten by huge snake" are false - in reality, a 20 foot anaconda will eat a boar, and they'll hype it up and go "30 foot anaconda eats human"... uh, no. AFAIK, there are no known records of any snake fully consuming a full-grown adult.

Regardless, they have been known to eat dogs when they're hungry. Such is life. I have 6 rats and they're awesome. I don't like the fact that the ones in pet stores are generally snake food, but you can't do much about it either...

ChrisD · 10-11-2001, 05:07 PM

Just thought I'd chime in on this one. I saw a series of pictures a while back of a a snake that had eaten a full grown man. The pictures were all there was, no captions or story. First picture: Bloated snake. Second picture: villagers cutting it open with a machete. Third picture: Curled up body of full grown man, somewhat digested (mostly slimy looking) with villagers crying in background. Defintely didn't look fake. Sticks with me to this day.

cd

10-11-2001, 08:58 PM

i've seen those too. the analysis (from the experts, not me): fake.

they simply cannot stretch enough to take a full grown man. also consider: snakes eat their food head-first (as in, they start at the head and swallow whole) - how would one get over the SHOULDERS?

10-11-2001, 12:34 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/11: Python and Pit Bull Guy decides he likes vicious and difficult pets. So he buys a python AND a pit bull. And now he has only one of them left. The pit bull weighed 30 pounds. The only solution for this, I believe, is for the guy to be put into jail... with a python. Not his python, but a rather larger one, from the Amazon. A hungry one. The guy can only go without sleep for so long...

10-11-2001, 05:07 PM	#3
ChrisD Poker Pariah Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 31	human eating snakes Just thought I'd chime in on this one. I saw a series of pictures a while back of a a snake that had eaten a full grown man. The pictures were all there was, no captions or story. First picture: Bloated snake. Second picture: villagers cutting it open with a machete. Third picture: Curled up body of full grown man, somewhat digested (mostly slimy looking) with villagers crying in background. Defintely didn't look fake. Sticks with me to this day. cd

10-11-2001, 01:07 PM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	As a snake enthusiast, I feel I must reply to this (and in doing so, return from my nearly week-long absence - more on this later). The guy is an idiot. More likely though, he was neglecting the snake. It actually appears to be an anaconda, but it could be a burmese or reticulated python as well... anyway, the snake was likely RAVENOUS because (trust me), they don't eat if they're not hungry. I've owned 4 pythons and 1 boa constrictor and they simply will not eat if they're not hungry. Also, while it's likely that a large anaconda could kill him, it's highly unlikely that it could actually eat him. Most of the pictures you see where it's claimed "man eaten by huge snake" are false - in reality, a 20 foot anaconda will eat a boar, and they'll hype it up and go "30 foot anaconda eats human"... uh, no. AFAIK, there are no known records of any snake fully consuming a full-grown adult. Regardless, they have been known to eat dogs when they're hungry. Such is life. I have 6 rats and they're awesome. I don't like the fact that the ones in pet stores are generally snake food, but you can't do much about it either...

10-11-2001, 08:58 PM	#4
dave Guest Posts: n/a	i've seen those too. the analysis (from the experts, not me): fake. they simply cannot stretch enough to take a full grown man. also consider: snakes eat their food head-first (as in, they start at the head and swallow whole) - how would one get over the SHOULDERS?

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