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| Virginia Woman Killed by Her 13-Foot Pet Python |
| 2008-10-24 |
| Black was pronounced dead at the scene. A preliminary medical examiner's report indicates she died of asphyxiation. Police say Black was trying to give the 13-foot tiger python medicine when the incident happened. Animal control officers found the snake in the bedroom and are holding it at their office. God and/or the processes of natural selection have produced many animals that do not recognize humans as prey animals and generally coexist peacefully with them, despite the occasional hairball on the bed or worse mess behind the couch. Pythons are not one of these. |
| Posted by:Thing From Snowy Mountain |
| #2 I really don't see the point of keeping reptiles, or spiders, for that matter, as pet. Some few people may have a special fondness for them, sure, but most other people who keep them as pets don't seem to be be bothered by the fact they have brains too rudimentary for forging any kind of actual relationship. The owner can become food if the wrong instincts are triggered, I'd believe. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-24 15:21 |
| #1 Pythons generally do not view humans as prey, especially small ones like this. Yes, 13 feet is small compared to other species of python. There are some confirmed reports of Burmese pythons and green anacondas (variety of boa) attacking and eating people. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2008-10-24 14:42 |