Snake bashing! (facepalm) I'm sure all of us have seen this plastered all over the news and how 'deadly' the media is making them out to be.
ARRGG!! The snake didn't constrict the kids because he wasn't/didn't eat them!! It was simply laying on top of them b/c they are warm! Cats do the same damn thing!! I hate it when the media exploits and exaggerates information that isn't true or that important to the story so the sheeple will follow and believe. I used to have a ball python named Bart who was about 4' long and close to 25 lb. He was very friendly and wouldn't hurt anyone. People liked him because of his docile temperment and his carefree attitude towards loud noises/vibratons. I was forced to give him up b/c the tenant (and I'm being nice here) that was living below me at the time said to the police "I'm scared it's going to jump on me in my sleep and strangle and eat me". I was SO pissed off at the ignorance of everyone involved (including the OSPCA) in the situation and rather than causing a scene I gave him up. The media preys off the ignorant and misinformed and leads them down a road to be even more misinformed and ignorant to the subject(s) at hand. Think about this, snakes won't bother with prey/predator unless it's hungry, frightened, or, as it appears to me in this case, cold. Snakes (espically constricters) don't kill prey for future consumption due to the simple fact they like their food warm and warm food is easier to swallow and digest. Bart used to curl up on my chest/stomach if I was laying down, or he would crawl into the hood or pocket on my sweater. Snakes like to be warm and will find heat sources where they can find them no matter what that source is. Many times my snake would fall asleep in my pockey or hood and I would carry about my business. A couple times I had forgotten he was in my hood and went to leave the house then felt his tongue tickling the back of my neck so I had to turn around and bring him back to his enclosure. I had Bart from about 2mo after he hatched until he was almost 3yr old. Such a young animal to have euthanised because of ignorance.
It's a pretty sad society when people will believe what they see on TV rather than hard facts. People have become so lazy that reading is too much like a time consuming chore and rather than educate themselves they just assume the media has their facts right 'because they are the media, who else would know better but them?'
I miss my snake and I would love to get another one, two, or a few more. Variety is the spice of life afterall! lol
Hope I haven't grossed anyone out but I felt I should share my thought on this while I enjoyed my morning pipe and coffee. Time to get ready for work now! Hope everyone has/had a nice day!! :
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ARRGG!! The snake didn't constrict the kids because he wasn't/didn't eat them!! It was simply laying on top of them b/c they are warm! Cats do the same damn thing!! I hate it when the media exploits and exaggerates information that isn't true or that important to the story so the sheeple will follow and believe. I used to have a ball python named Bart who was about 4' long and close to 25 lb. He was very friendly and wouldn't hurt anyone. People liked him because of his docile temperment and his carefree attitude towards loud noises/vibratons. I was forced to give him up b/c the tenant (and I'm being nice here) that was living below me at the time said to the police "I'm scared it's going to jump on me in my sleep and strangle and eat me". I was SO pissed off at the ignorance of everyone involved (including the OSPCA) in the situation and rather than causing a scene I gave him up. The media preys off the ignorant and misinformed and leads them down a road to be even more misinformed and ignorant to the subject(s) at hand. Think about this, snakes won't bother with prey/predator unless it's hungry, frightened, or, as it appears to me in this case, cold. Snakes (espically constricters) don't kill prey for future consumption due to the simple fact they like their food warm and warm food is easier to swallow and digest. Bart used to curl up on my chest/stomach if I was laying down, or he would crawl into the hood or pocket on my sweater. Snakes like to be warm and will find heat sources where they can find them no matter what that source is. Many times my snake would fall asleep in my pockey or hood and I would carry about my business. A couple times I had forgotten he was in my hood and went to leave the house then felt his tongue tickling the back of my neck so I had to turn around and bring him back to his enclosure. I had Bart from about 2mo after he hatched until he was almost 3yr old. Such a young animal to have euthanised because of ignorance.
It's a pretty sad society when people will believe what they see on TV rather than hard facts. People have become so lazy that reading is too much like a time consuming chore and rather than educate themselves they just assume the media has their facts right 'because they are the media, who else would know better but them?'
I miss my snake and I would love to get another one, two, or a few more. Variety is the spice of life afterall! lol
Hope I haven't grossed anyone out but I felt I should share my thought on this while I enjoyed my morning pipe and coffee. Time to get ready for work now! Hope everyone has/had a nice day!! :
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