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BetterMakeAnAccount t1_ixr664i wrote

Annoyed by the stock photo choice. That's a ball python, which tops out at like 3 feet, not meters. And are not native to Australia. They're not going to try to drag any kids away unless the kid is Thumbelina.

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LostprophetFLCL t1_ixslypb wrote

LMAO glad I am not the only one who was immediately confused by the picture being a ball python.

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Jayellessss t1_ixtv62d wrote

Mine's about 5.5 ft long, but I was going to basically say the same thing. So annoying.

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Fun-Gap4015 t1_ixr8oxn wrote

You know I was just staring at this photo wondering if the kid survived but thank God you corrected the picture of the snake.

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BetterMakeAnAccount t1_ixr90ha wrote

Well I read the article before commenting so I feel free to nitpick the stock photo

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Fun-Gap4015 t1_ixr9h8o wrote

Does it make you feel good to be upset

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AStartIsBorn t1_ixrcor1 wrote

What's wrong with someone making an informative comment, especially if the news is too lazy to find a photo of the actual species involved?

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BetterMakeAnAccount t1_ixrdcnu wrote

Well doing that obviously puts you in Team Child Eating Python, luckily Fun Gap was here to get offended.

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liamsnorthstar t1_ixrogdw wrote

It’s Australia. They factor animal death into their procreation activities. 😂

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Dt2_0 t1_ixts90x wrote

Junk news like this puts legitimate pets whit loving owners in danger. Pet Reptiles, even harmless ones like Ball Pythons, are already under attack in the US, Australia, and in some European countries.

Posting a photo of one of the most common, easy to care for, personable, and affectionate pet Reptiles in the world and equating them to a wild animal 3x it's size makes people afraid that the average Joe's pet snake down the road might get out and eat their kid. So they demand it gets banned, and all of a sudden we are looking at a species Whitelist on what can be kept, vs the current blacklist method showing what can't be kept.

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indoninja t1_ixwashu wrote

> affectionate pet Reptiles

Reptiles affectionate?!??

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Fun-Gap4015 t1_ixv1t80 wrote

You're all overly dramatic I have no idea how you get by day to day.

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Doktor_Wunderbar t1_ixqq1xz wrote

Fortunately, both the snake and the child survived.

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randomlurker82 t1_ixr1v9r wrote

That's really wild.

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ItIsYourPersonality t1_ixsbgk8 wrote

…this can’t be the end of this story. This boy and that snake will do battle another day.

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DelcoWolv t1_ixsjw0e wrote

(30 years from now) “Ah yes, we meet again, old friend.”

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Tuna5andwich t1_ixtqso1 wrote

"You munchkins go on ahead... I got a score to settle with this snake."

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whatsinthesocks t1_ixrg0wc wrote

> “It was somewhat of an ordeal.”

Fucking love this quote.

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MississippiJoel t1_ixtzok0 wrote

"Fortunately it wasn't anything poisonous, so I wasn't really worried."

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GlumpsAlot t1_ixxstn4 wrote

"Once we cleaned up the blood and told him he wasn’t going to die... he was actually pretty good.” -lol, I'd be scarred for life.

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Telkorenar t1_ixqp4qs wrote

i can't imagine witnessing something like this

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nine8whatwhat t1_ixqrz27 wrote

this story and a video post about a snajke appeared back to back on my feed and it looked like i was gonna see it

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hausohn t1_ixs2wq4 wrote

The father who let this snake go back into the bush after this incident is a much more animal friendly father than I am.

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Tr1pline t1_ixspq8s wrote

Animals that try get a taste of human needs to be put down. It will try again and succeed.

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Littlebotweak t1_ixv6389 wrote

This is such an ignorant take. There’s no such thing as getting a taste of human, that’s just dumb.

The snake saw a living object of a size it could take down and that’s it. Yes, it will see other objects it can take down and it will do so, but it’s not going to suddenly try to kill all humans. 😂

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indoninja t1_ixwal04 wrote

With snakes, yeah.

With tigers and “smarter” predators, no.

They start going after humans and they are either desperate or looking for human prey. In either case it means you should kill them.

Unless you hate your neighbors or people in general…which I get.

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Tr1pline t1_ixv6di8 wrote

Humans are not supposed to be on their daily hit list. But once it knows humans are food, it won't be long till that happens again.

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Littlebotweak t1_ixv6qy5 wrote

Again, just the dumbest take. You know that cartoons aren’t real, right? 😂

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Tr1pline t1_ixv7gzo wrote

Have humans not euthanized animals that have bitten/eaten humans? Anacondas, dogs, wolfs, lions?

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mindfields51 t1_ixxddor wrote

Yes, they have. That does not mean it was the right thing, or even a necessary thing to do. A lot of these acts to put down "man eaters" is a result of ignorance combined with archaic assumptions about humanity's relationship with nature. It's a remnant of the old philosophical idea of the devine human, separated and above the natural world.

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xJeremy t1_ixrnkgc wrote

Here’s a better article which has pictures of the actual snake instead of a stock photo showing a completely different type of python.

Also has a video interview with the family showing where the snake was hiding before the attack

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clrbrk t1_ixso0cw wrote

"I just started kicking back on the lounge, just started enjoying a tin and all of a sudden it was on,"

Australians speak a beautiful language.

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BetterMakeAnAccount t1_ixrryo7 wrote

That’s more like it. Is that a carpet python?

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Bvaughnii t1_ixuapz1 wrote

I used to keep carpet pythons and could not imagine them attempting an attack on a small child. It looks like a carpet though.

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Co1dNight t1_ixr9u6l wrote

How is a Ball Python nine feet? This article is terrible.

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Dark_DoubleD t1_ixrwkbf wrote

Idiotic media using a random African ball python to represent a 3 metre Australian python <smh>

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WillsMomIsFit t1_ixrcegb wrote

i mean they are picky eaters. maybe we should have been feeding them kids this whole time?

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monkegiga t1_ixqvke8 wrote

This brought back memories of the times my uncle dragged me into pool. Now I'm a chain smoker and an alcoholic with a beer gut but I still suck at pool

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ZincLloyd t1_ixquy3e wrote

Damn Nature, you scary!

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tehmlem t1_ixr65e1 wrote

That's the difference between a python and an anaconda. Pythons don't care if you have buns or not when they get hungry.

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top_value7293 t1_ixusydj wrote

“We used to check for spiders around the pool now we check for snakes” 😧😱 good ole Australia wow

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Cpt_Giggles t1_ixu4j5f wrote

And after being released the snake went back to the pool for round 2. I'm not making that up.

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colossalboom t1_iy426mk wrote

Australia, not even once! Haha

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