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Telkorenar t1_ixqp4qs wrote

i can't imagine witnessing something like this

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Doktor_Wunderbar t1_ixqq1xz wrote

Fortunately, both the snake and the child survived.

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ZincLloyd t1_ixquy3e wrote

Damn Nature, you scary!

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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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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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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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Co1dNight t1_ixr9u6l wrote

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

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whatsinthesocks t1_ixrg0wc wrote

> “It was somewhat of an ordeal.”

Fucking love this quote.

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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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clrbrk t1_ixso0cw wrote

Replying to xJeremy (#672,300)

"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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Dt2_0 t1_ixts90x wrote

Replying to Fun-Gap4015 (#670,576)

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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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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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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Littlebotweak t1_ixv6389 wrote

Replying to Tr1pline (#676,796)

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

Replying to Littlebotweak (#688,355)

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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mindfields51 t1_ixxddor wrote

Replying to Tr1pline (#688,578)

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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