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Posted: 10/10/2005 9:19:22 AM EDT

www.tampabays10.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=19803

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:21:10 AM EDT

[#1]

Soooooo. What round for Python?

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:23:02 AM EDT

[#2]

Boy, their pics suck:

Python swallows cat in Florida backyard
Miami Gardens, Florida - Elidia Rodriguez of Miami Gardens had been looking for her year-old Siamese cat for two days when her son pointed out the bulging Burmese python slithering in her backyard.

Experts say that bulge in the 12-foot snake is probably the missing 15-pound cat.

Rodriguez got the cat last year as a post-hurricane gift. She named the cat Frances, after the storm.

The snake was spotted in Rodriguez's backyard yesterday.

Experts with the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue antivenin unit says Frances wouldn't have stood a chance against the larger predator.

The snake was captured and taken to the Sense of Wonder Nature Center at AD Barnes National Park.

Earlier this month, authorities say a 13-foot python burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live, six-foot alligator whole.

Associated Press

Edit: Formatting
Edit2: On second thought, that first pic is funny! He's choking his python!

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:24:26 AM EDT

[#3]

I don't know why... But thats funny!

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:25:37 AM EDT

[#4]

Snakes and snake owners.

WTF!

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:26:00 AM EDT

[#5]

Snake Eats Pussy!

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:28:29 AM EDT

[#6]

I like pie!!

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:29:46 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted: Soooooo. What round for Python?

12 guage, it might move around so you'll need a lot of BB's filling the general area.

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:34:13 AM EDT

[#8]

dog kills a cat and they shoot the dog.
snake kills a cat and they take it to the zoo?

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:37:02 AM EDT

[#9]

12 gauge should be good enough. I would be getting my cat back for a proper burial.

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:40:20 AM EDT

[#10]

i would chop it in half with a sword and burn it.

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:41:39 AM EDT

[#11]

I guess even Pythons need a little PIE every once in a while

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:44:27 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted: i would chop it in half with a sword and burn it.

No way! Snakeskin boots, baby!

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:49:30 AM EDT

[#13]

Heck of a nice pair of boots and matching belt too.

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:54:03 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
i would chop it in half with a sword and burn it.

AND THEN PISS ON THE ASHES!!!

Posted: 10/10/2005 9:54:46 AM EDT

[#15]

Now how the hell can a revolver swallow a cat?

Posted: 10/10/2005 12:36:14 PM EDT

[#16]

bow saw.
wouldn't save a cat after the fact but that that would have been the snakes last meal.

Posted: 10/10/2005 12:49:10 PM EDT

[#17]

What will they eat next ?

Python Tries to Eat Alligator, Explodes

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171358,00.html

Posted: 10/10/2005 12:52:40 PM EDT

[#18]

Thats nature for you, also a python is an introduced species not native that snake was once a pet. Snakes have to eat too. 18lb siamese

Posted: 10/10/2005 1:16:33 PM EDT

[#19]

This is getting to be a serious situation in South FL, a client of ours manages a number of places and Python encounters are becomming pretty frequent. They are breeding & multiplying in the Everglades, their main predator is the alligator. Becoming a primary source of food according to park rangers. Matter of time before some toddler gets killed. Fuckers got some serious fangs and can put a hurting on you quick. Think I'd be carrying a Serbu Super Shorty in a drop leg holster if I were further south.

Posted: 10/10/2005 1:21:58 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
This is getting to be a serious situation in South FL, a client of ours manages a number of places and Python encounters are becomming pretty frequent. They are breeding & multiplying in the Everglades, their main predator is the alligator. Becoming a primary source of food according to park rangers. Matter of time before some toddler gets killed. Fuckers got some serious fangs and can put a hurting on you quick. Think I'd be carrying a Serbu Super Shorty in a drop leg holster if I were further south.

The further west in South Florida the more ideal, lots of hot wet dense foliage places, thank God for CCW, wonder if some snake comes at you and my 9mm will be enough, here we go again do you think I should go for .45 ACP?

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