Large Snakes

[ramonmercado]

Quite an ordeal is putting it mildly!

A five-year-old Australian boy has survived being bitten, constricted and dragged into a swimming pool by a python about three times his size.

Beau Blake was enjoying a swim at home when the 3m long (10ft) reptile struck, his father told a local radio station. The pair - still entangled - were pulled from the pool by Beau's grandfather and the boy was prised free from the animal by his dad Ben. But Beau is in good spirits and escaped with only minor injuries.

"Once we cleaned up the blood and told him that he wasn't going to die because it wasn't a poisonous snake... he was pretty good actually," his father Ben told Melbourne radio station 3AW on Friday about the incident that happened a day earlier. "He's an absolute trooper," Ben added, saying the family - who are based in the coastal town of Byron Bay in New South Wales - would monitor the bite wounds for signs of infection.

Despite the lucky escape, the dramatic saga was still quite "an ordeal", he said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63699886

 

[Sharon Hill]

According to the article I read, he wasn't dragged into the water, he fell. What was also interesting is they let the snake go instead of killing it.

 

[brownmane]

According to the article I read, he wasn't dragged into the water, he fell. What was also interesting is they let the snake go instead of killing it.

Possibly in shock and just glad they'd rescued the boy, or they had nothing on hand to kill it.

 

[ramonmercado]

Recent cold snaps and energy costs may have caused the death of these pet boas.

An animal welfare charity has issued an appeal after three dead snakes were found dumped near a loch in Glasgow.

The Scottish SPCA said the boa constrictors were discovered by a member of the public at a fly-tipping spot near Carbeth Loch in Blanefield. SSPCA inspector Mairi Wright said the reptiles were lying close together, next to bags of rubbish.

Boa constrictors, which kill their prey by crushing them, are usually found in South America and the Caribbean.

However, they are also kept as pets in other countries.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-64274298

 

[lordmongrove]

Giant anaconda or and effect of the rippling water?

 

[Frideswide]

Giant anaconda or and effect of the rippling water?

as usual, I'm not sure where I'm meant to be looking!

 

[Min Bannister]

as usual, I'm not sure where I'm meant to be looking!

I think it is meant to be the squiggly line, bottom centre-ish, partly in the muddy water. Could be anything really.

 

[lordmongrove]

I think it is meant to be the squiggly line, bottom centre-ish, partly in the muddy water. Could be anything really.

Yes, that's what they identify as the anaconda. Could be or it could be paradolia.

 

[Lord Lucan]

I'm not sure where this occurred, but judging from the writing on their jackets I'd say it's Malaysia or Indonesia. Could be wrong though.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1625813695392813057

 

[Sid]

I'm not sure where this occurred, but judging from the writing on their jackets I'd say it's Malaysia or Indonesia. Could be wrong though.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1625813695392813057

"Yikes!"

 

[Erinaceus]

I'm not sure where this occurred, but judging from the writing on their jackets I'd say it's Malaysia or Indonesia. Could be wrong though.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1625813695392813057

A homeowner in Malaysia called the fire department after hearing some noises in the ceiling resulted in the capture of a pair of reticulated pythons (Python reticulatus) that had been apparently breeding. The video shows that the firefighters had broken through the ceiling and were coaxing the snakes out with a pair of tongs and a noose. One firefighter was soon able to grab the tail of one snake and pulled, which resulted in both reptiles crashing down through the ceiling.

https://reptilesmagazine.com/reticulated-python-snake-video-goes-viral-on-tiktok/

 

[brownmane]

I'm not sure where this occurred, but judging from the writing on their jackets I'd say it's Malaysia or Indonesia. Could be wrong though.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1625813695392813057

AAAAAAAAAGH! I couldn't even watch the whole video. My nightmare.

 

[ramonmercado]

The snake hunter of Bournemouth.

Man captures missing python spotted on Hampshire footpath​

A man who rescued a missing 6ft (1.82m) python says he is happy that he "saved a life". Zoltan Eohner, from Bournemouth, spent three days searching for the reptile after seeing a BBC report. The snake was spotted earlier this month in a busy dog-walking area in the Blackwater area of north Hampshire, and Mr Eohner says he felt compelled to track it down. He was worried the python may have been dumped and left to die in the heavy rain and wind. The snake enthusiasts says he is happy to return the snake to its owners, but until then it is resting and keeping warm at his home.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-65312454

 

[Sid]

The snake hunter of Bournemouth.

Man captures missing python spotted on Hampshire footpath​

A man who rescued a missing 6ft (1.82m) python says he is happy that he "saved a life". Zoltan Eohner, from Bournemouth, spent three days searching for the reptile after seeing a BBC report. The snake was spotted earlier this month in a busy dog-walking area in the Blackwater area of north Hampshire, and Mr Eohner says he felt compelled to track it down. He was worried the python may have been dumped and left to die in the heavy rain and wind. The snake enthusiasts says he is happy to return the snake to its owners, but until then it is resting and keeping warm at his home.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-65312454

I 'shudder,' to think what may have become of it!

 

[Coal]

The snake hunter of Bournemouth.

Man captures missing python spotted on Hampshire footpath​

A man who rescued a missing 6ft (1.82m) python says he is happy that he "saved a life". Zoltan Eohner, from Bournemouth, spent three days searching for the reptile after seeing a BBC report. The snake was spotted earlier this month in a busy dog-walking area in the Blackwater area of north Hampshire, and Mr Eohner says he felt compelled to track it down. He was worried the python may have been dumped and left to die in the heavy rain and wind. The snake enthusiasts says he is happy to return the snake to its owners, but until then it is resting and keeping warm at his home.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-65312454

I smell a rat.

 

[kesavaross]

I smell a rat.

Me too.

Just how does a person track down a snake?

 

[ramonmercado]

I smell a rat.

Probably swallowed by the snake.

 

[Sid]

Me too.

Just how does a person track down a snake?

"With caution!"

 

[Coal]

Me too.

Just how does a person track down a snake?

Easy when you know where you left it.

 

[kesavaross]

Easy when you know where you left it.

And because it's cold out so the snake won't move much.

 

[ramonmercado]

Poor Boa, at least it was saved.

A five-foot long boa constrictor has been found slithering through a park in south-west London.

The snake, native to South America, was spotted in Surbiton by a member of the public before being rescued by an animal welfare charity. The RSPCA said it believed the snake, which it named Lulu, was dumped there. The charity added that it had been seeing "widespread neglect of exotic animals across the country" that had previously been kept as pets.

The member of the public who found Lulu took her home and she was later picked up by an inspector. Lulu was in poor health, and the RSPCA believes she would have died if she had not been rescued

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-65708134