Red-Tail Boa
Red-Tail Boa
Wow at least that kid is not trying to sail around the world so he is nice and safe
Couldn’t the “friend” grab a knife ?
Publicity hound — just gotta be first.
So Chet 99 didn’t post this? Because it’s not about a Pit Bull, right?
He’s so fixated on Pit Bulls that he’ll probably be injured by some animal he thinks can’t hurt him. . . an armadillo or an opossum or a raccoon, perhaps.
Snakes can have a “bad day” too! One of these get into my house, it’s dead. I sure as heck wouldn’t bring one in.
You know, I've been wondering to get my mother-in-law for her next birthday...
Regards,
For the life of me I could never see why people would want to keep predatory reptiles as pets.
A fruit eating iguana maybe, but a python or a monitor lizard??
That snake was pissed off for having to live in cold-ass Nebraska
Playing with your snake can be hazardous to your health.
Strangling 101A for boas:
1. Humans cannot be trusted: Imagine every human you cuddle is planning to drop you on your head. You must squeeze as tightly as possible to prevent this from happening.
2. The firm hug: Pretend you are just hugging or cuddling your human. Then apply maximum pressure. You will appear adorable while practicing your skills.
3. Use both ends: When a human tries to unwrap you on one end, wrap yourself back around them with the other end.
4. The drape and switch: If they drape you over their shoulder, it’s easy to simply raise your head and wind around their neck. Apply enough pressure till they turn blue.
5. The anchor: Once you are wrapped firmly around their neck, anchor your tail to an immovable household object. (This is a technique used by seasoned boas everywhere).
6. The double wrap: This is an advanced technique. If you are wrapped twice around their neck, it is much harder to unwrap you. You can apply a maximal squeeze with minimal effort.
7. Using visual imagery to guide the squeeze: Pretend the human neck is a big, juicy rat. The pulse you feel is the rat struggling for its life.
8. The disadvantaged human: While your tail end is wrapped around their neck, your front end should climb across their face blocking their vision so they cannot see what you are doing.
9. The full-body squeeze: Try to immobilize their arms with part of your body while strangling so they cannot reach up to unwrap you.
10. Use your teeth: Once you are in the process of strangling, they may try to unwrap you. A gentle chomp on the finger or hand will hamper their efforts.
11. Plan ahead: Make sure you locate all the sources of rats and small furry animals in the house, for after you have strangled the humans, you will have to fend for yourself.
12. The “reach”: Once you have a firm grip around their neck, reach for something with your head. The farther away you reach, the more successful the strangulation will be.
13. The “slow squeeze”: For this one, you start out loosely draped. Then very slowly apply increasing amounts of pressure in small increments. The human will hardly notice it until it is too late.
14. Dealing with obnoxious humans: If anyone says “Wakey Wakey Little Snakey” to you, you should try to strangle them immediately.
A 35 year-old, (?)divorced father, with a girlfriend, keeps a dangerous pet that ultimately kills him.
Good estate planning.
For starters, I would suggest cuddling the snake (if you must cuddle your pet snake...) against your chest, like so:
Draping it over your shoulders so that it could easily wrap itself around your neck might not be a good idea...
I think a nice pair of cowboy boots would be appropriate,
I’m reminded of a Las Vegas act?, where the guy on stage had a snake.. It began to strangle him and the audience started to chuckle, thinking his flailing was part of the act. Unfortunately, he died.
The snake just wanted them to stay in the Big 12.
There are videos on Youtube showing this, such as this video:
Showing a Science teacher feeding his pet Boa Constrictor a live rabbit in front of the students in his (high school or college, I can't tell which) Science class.
While I know that is how things go in the wild, it has always bothered me that people feed their pet snake live mammals...