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Python Tries to Bite Off More Than It Can Chew by Eating a Whole PORCUPINE - Spikes Puncture Insides
Daily Mail ^
| Simon Tomlinson
Posted on 07/30/2015 4:11:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
This giant snake died after swallowing a 30lb porcupine – which punctured its insides with its razor-sharp quills.
The four-metre African rock python was found beneath a rocky ledge at Lake Eland Game Reserve in South Africa.
Its innards had been lacerated by dozens of quills from the porcupine while trying to digest its meal.
Reserve general manager Jennifer Fuller said: 'The exact reasons for the snake's death are not clear.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: veryoldnews; wildlife
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:14:56 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:16:50 PM PDT
by
MarMema
To: nickcarraway
Certain mistakes one makes only once.
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:23:44 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: Steely Tom
Must have tried to eat it from the back to the front
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:25:44 PM PDT
by
shotgun
To: MarMema
“Reserve general manager Jennifer Fuller said: ‘The exact reasons for the snake’s death are not clear.”
I;m not an expert on wild animals nor a Reserve general manager but I’ll take a really wild guess here....it was the spikes that killed the snake.
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:27:41 PM PDT
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
To: MarMema
The only good snake is a dead one.
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:29:43 PM PDT
by
bgill
( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: nickcarraway
Anybody feel sorry for the snake?
To: Steely Tom
Reminds me of the old TV commercial for Alka-Seltzer:
"I can't believe I ate the whooole thing"
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:35:51 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: nickcarraway
While driving a tractor my grandfather once saw a snake eat a mole. Next lap around the field he found a dead snake with a hole clawed in it’s side and no mole.
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:36:28 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: ETL
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:38:03 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: eCSMaster
The liberals and gaia folk do, I am sure.
They love nature kills.
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:46:25 PM PDT
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MarMema
To: CrazyIvan
Yes! Thanks for that story. I tend to root for the underdog esp with snakes as the predator.
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:46:55 PM PDT
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MarMema
To: CrazyIvan
Yikes! That is one creepy story!
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:59:38 PM PDT
by
jocon307
To: nickcarraway
Are reptiles eligible for the Darwin Awards?
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posted on
07/30/2015 4:59:43 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: Bratch
Are reptiles eligible for the Darwin Awards?They've been around for 200+ MILLION years. They must be doing 'something' right. :)
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posted on
07/30/2015 5:28:26 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: bgill
Yes, and in the form of shoes, boots, belts, purses, or other accessories.
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posted on
07/30/2015 5:30:02 PM PDT
by
bigredkitty1
(March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
To: nickcarraway
Good thing the snake’s name wasn’t Cecil. We’d never hear the end of it.
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posted on
07/30/2015 6:01:08 PM PDT
by
SunTzuWu
To: SunTzuWu
But I think the porcupine’s name was Cecil.
To: ETL
The snake got the point too late.
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posted on
07/30/2015 6:16:00 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
( NASCAR 2015: "Bootlegger to boot licker"--FReeper Crim)
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