I realize I'm going to catch it from someone out there who is going to go on about how I "just don't understand". Or from someone who wants to lecture me about how "they make great pets."
Bullshit.
A 2 year old child in Florida is dead because her mother, and mom's boyfriend, Charles, thought an 8 foot python is a good pet. (Of course, he did not have a permit for the animal. Who needs to bother with niggly details like that?)
Yesterday, little Shaiunna Hare was found strangled to death in her crib by the family's pet python which had escaped from its cage in the night. She also had bite marks on her head.
The 911 caller is heard screaming, "The baby's dead! Our stupid snake got out in the middle of the night and strangled the baby."
Sorry, but the snake isn't stupid. The adults who owned the snake are stupid plus some.
Cats. Dogs. Ferrets. Hamsters. Fish. Those are housepets. A Burmese python is NOT.
My heart goes out to that poor child. May she rest in peace. As for the adults in her life? This is a huge price to pay for some common sssssssssense.
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