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LadyNTrainer -> RE: Snake bites Breast... and DIES! (3/18/2011 8:47:13 AM)
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ORIGINAL: NocturnalStalker
You are aware that a snake would probably murder you in a second if it could, right?
Clearly you don't know jack about snakes. A juvenile boa constrictor is not capable of doing much harm to anyone, and even the venomous species are mostly docile and can be handled easily on a snake hook or even a plain stick if they are not hurt or scared. If a non-idiot had been handling this animal gently, there would not have been an issue.
Animals don't "murder", but they do defend themselves if you attack them, hurt them or scare them. The equivalent of what happened here is if you picked up a kitten by one hind leg and ignored its increasingly frantic cries of pain and fear, then were finally bitten after the poor thing had been dangled from one leg, pulled by the ears and shaken around for several minutes. That is exactly what this idiot did to the snake. Snakes can't cry, but they can show fear and pain in their body language. Which that animal was definitely doing in response to being mishandled. You DON'T grab and pull on a snake that way. It hurts them. Personally I'd have been tempted to kick the stupid bitch to the floor and take the snake to a vet. She deserved what she got; the animal is an innocent victim.
I seriously doubt it had ever bitten anyone before. This was a very tame snake that initially accepted the inexperienced handler's roughness with minimal protest. It took several very painful and inappropriate moves for it to finally decide it had had enough. I would guess it was no older than 3 or 4, with the classic captive morphology produced by steady temperature and a high fat diet. Of which I do not approve, but it is clear that this animal was born in captivity. This snake was a pet, and a well fed one.
You don't accuse a kitten of murder if it bites someone after being mishandled and abused. A hand-raised juvenile boa may not be as cute as a kitten in your eyes, but it is just as helpless, and just as much a living, feeling creature that can only take so much pain at the hands of a rough handler before it fights back.
Most snake bites in North America are caused by the human attacking the snake. Keep that in mind and don't be an asshole next time you encounter one. They have no interest in biting things bigger than themselves, because it very often causes them considerable damage. They have what you would term glass jaws, along with fragile teeth and a sensitive little structure called the mandibular symphysis that is a) crucial to the snake's continued ability to eat and b) easily torn by the forces involved if they bite something that weighs more than they do and it jerks away quickly. Actually all of their bones are ridiculously fragile, and they are rightfully terrified of even an accidental step from a 100+ pound creature.
Respect snakes and they will generally respect you. A tame, captive raised one is certainly unlikely to fear bite unless you are abusing it pretty severely. Which this idiot was.
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