17-foot-long Burmese python caught in Everglades | Fox News: Are you afraid of snakes?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/08/14 23:40:46

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FOXNEWS.COM reports:
The biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida — 17 feet, 7 inches long and 164½ pounds — was found in Everglades National Park, the University of Florida announced Monday.

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Simi Dave 2012/08/14 23:52:12

No

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Not afraid of snakes, just the destruction of entire ecosystems due to the release of non-native species. And yes, I'm one of those right-wing wackos that hates nearly everything about Obama and the liberal left. I think The Nuge would agree.
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Texas Gal 2012/08/19 13:36:14

Yes

Snakes have their place in nature. That's fine, as long as that place is far away from me.

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Michael 2012/08/16 23:13:09

Yes

Next they will call them endangered, like rattlers.

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Bothergirl 2012/08/16 21:09:15

No

I love snakes

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rereblue 2012/08/15 20:32:23

No

Snakes are absolutely adorable. I love them. How could you be afraid of them! Yes, they can kill you, but pretty much EVERYTHING can kill you.

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QueenBee 2012/08/15 20:21:06 (edited)

Yes

I've encountered more than my share of snakes while spending my childhood summers at my grandparent's farm in Texas!!

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C-Breez 2012/08/15 18:35:36

No

As long as i see them first..

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Tim Upham to C-Breez 2012/08/15 21:50:23

I saw those in Borneo, they are called sea kraits. They venom is more deadly than that of a king cobra. But they cannot open their mouths wide enough to bite a human being. Their mouths are designed for taking fish in the ocean. When I was in Borneo, people were handling them without any fear at all.

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Sean 2012/08/15 18:32:23

No

Not the non venomous ones. My friend has a pet boa and he would sometimes bring her into town.

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Libertys Martyr 2012/08/15 18:10:13

No

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Especially not the one on that table. Looks harmless at that point!

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glen 2012/08/15 16:23:18

No

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Unless I' happen to be wading through the everglades !!!!!

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Jackie G - Poker Playing Pa... 2012/08/15 13:41:04

Yes

Never have like them - Only two kinds in my book: rattle snakes and cobras.

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Black_Rose 2012/08/15 13:11:36

No

They're super cute :3

As long as the very biiig ones are at least 10 feet away from me.

My friend has an adorable snake named Missy. I can't remember what kind she is, but she's pretty big, and super sweet.

Makes me want a lil snake ^^

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Tim Upham to Black_Rose 2012/08/15 21:51:59

That is not a coral snake, it is a corn snake. Corn snakes are non-venomous.

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Michael Mcconnell 2012/08/15 12:00:02

No

I owned at 5 foot boa. Most snakes are harmless. Other than the black mamba, even the poisonous ones avoid man if they can. When I had my boa, I didn't know so many people were afraid of snakes.

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DANNY59 2012/08/15 11:49:38

No

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As long they're outdoors in their environment, I'm fine. I might have a different attitude if I found one in my bed. Here, in the Chicago area, the largest snake I've ever noticed was about 12 inches, it was kind of cute.

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POWERSHAKER 2012/08/15 10:53:57

No

Nope. I'm not afraid of snakes. Wow! That sure is a huge python they caught. That's shocking!

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Leprachaun999 2012/08/15 09:01:42

No

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Jensenmk 2012/08/15 04:30:50

No

+1
Situational awareness and removing/keeping out alien species from the habitat they don't belong in can solve the situation. Apply to every invasive issue.

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Ƹyeless LillyAnn 2012/08/15 04:18:05 (edited)

Yes

wen i was yonger a snake was in my room idk that the snake was there i step on it &i; knew it if i didnt have a hammer in my hand i would be dead

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Irish little 2012/08/15 03:32:59

No

+1
Hay, I bet thst would taste great ,steaked out , fried in peanut oil, with lots of red onions.

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ajracestables1 2012/08/15 03:14:36

Yes

I will not go near snakes, they are interesting to look at but I will not touch them. It is to bad that these snakes are running around that area. I heard that they are not native to the area so they pose a real threat. I wish people would not bring these animals to places where they become problems.

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mikeeonly 2012/08/15 02:36:20

Yes

depending on the type

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Chloey Hamer 2012/08/15 02:36:13 (edited)

No

I love snakes. I have a rosy boa named Mercury. He's an angel.

god that picture makes me angry -_-

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ACE 2012/08/15 02:26:01

Yes

when they are that big yes.

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Bronar 2012/08/15 02:20:11

Yes

I live in the Northeast, but I am afraid of how all these released snakes are breeding andscrewing with the ecosystems in the south.

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Cat 2012/08/15 02:03:21

Yes

only if they're venomous or really big.

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phil 2012/08/15 01:47:18

No

Just don't like them

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Reverend Hell 2012/08/15 01:34:12

No

I have 2 corn snakes and a moody 4 foot rat snake as pets- that would suck if I was afraid of them! :)
(Side note- I was extremely snakephobic for a LONG time)

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EDWARD G 2012/08/15 01:29:36

No

That is not to say that I don't give them their space. Most of them will not bother you, that python gives me pause though

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kurtanderson1 2012/08/15 01:27:15

No

I got a giant python.......right here in my pants!!!!

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bcarrera 2012/08/15 01:02:51

No

I'm not scare of snakes. Snakes are afraid of me.

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exsecrare 2012/08/15 00:58:43 (edited)

No

There are even bigger ones out there too. We kill them when we find them, 2 so far and one got away.

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Jan 2012/08/15 00:54:09

Yes

Yuk! I can't stand them.

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Kingarthurup 2012/08/15 00:54:08

No

unless you include my ex-girlfriend's libtarded tongue.

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Pedalpusher 2012/08/15 00:53:56 (edited)

Yes

I live in rattle snake country and they like my yard! I even had one in the house one night and when I seen it I was too darn tired to try to find it! It had gone in the laundry room, it was a small one, so I blocked the door that he could into other rooms from and then I put down snake traps along the edges of the walls. Snake traps can be gotten at Wal-Mart and they are a sticky patch that you put along the edges of rooms as they tend to slither along the edge. Me and the dogs went to sleep and the next morning I got up and he was stuck tight on the snake trap. Now every year at the beginning of snake season I have Liquid Fence(Brand) snake repellent that I spray all around the edges of the yard. Haven't had a snake for two years!! Forgot to say you have to be very careful that your pests and kids can't get at the traps.

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xxx 2012/08/15 00:51:08

Yes

When they are that big then yes

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DP 2012/08/15 00:45:03

No

+1
Love those slinky b*stards.

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shansera 2012/08/15 00:44:53

No

+1
I used to have a beautiful albino python, she loved to curl up around my neck and hide in my hair.

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RJeffreySavlov 2012/08/15 00:41:59

Yes

But only live ones.

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Wayne TH G 333 2012/08/15 00:41:42

No

+1
Not generally but I wouldn't want to come across one of those if I was out walking. I think this species took hold after there was a mass break out from a reptile farm, when a hurricane hit Florida in the nineties.

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