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2008-04-19 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Police Sergeant Wrestles Snake, Rescues Woman

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Posted by gorb 2008-04-19 02:15|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 At least this didn't happen on a plane.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2008-04-19 08:38|| 2008-04-19 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Here we have more applied misinformation from do-gooder TV nature shows. Internet sources report that a 15 foot python can kill an adult male within 3 minutes, by cutting off blood circulation. Screw "prying" a constrictor snake off its target; use a serrated knife to cut them horizontally. And cut them in half if necessary.

Posted by McZoid 2008-04-19 12:43|| 2008-04-19 12:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Burmese Pythons, if kept properly fed (will break the bank) are usually pretty docile. I've raised two to 20 the foot mark. However, you got to watch the females, they can be a bit more cantankerous than the males.

It's always the females, isn't it?

Posted by Cloting Turkeyneck4916 2008-04-19 12:57|| 2008-04-19 12:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Rule 34: I will not turn into a snake. It never helps.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-04-19 13:43|| 2008-04-19 13:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Mutual of Omaha's Marlin never would have reported this with so much enthusaim or use of action verbs; but then again Sgt. Ryan is probably not as manly as Marlin's sikekick Dave was ( Dave always got his ass kicked wrestling the sabre-toothed Anaconda, or some such, while Marlin calmly sipped his vodka daquari leaning aginst the Land Rover fender, hawking insurance....

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-04-19 21:22|| 2008-04-19 21:22|| Front Page Top

#6 sikekick = sidekick (need another beer)

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-04-19 21:23|| 2008-04-19 21:23|| Front Page Top

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