http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/24/slithering-trifecta/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/24/slithering-trifecta/comment-page-1/#comment-64713 Gaius Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:32:23 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/24/slithering-trifecta/#comment-64713 You know I'm not a fan of taking these animals as pets, either. And I'm not real sympathetic when the "pet" reverts to its natural behavior. You know I’m not a fan of taking these animals as pets, either. And I’m not real sympathetic when the “pet” reverts to its natural behavior.

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/24/slithering-trifecta/comment-page-1/#comment-64712 feeblemind Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:53:59 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/24/slithering-trifecta/#comment-64712 Gaius, you have quite correctly pointed out over and over that wild animals are WILD, and should be treated as such. Doesn't a 10 foot python fall in the same category? The kid's parents parenting skills may indeed "suck", but I have never really cared for these snakes-are-our-friends displays. Back when I was in college, an entertainer/snake handler had a big constrictor on stage at a local bar and the snake turned on him. He fought the snake like mad and the crowd laughed and clapped thinking it was part of the act. Finally people realized it wasn't an act and killed the snake. The handler ended up in the hospital. Gaius, you have quite correctly pointed out over and over that wild animals are WILD, and should be treated as such. Doesn’t a 10 foot python fall in the same category? The kid’s parents parenting skills may indeed “suck”, but I have never really cared for these snakes-are-our-friends displays. Back when I was in college, an entertainer/snake handler had a big constrictor on stage at a local bar and the snake turned on him. He fought the snake like mad and the crowd laughed and clapped thinking it was part of the act. Finally people realized it wasn’t an act and killed the snake. The handler ended up in the hospital.

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