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“I need moar bwains!!”
Parents need more bwains.
.
This is the 14th parenting fail! Geez, people!
.
*squeeze*
Outrageous!
*sends kids to play with guns, bears and plutonium*
Disgusting!
*puts baby in lion’s cage*
Cold-blooded!
*writes congressmen to enact reform school thermo-regulation*
Nom nom… Baby Dracula in training…
Isn’t that a ball python? I mean, a hella huge one, sure, but still a ball python. They won’t attack anything much bigger than their own head, I don’t think.
Boa Constrictor I think, but yeah, the baby is way bigger than anything it would ever eat.
Right indeed – boa constrictor. Just that the photo was taken proves the baby was not left unsupervised… and honestly, I’d trust a boa not to bite a baby before I’d trust a small dog not to.
they don’t bite dude- They constrict and that Baby looks like he’s is about to find out…
yeah i was gonna say, theres a difference between eat and kill, lol
but this is probably baby naked snake in training, “snake eater”
NOM NOM NOM
heheheheh I see what you did there
quite so.
They do to bite they strike their prey and bite it with their teeth to hold onto it while they constrict it. They have lots of very sharp serrated teeth in that mouth very scary.
It is a Red-tail Boa. And yea that baby is too big for it to eat.
I’m not worried for the baby! I’m worried for the Red-tail Boa! lol
No Its Not..Its Colombian Red Tail IT Can Eat The Baby…And Unless They Bath The Snake And Have It Tested Regularly That Baby Shouldnt Be Around The Snake So Parenting AND Pet Owner Fail
also Salmonella And meningococcal Meningitis Are Major Concerns When Handling Any Reptiles
Columbian Red-Tailed Boa. They’re harmless I have 2 of them. I wouldn’t let my kid suck on it though that’s for sure.
Right? Even if it wouldn’t hurt the snake and the snake wouldn’t hurt the kid, there’s a reason we’re supposed to wash our hands thoroughly after handling our reptiles. Salmonella is not your baby’s friend.
One way to find out…
No, I own a ball python, that is a burmese python. Even a snake half that size could easily kill and eat that baby. A snake one quarter could kill him, no problem. But you are right, ball pythons are only about 5 feet max and are one of the most non-agressive species known.
Correct, that is a Burmese Python, that could easily eat a child twice that size. Looks to me like baby snake -n- bake has the upper hand! NOM NOM NOM!!! Take that you serpent!
Not a burmese. I have a burmese. That’s a red tail boa aka boa constrictor. Shouldn’t let kids suck on snakes. Salmonella is not fun.
I think the germs are the issue. Babies don’t have very strong immune systems, and snakes do carry bacteria/viruses that are bad for humans…I’ve never seen someone handle a snake who didn’t wash their hands directly afterword.
No, that’s not a Ball! Balls only get about 6 feet max! I’m pretty sure that’s a Red Tail Boa!
-wonders why no one has said anything nasty here-
They will if they get pissed.
Terrible!
*sends baby swimming with sharks*
Horrid!
*sends baby to play with power tools*
horrible!
*eats peoples heads for breakfast*
glitch!
*likes its intestine*
sucker!
*gives kid a coffin*
How foolish!
*replaces uranium bars on baby’s cot*
Did he Die?
Did he Dead?
Died? Did He?
Questo Fail e pieno di cretini oggi.
Salmonella anyone?
Was waiting for someone to say that. If the snake’s well fed I’d say salmonella’s the bigger danger.
ditto!
Failapeño? Sounds delicious.
fake…
on the right the snake is straight
not possible
your one of the biggest idiots I’ve ever heard… you obviously don’t watch animal planet or discovery snakes are flexible and can do multiple things with their bodies.
just go jump into a hole
“YOUR one of the biggest idiots…” hahahahaha
they stay straight at this position to get size of the next prey and to extend them bellies.
actually snakes are that flexible…now whether this is actually a parenting fail (letting your kid play with a boa) I disagree with. Constrictors aren’t exactly prone to attacking humans (I’ve owned two in my life, one I had for 12 years and the second I still have….I was about 8 when my parents got our boa (second snake is a python))
The fail part of this, IMO, is letting the baby put its mouth on the boa. I’d be worried about germs.
That’s exactly right. The biggest danger here is the very real salmonella threat.
And if the baby bites the boa and the boa retaliates.
Yes, it’s a fake baby, too; you can tell by the glazed-over eyes. On second thought, maybe that’s just hunger….
Understanding snake anatomy fail.
But, but… look at the pixels! The shadows! The baby is obviously fake, I can tell! No one would put such a lovely snake in the hands of a dangerous creature like a baby.
Now if you excuse me, I must feed little fluffy bunnies to my piranhas.
it’s totally photoshoped, the shadows are all wrong
YOU FAIL AT FAILING!
No, that’s not a double negative.
You have what i like to call, Two girls, one cup syndrome or TGOCS
Ahem. I am quite good with kids, thankyouverymuch!
Reptile-hensible!
*moar boa constrictive SQUEEZE!!*
pedobear?
Jules, if Avis and/or Dragon were here right now, you’d be a pile of cinders. Don’t get on my bad side, understand?
Um…Bearly?
WHAT?!?!?
Oh, sorry…
Calming down now. Promise.
It’s okay sweetie. What’s got you all pissed off?
*Sigh*
Work. My boss has been dumping tons of assignments on me – the ONLY one in the office she’s been doing this to – and then she left almost 3 hours early yesterday to go to an eye doctor appointment and then is in a “Grammar and Punctuation” seminar today that is being led by another coworker.
I wouldn’t mind so much if she didn’t keep asking me, “Have you had a chance to do X yet? Huh? Huh? Huh?” I feel like I’ve been the statue for almost two weeks now, and I’m starting to resent the pigeons.
She doesn’t really say “Huh? Huh? Huh?”, does she?
*suddenly has violent fantasies*
A grammar and punctuation seminar? isn’t that stuff covered in, I dunno, school?
*squeeze!*
Bosses can be the pits.
*sniffs own pits* Shooo!
Yep, bosses can stink up your day for sure!
Sounds like some one need a hug.
*squeeze*
Thanks. As promised:
*Scratches Jules’s belly*
*falls in love*
*gives sweet stressed out Bearly a HUGE hug*
{{{{{{{{{{BEARLY}}}}}}}}}}
*sticks tongue out at EVIL Bearly’s Byotch of a Boss*
When did Bearly turn evil?
I blame the boss. Never good when we summon Failers on Failers though.
There’s Failers on Failers action?! I thought yesterday was hump day?
Every day is FOFA!
Thanks, guys. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: FailBlog squeezes always put a smile on my face when I’m having a bad day. See?
*latetothesqueezepartysqueeze*
Hmmm? Oh yes, sure.
*continues to stare at Bearly’s tits*
Tits?
*click*
*click*
*click*
Bearly, talk to Arthur.
*flees thread*
No more collars Lurk … I will use the one from yesterday.
Arthur?
You got some ’splainin’ to do!
*Folds arms and taps foot*
I obviously arrived somewhat late…
*looks at Bearly*
Nothing to see here! Jenny gave me jammies. I have no idea what Arthur is talking about, and you know that I’d admit it if I did!
*Innocent look*
*raises eyebrow*
*snickers slightly*
hmmmmm – FB ate my post.
Was it because I said r a i s e s e y e b r o w or because I said s n i c k e r ?
Um, bearly you might want to do up the butt flap, seeing as it is commando Thursday.
*Reaches behind and fastens flap*
*Is still confused as to how all of this happened*
*Wants a cookie and a bedtime story all of a sudden*
There, there, Bearly. This happens to the best of us.
*offers cookies*
Now, do you want Where the Wild Things Are or The Very Hungry Catterpillar?
Where the Wild Things Are!
*Curls up beside Ms B*
*Sighs with contentment*
Thanks.
Personally I think a Mercer Mayer story would do nicely.
*slips in between Ms B & Bearly*
*smiles*
I think Leila squeezed you so hard your clothes slipped off.
She’s like that.
As am I
Ohhhhh, now I understand.
*Nods at Jules*
What? No! You have it all wrong. I don’t condone nudity. I don’t. I am a reformed nekkid person. See my diploma.
To quote Leila…
LIES!!!!!!
ROFL!!!
*jumps and sits ON Ms B*
Are we having a Cuddle Puddle today? Maybe on the next new fail?
Haha… U said semen-ar.
maby its cause you are on failblog while you should be working…. maby she is trying to keep you busy so your not effing around on the internet…. just a thought.
She probably knows how much time you spend commenting on Fail Blog.
Awe, I thought it was funny.
*sigh*
Sorry, Jules. I guess I overreacted a little. Make-up *squeeze?*
I’ll even scratch your belly!
Come’on Jules! Wanna go for a walk? Huh boy? Huh? Huh?
*Walks Jules to the Scooby shack snackery for a treat*
*slaps Jules’s paw*
I hear you slapped his paw. Why would you ever go and do something like that?
Long story! twas but a *tsk!
Maw some woman is beating paw!
YOU CAN ALL KISS MY ASP!!
Nothing good comes from brown nosing.
but now I has parseltongue
Ooh! Ooh! Open the chamber of secrets!
No secrets any more. Bearly is exposing herself ↑ there…tits and all.
Follow Arthur’s drool marks • • • • • • •
hmph — y’all have potter mouths
*starts to stick cotton in ears — decides instead to give you all cotton-mouths*
Here Bearly. Put this on.
*tosses her some jammies*
Everyone else look at the little naked lady here on this contraption.
*zaps memories*
Thankyouthankyouthankyou, Jenny! I don’t even understand what happened!!!
Is that what we are calling it now?
I was looking for a place to shove my wand.
Wand? I thought you were playing with lipstick.
*blergg*
And you! Yes, you! It might be small, but I can still see it! *hehehehe*
*pulls bullwhip, hand grenade AND gun out of purse*
Don’t make me use these….
O, sounds kinky!
*bites teh bullwhip*
At least it didn’t bite the bullet…
*bites teh hand that’s on teh hand grenade*
Snake? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!
LoL
Well, at least it’s not a choking hazard…
It could be if the baby has teeth and takes too big of a bite.
.
*squeeze*
The parents really shouldn’t let it play with its food. Such manners!
*Squeeze*
I think thith playful baby ith jutht teething.
aww, poor snake..
If it belongs to the parents, shouldn’t they realize it’s giving off the “HOLYCRAP GETITOFFGETITOFFFETITOFF” vibe by now?
The baby? Or the snake?
Seriously. That snake’s mom and dad really need to watch him closer. Baby bites can get infected.
The snake can totally choke on the baby if he eats it all at once.
Fluffy, I see you’ve accquired the word Snuggie in your name. Have you married a WTFBlanket?
Nice
Tastes like chicken!
A baby picture of the croc. hunter?
*Steve Erwin’s voice*
as you can see its getting really excited
This fail is like porn,
you enjoy watching it,
but in the end you feel sad.
that is classic! hahahahaha!
Don’t swallow it whole, junior!
how you know how the kid tastes?
Human tastes like pork, snake tastes like chicken!
.
.
..and hippo tastes like fishy leather…..gak! *spits*
*tastes leather underpants*
mmmmmmm…….hippo
tastes leather undies
mmmmmm…..hippo
Grannycatflap: Now in Stereo!
Cuz I love kids…
*gets out salt, pepper, a little garlic*
Yummy!
At lease the baby is biting the snake it would be bad if it were the other way around.
Well, you didn’t see the next picture…
I am some what sure this snake could swallow the baby whole.
Nah. Snake is vegan.
It only eats vegans?
Yes.
Wait…No.
Oh rats, run!
*takes off running*
*doesn’t know why*
We are chasing squirrels, silly.
Hurry they are getting away.
Didn’t The Oregon Trail teach you anything? You don’t CHASE squirrels. You bring a shotgun.
Momma snake fails indeed. As I said before, babies can be vile.
Needs to attend Momma snake parenting classes.
She’s gonna need some baby vipes.
All fangs to you.
Well at least he’s not a complete and adder failure.
Failure was uncoiled way before this happened.
Hopefully the state doesn’t have a three-strikes law for child endangerment. One will probably do it.
You would think they would just give the kid a rattle to play with.
But then the mamba would get a headache.
FIRST!! OMG FIrst first time ever
)))))))))))))
Don’t laugh at him! He just had his first time. Would be romantic if he wasn’t 53 and didn’t have to pay for it.
*stifles LOL*
Ok … I am sorry.
*fails to stifle LOL*
you can tell by the look in his eye he is like “dam this is so unsafe but at this age im supposed to be curious. besides, my parents dont give a **** anyway. afterall, they left me alone in a room with this.” besides, what parents have that size snake and baby at the same time? pet snake? or pet baby?
Not alone — Someone had to take the picture.
♫ You are not alone,
I am here with you… ♫
*glares*
Phooey on you-ey!
♫ Do you really want to hurt me
Do you really want to make me cry…♫
♫ Blame it on the rain ♫
I certainly won’t
♫ blame it on the sunshine
don’t blame it on the moon light
don’t blame it on the good times (I will)
blame it on the boogie! ♫
But now I have to go, so I say
♫ Goodbye England’s rose
May you ever grow in our hearts… ♫
*squeeze!*
You truly are a mad genius.
♫ You and I must make a pact, we must bring salivation back
Where there is drool, I’ll be there ♫
Has anybody else ever wondered where the salvation is, that this song refers to was anyways?
waaaayyy to ruin it
Momma’s in the kitchen making a big ol’ pot of some Rat’s-ass stew.
Some for me, some for you, some for snakey, and little baby too!
Ew. Baby spit!!!! Poor snake needs a bath now.
How’s he supposed to swallow that big snake whole?
You could give the baby a knife but it’s much to dangerous.
Slowly.
Training to be a future porn star?
It’s a boy I think.
Oooooooooooooh…
Sword swallower 5, the final buttocks
Eating Anaconda, The Final Gulp.
Snakes in the main vein, splitting cobra
Granny! You quit inhabiting Jules’ body right this instant!
*spews out of Jules in a thick vomitous mass*
*scuttles off*
This is a fail, but I definitely don’t find anything humorous about this one.
Then you should rant about how insensitive and disgusting we are.
*disappointed*
And probably take lessons in Troll Grammar. Your result should be something like this:
“OMG!11!1!11!!one!1 wy are yoo guys all lulzing at this its really harsh and teh baby mite die?1!. Anywy u all just tlk bout sto0pid stuff wen peple r tryn to akshly rite about the fail!”
Sounds worryingly like ICHC, actually.
*grabs PP’s purse and searches for her gun*
LOLspeak? *twitches*
Here??????
Whoa. Leila. Step away from the gun. It’s OK. the lolspeak was in quotation marks. It’s not real.
DAMMIT!!! I promised there won’t be any violence.
*pushes PP’s purse away*
Whoa, lil’ lady! Back awayyyyy from the purse. I’ll take it from here….
*pricks ears up*
LOLspeak? Did I hear LOLspeak? No, it couldn’t be.
*slides gun out of purse*
False alarm. False alarm. No one has to die today.
*slides gun back into purse*
*gives Jon evil eye*
Here you go, Jon, it’s hardly been used!
Thanks! *wards off evil spirits*
I’m sensitive…. Touch me and see >;P
Is that an angry winking tongue-out face?
No. This is our serious face. :[
We are serious. :[
Sensitive and untouched face :*(
It’d be more funny to me if snakes didn’t carry salmonella at such a high rate. For the life of me, I can’t just look at a baby with its mouth on a snake and not think of that.
Wait, you’re worried the baby may contract food poisoning from the snake? I think there may be more serious matters at hand.
I agree with Daear. A properly taken care of and well socialized (as in, used to people) boa of that size should have no interest whatsoever in the baby.
However, the salmonella is a real concern, especially for a child that young.
Heh. You don’t have to eat them to get salmonella…just touch them and not wash your hands. Sticking one in your mouth is a big risk, and the baby contracting salmonella is waaaaaay more likely than it trying to eat him. I know it isn’t funny or anything as a comment, just an observation.
If I were related to the parents of this kid, they’d get more than an earful.
Yeah, that was the thing that bothered me the most too.
Overall, I don’t think it’s a good idea, but that’s probably the biggest threat to the baby.
Food chain fail
Watch out snake, there is a poison cobra baby biting you!
The Snake has not reacted to the nomming…….yet.
Maybe it is used to being a teething toy? -it isn’t a rattle!
*shudder*
I don’t think I can sit and look at this picture all morning. I may leave.
:ick:
Comon, it is only a baby, it’s not that bad.
Snakes are cool!!!
The baby… not so much.
There ain’t no way that snake could eat that baby.
Would you react the same way if you saw the baby gnawing on a dog? Because he’s much more likely to be bitten by a dog than a boa and so that would also be a parenting fail.
Babies + any animal = parenting/pet owner fail.
Would you care to explain your first sentence? I’m pretty sure the snake could. Easily.
It’s a common boa; from the diameter of the section the kid is chewing on, it’s probably about 7 or 8 feet long – about the size of one I used to own. The biggest thing a snake like this is going to eat is going to be a large rat.
Could it kill the kid if it decided to constrict it? Probably. Is it going to try to constrict him? Almost certainly not – constrictors only strangle something they want to eat, not something they feel threatened by.
The far bigger risk (and fail) in this picture is that the kid has a decent chance of ingesting some salmonella bacteria – very common on reptiles and birds.
Well despite being “pretty sure” about it, you are wrong. The snake could certainly constrict the child to death if it intended to eat the child, but that is extremely unlikely (but because it’s possible, this is still a parenting fail). However, it could not swallow something as large as a human baby with the bone structure of a human baby.
Answer….pet log!
everyone needs log!
and now introducing……. Action Log!
each sold separately
It’s Log, Log! It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood…
I just love log
I don’t really love log very much. I wish it would quit trying to make me make bad decisions though…
*quietly slips though out of his last comment*
No one saw a thing! Got it!
*waves revolver around*
Kill them all Jimbo!
Do as I say or there will be no more log for you
Hey looks its good ol’ Sam!
Did you do that, Granny?
maybe he he he
*shuffles feet*
GCF>SAM?
SHE IS DEAD!!!!
Log -log. It’s better than bad, it’s GOOD!
So, how many snakes do you know of with a pack instinct? That’s why dogs are safe around babies(good dogs anyways). Dogs have a inbred instinct to protect the young in their pack. Snakes, well not so much.
Dogs also have an instinct to be territorial, and they all don’t recognize new additions to the family as part of the pack. One reason why we had to find a new home for our beagle after she bit the face of our baby for the second time.
Ahh, so that would explain why there is not a SINGLE case of a dog killing, mauling or even biting a single human – child or adult – right?
Statistically, dogs are far more likely to bite a child (including children in their own household) than snakes are.
Dogs are also nip or bite other dogs in their pack to keep them in line. If a dog has not be properly trained and socialized (like so many dogs out there), they can nip or bite children that they think are misbehaving.
The difference is that dogs can (and sometimes do) kill children when they’re just pissed. Boas don’t kill when they’re threatened; they flee. The child is too young to have teeth and wouldn’t be hurting the snake at all. The child is also far too big for the boa to swallow. There is no way a boa could eat a child that big. Thus, there is no reason for the boa to kill the child and the child is therefore not in danger.
HOWEVER, boas can bite, and that does hurt. But it wouldn’t hurt as much as a dog’s bite, that’s for sure.
I love snakes, but even I wouldn’t do this. Let the kid get older first…
Exactly! It’s only a small snack for the snake right now.
Uh, no. A large meal for this snake would be an adult rat. A human baby is several times larger than even the biggest rat. A small snack for a snake this size is a small rat.
Really, when is the last time you heard for a human child being killed and consumed by a boa constrictor?
Yes, because Arthur was serious. See his serious face? :[
*gets her serious face on*
Um, nope. That wasn’t it.
Nope, not it, either. Darn it.
Personally, I prefer
or 
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I’ve been trying to think of an exception to “Babies + any animal = parenting/pet owner fail.” for several minutes, and haven’t come up with one yet.
You score both a logic win and a Dar-win.
Hedgehog.
Baby learns not to pet animals (or at very least to stroke with the fur) Hedgehog learns to avoid babies.
These parents support the “natural” way of obtaining food
wakey wakey time for snakey!
Put it away Granny!
*squeeze*
It wouldn’t be Granny then!
*squeeze!*
K@! I can’t believe you squeezed Granny’s snake – now how is he supposed to put it away like that?
Who’s snake does Granny have?…
Trouser snake….sorry!
the wife’s best friend
vibrator?
Mrs Stevens from next door?
Tender young Alice?
doc let me keep it
Where’s the fail here? Or is this just an “OMG snakes are evil!!!” reaction? Everybody would be going on about how cute it was if the kid was latched on to a dog or cat instead, and they’re more dangerous than a non-venomous snake…
OMG!!
*latches baby to a hyena*
OMG!OMG!
*Latches hyena (complete with baby) to a fast and unsafe rollercoaster*
Well at least it isn’t……….A CAT!!
*Geek alarm sounds*
Hyena are a member of the Feline family not canine….yes I will get my coat!
*shuffles off*
que? I was referring to Min’s comment, where he claimed that a cat (or dog) would be more dangerous than a snake. Or a hyena attached to a large fast and unsafe rollercoaster.
You can come back in now
Fank you, I was just being geeky! ’cause hyenas are cats….technically of course.
*Buries head in trifle*
I knew that
And take your face out of the trifle! It was meant to be a wedding present for Leila.
A trifle for me???? Can you ask k@ to remove her head from it though?
*didn’t know hyenas were of the feline species but won’t admit it loudly*
certainly.
*Presents mangled trifle, complete with imprint of k@’s face, and hands it to Leila.*
*congratulationsqueeze*
Aaw! I love it!!!
*pokes k@’s nose in the trifle* TeeHee!!!!
ah…’tis but a trifle messed up!
…and it is tasty good!
Does it have peas and ground beef in it?
I don’t see the problem.
Custard: Good
Jam: Good
Meat: GOOD!
Trifle doesn’t have meat in.
Link is trifle
(clicky)
Clicky…..I have a dessert obsession!
My teeth fell out just reading the recipe k@. LOL
On k@’s face: Not so good.
Blergh, no meat, I am a vegitarian (I just do not like it)
I never thought to add peas…sorry!
*feels normal again*
*squeeze k@*
*constricts*
Giggles w/ MsB.
Hee! The Thanksgiving ones are my favorites! I will pop those in regularly.
I agree! If they come on the TV the kids get to run wild while I veg out for awhile. Most of the other episodes I am happy to watch with one eye while I do other things.
Actually, hyenas are not members of the feline family, nor the canine family. They’re in their own family, hyaenidae. =___=
Oh that’s a baby, I thought it was one big tick.
He’s Nigh Invulnerable!
Well, he is wearing blue….
…even if that snake is enormous.
….getting baby eve ready for the apple
*head rotates 360°*
It’s a large constrictor, that needs to be taken into account. Plus, if the child is teething/has teeth, then it would be a fail for the pet owners. I wouldn’t let my child chew on my snake. I love my snakey baby!!!!
Even adults should not drape a snake that size around them. Constrictors are incredibly strong and could choke or suffocate the baby without even trying.
A bite is not the worry–it would hurt and draw a little blood, but not really do any real harm. It’s the constricting that’s the problem here.
….and of course jaw hyperextension, meaning the baby may well fit snuggly in snake tummy!
Maybe, but the poor snake would certainly have indigestion from the jammies.
*has an Aqua Teen flashback*
“No Frylock, don’t hurt him. We’re cuddling, from the inside.”
LOL, that episode was hilarious.
It was almost the first thing I thought of.
“You can’t just decide that I’m drunk. That’s for me to decide. That decision is between me, and God.”
It’s a fail because:
1) Snakes, like most reptiles, tend to carry samonella. So they shouldn’t be handled at all by young children – especially by mouth.
2) A toddler in Florida was killed by a large pet snake earlier in the summer.
*nods quietly*
*feels enlightened*
*noms spaghetti*
*feels spiegazionato *
*Noms a dozen chili peppers.*
*feels arrabbiato*
Salmonella? I didn’t know snakes carried mayo. Where are their pockets? Do they strap a jar on their backs? Or maybe they carry those little foil packets of individual servings…Yea, that’s got to be it..
Snakes un-hing their jaws. The packets/ or jar is in the mouth. They can fit so much in there. The perfect purse!!!
Why, you could fit a whole gun in there!
Well, Shadow, it depends on the size of the gun, as well as what other sundry paraphernalia you have in there, such as bullwhips, hand grenades, etc. Some things just don’t fit, such as say, a bazooka. Now, you can get the grip in there just fine, but….
*trails off*
*wonders whether this is TMI*
No, it’s okay… I am in no way astonished at how thoroughly you have considered this issue…
I think I’ll be going now…
“Don’t go! I was gonna make espresso!”
Thanks for that … er … 411, SimsKatie. I’ll be able to sleep like a snake that ate a baby tonight.
1) Mammals in petting zoos are also known to carry salmonella as well as E. Coli, but that’s ok because they are cute and fuzzy and not scary like snakes.
2) Do you know why that story made the news? Because things like that RARELY happen. Dog’s bite more than 4.7 million people a year. It doesn’t make the news because it so common. Per the CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Dog-Bites/
Each year, 800,000 Americans seek medical attention for dog bites; half of these are children. Of those injured, 386,000 require treatment in an emergency department and about a dozen die. The rate of dog bite-related injuries is highest for children ages 5 to 9 years, and the rate decreases as children age. Almost two thirds of injuries among children ages four years and younger are to the head or neck region
The Humane Society of the United States reports that least a dozen people, including five children, have been killed in the United States by pet pythons since 1980. At least two of those were known to feed live animals to their snakes (something that increases your risk of being attacked). That is less then the average death toll from dogs in a year.
Sorry, but logic fail with respect to proving that a python isn’t as likely to kill as a dog (if that was what you were trying to say). Here’s why.
Pet ownership in US:
Dogs: 72,114,000
All snakes: 586,000
There would have to be over 100 fatal dog attacks for every fatal snake attack to consider dogs less likely to kill than snakes. If we estimate pythons as being 10% of all pet snakes, the ratio would have to be over 1000:1. (But on the other hand, I strongly suspect that dogs are a lot more likely to cause serious non-fatal injuries.)
What is it with every pet owner wanting to prove that their preferred animal is harmless and gets a bad rap because of “those other” pet owners or animals, anyway? Animals are individuals to be respected, not saints to be idolized/objectified. If there were pet sharks, I swear to God we’d have shark owners arguing that there are no bad sharks, just bad owners, and besides goldfish are much more dangerous.
Erm, because a well-raised animal isn’t going to be dangerous. And yes, you can raise a snake in a good way. My snake has never, ever bitten me. Ever. He’s hissed and hissed and raised QUITE the ruckus when he’s angry with me, but not once has he bitten. They are not mindless. They’re not as intelligent as all animals, but they’re certainly not mindless.
I’ve never met a dog that fatally attacked someone that wasn’t raised in a bad way. Sure, the families say “Oh, Rover was such a sweet dog, he just turned one day!!” Stick around a little and you’ll see that they either don’t discipline him at all or they abuse him. I have NEVER seen a dog raised properly and trained properly that “turned” on someone. Ever.
So, there are no bad dogs or bad snakes. There are bad owners. There are foolish owners that think it’s fun to feed their snakes live rats and rabbits and then marvel at why their snake bit THEM – because a snake that gets excited by moving, hot food is going to be equally excited by someone’s moving, hot hand. Or face. Some snakes don’t tell the difference very well, and some do.
My snake is not aggressive because he only eats dead prey. Never live. He has never been conditioned to go after moving things; therefore, he’s tame as heck. I’m sure this snake in this picture is the same way.
The plural of anecdote is not data – your individual experience doesn’t prove anything about animal behavior.
“I’ve never met a dog that fatally attacked someone that wasn’t raised in a bad way.” Have you spent time with even one dog that fatally attacked someone? Or even so much as passed by one’s cage?
“I have NEVER seen a dog raised properly and trained properly that ‘turned’ on someone. Ever.” Have you spent time with a statistically significant number of dogs that “turned” on someone, i.e. sample size >800 (0.1% of those who cause trips to the doctor per year), in order to judge their behavior? Have you spent time with all of their families in-depth in order to judge them, or are you seizing on any perceived fault during one conversation as “proof” that you’re right?
Animals are individuals, not objects of their master’s will. I remember two sisters from years ago quite well – treated the same way, one was so sweet-tempered that she never so much as made an angry noise, even when dying of liver cancer. But the other had a horrific temper, and would have bitten at every turn if she hadn’t learned the consequences were not getting to go out. Even then, we had a long list of Things Rika Hates, to avoid if we didn’t want to get perforated.
I don’t doubt that the odds of an attack from a well-raised animal are much lower. And I don’t doubt that for some species of animals, the chances drop to extremely low odds when well-raised. But the chance is always there, except with pets that are literally incapable of hurting a human.
I’d believe a goldfish owner who swears that it’s literally impossible for their pet to hurt someone without reasonable cause. Anyone else, I’m doubtful.
I have to agree with Min. Snakes can be quite friendly. The important thing with a pet snake is don’t feed it living food. If you raise a snake and only feed it dead food it doesn’t associate things that move with things that are edible. That snake (if raised right) would never think of a baby as food unless starved.
Plus snakes eat on a regular schedule. A snake this size probably eats once or twice a month. Don’t put the baby near the snake near feeding time if you are worried.
Also, PET OWNER FAIL.
♪♫ Ooh baby love, my baby love
I feed you, oh how I feed you
But all you do is treat me bad
Bite my back and leave me, um, slobbery
Tell me, what did I do wrong
To make me tasty and oh so loooooooonnnnnnnnnngggggggg ♪♫
*standing ovation*
so cruel, yet so sexy, yet so delicious
Why thank you Granny. I taste like chocolate.
mmmmmmm…….log
…part of a complete breakfast…
I’ve watched too much TV. The next scene in my mind is a snake skeleton on the floor and the baby burping and giggling….
Not the baby trying to look innocent while the entire snake is sideways in his throat?
or the parrot in the cage repeating over and over again
“get it off me!! get it off me!!!!!!”
And then being shot and dripping blood all over doughnuts?
Reason for Indiana Jones’ fear of snakes in 3. . .2. . .1. . .
Babies are included.
FIRE!!!!
*launches Apollo 29.6 at the Moon*
It’s people like this who make it bad for reptile owners. When that kid is strangled to death by the snake, the news will be “OMG snakes are deadly pets! Never own reptiles because they kill babies!” blah blah blah… and the aspect of bad parenting will never even be mentioned.
These people are not only terrible parents, but very irresponsible pet owners as well.
*takes copious notes*
Parents – bad
Reptile – good
*copies Leila’s notes*
Ahhhhhhh. So THAT’s why it’s a parenting fail. I see, I see.
*copies Perp’s notes*
*notes differences beginning to appear in the copies*
*copies WhoaNellie’s notes*
Pie rants – bad?
Rip Tiles, God!
I’m not sure you can say much about “reptile owners” – since you’re obviously extremely concerned the child will be strangled, you’ve obviously never owned a snake, or at least a snake that was raised properly and never fed live prey.
Nope. Don’t like snakes. Skipping this fail. See you in the next one or the previous one.
*squeezes failpeeps*
*grabs Lurk by the leg*
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Don’t go.
But Lurk, this is why you’re supposed to hire a baby to take care of the snake for you.
I don’t think she like it when you constrict her like that.
THE CAPTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN “WIN”!
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Why exactly is this a fail?
Because there is a baby. Cute, fragile little bones, right? Probably weighs 20-25 pounds. He’s biting a gigantic. Friggin’. Snake. Not cute, not fragile at all. Probably weighs ~100 pounds as an uneducated guess.
Now lets assume Mr. Snake doesn’t like being mistaken for a snack. He decides to crush the baby. Meanwhile, the parents are either unaware of what’s going on, long enough for someone to take a picture, or they, instead of helping the situation, took the picture themselves.
Fail.
yes yes you are taking a very uneducated guess snakes are cute to me they can be fragile and they only fail is if the snake doesn’t want to handle and lashes out that the parents arent there with the kid
You can’t eat snake raw! Duh!
You flambe’ the sucker first.
Because people are afraid of snakes.
You don’t need to show love or lack of fear of an animal by doing whatever you want to it. Lets respect that this is a calm snake, that tomorrow may not want to me ridden, mouthed, chewed on. If these people typically stand back when the child plays w/ it, they may not act fast if something happens. It’s not that the “snake” is bad.
“Snake” –
Meaning that it looks like a snake, but isn’t? OOOOH! Costume party, everyone!!! (Fancy dress to you Brits!) I want to be a mermaid!
*hands Bearly a tail fin*
*waits*
It’s the family dog dressed like a snake. Sneaky Fido!
GET THAT OUTTA YER MOUTH! You don’t know where it’s been.
*definitely NO squeezes until next post*
But… but… but…
*Sniff*
*bisous* instead okay! *kisses Bearly on each (face)cheek*
Yay! *Returns (face)cheek kisses*
But what if I wanted a Katz squeeze?
*gives Leila a big hug and bisous on (face)cheeks*
As the proud co-owner of a 6-foot corn snake (really belongs to GF, but she shares), I see nothing wrong in this photo.
You will when the baby decides it’s time stop playing with it’s food and actually bite down on the situation.
*removes superfluous apostrophe above*
Nonsense.
It’s a tough snake.
Yes, but if the baby has any prior experience in doing this, it will have brought some meat tenderizer.
And the snake may have brought some salsa for the kiddo
Seriously, i’m getting hungry here…
Go next door to ICHC. Plenty of cheeseburgers for you to eat.
Some experts say kids shouldn’t mouth reptiles. Personally, I stay on guard when children are around my animals, even if the animal typically is even tempered.
Some experts say you shouldn’t play with black widows, too, but I never listen to them.
Here, spider, spider, spider….
Check the water spout, I think it went up there.
Or, you could just wait for it to rain…
exactly finally someone with common sense that isnt freaking out just cause its a large snake
I love large snakes!!! But mine eats spiders, so watch out!!!
i’m hopefully getting a ball python or corn snake but i already have a bearded dragon.
We start them young in their love for reptiles!
I’d tend to classify this as “pet-keeping fail”
its not a fail its perfectly legal and alot of snake can be really freindly and only attack people when they feel threatened.
I’d say this is a definite win, due to the amount of hilarious and over-the-top-serious responses. Having a ball *hehe* reading and commenting!
5 stars and a biiiig thumbs-up!
HIP-HIP-HOORAY!
yep and also i love reading the comments stupid people make with no scientific proof just their own fear of reptiles.
Too lazy to check comments to see if this has been posted:
Baby – 1
Snake – 0
No one posted that and yes, you are lazy.
I call it superior specie win, baby is gonna kill it and eat it
What kind of parent would allow their child to be ruthlessly attacked by a savage young human!
JEEEBUSSS!!! I was right there taking the picture. Stop riding my ass already!!!!!!
Can I still ride your ass?? Please??
…Can I take the picture….please with sugar and cherries on it?
@jmac23
you’re missing my point, I meant it’s not safe for the pet, unprotected of being bitten by hungry toddlers.
Of course its not funny if it’d to be explained…
See that Reply button?
USE IT!!!!
I’ll do from now on
Thank you and sorry for the tone.
She’s like that, at least while sober.
*hands Leila copious amounts of alcohol*
Woah, there, Leila, steady girl…
Here, have some nice… relaxing… tea…
I need something a little more stiff than tea.
Well, I’m sorry… according to Dragon, I’m too young to have anything to do with those drinks more stiff than tea.
Um…how old are you? Maybe I can sneak something in while she isn’t here.
*looks around*
Nah, it’s all right. I’d hate for you to get *FOOOOOM!*-ed on my account
*hehehehe*
You said “stiff.”
*hehehehe*
Um, I want to bring your attention to Shadow’s comment about using shotguns on squirrels. How do you feel about that?
Comment @ 8:36 am … way ↑ there.
ooo i though you meant other way around whoops
(had to be done)
Tathes like thicken!
I’m really trying to find this picture funny, but I really can’t! Sense of Humor FAIL…..:-(
It’s okay. I believe they have classes for that.
Humor: you either have it or you don’t. Cannot be learned.
Humo(u)r 101 begs to differ.
Prove it!
*waits*
I can’t. I don’t teach Humo(u)r 101.
I leave that to the experts.
/suck-up
This is one of Bindi Irwin’s baby pictures, isn’t it?
This should go on My First Fail
Its a snake so what, most likely a ball python which I’ve owned there pretty calm so chances of it biteing are slim to none, besides for all you know the paranets are holding its head either way the snake isn’t bad mind you its still a fail because there are illnessess(SP) you can get from licking a snake its owners should know that…Ok there my two cents are in.
That’s WAY too big to be a ball python, unless that’s a different snake on the right. Balls rarely get more than 5-6 feet, and more commonly only get to about 4.
It’s a common boa. It looks like it’s about 7′ long. Pretty mellow snakes, really.
That kid will be getting salmonella from that snake now. I’m not sure if I spelled salmonella correctly, though.
The parents need to die. Just die. Call DCFS on their asses.
OMG really?!?!?!?! First you let your baby play with a snake that could kill it in a matter of minutes, a nd then you let the kid, do something that might aggitate the snake…uggg..hasnt anyone heard about the little girl in Florida who was strangled by a boa that got out!?!?!
Actually I’m more worried about the snake. The baby could hurt it, especially if it has any teeth. It’s not just parenting fail, it’s snake owner fail.
and about the girl in florida it wasnt the snakes fault, the owner put a lid on the cage that doesn’t look and since the snakes body is a giant muscle it pushed the lid up and saw her as an easy target and killed her.
es, it is always important to get a lid that looks before it leaps.
*Picks up the Y that fell off of his last post and tosses it up to the beginning of the post.*
I had a ball python for a while, (not that size mind you) but if the snake was in the non hungry mood (80% of the time) it probably barely noticed that. Now hopefully that is a ‘clean’ snake & not one that was recently crawled on by any sewer rats that normally would be fed to it & the parents where near by to grab the snakes head if it DID get bothered.
Not that i was the best snake owner, but sometimes I would try to feed it & it wouldn’t be interested & the rats would nibble at the snake & he would just twitch away, so the kid is probably safe…. Still, I wouldn’t let a snake that size around a baby, just in case.
Don’t these parents know reptiles carry salmonella on their scales? Ew.
most animals that are bought from a breeder or reputable souce are quarantined and tested for diseases before anyone has contact with it.
But Salmonella is part of Reptiles’ and Amphibians’ digestive system. You can’t quarantine that away…
And that’s on the inside.. as long as you clean the cage regularly so they aren’t crawling around in their own shit, then its fine and the risk is minimal. I’m more worried to getting sick from my dog licking my face then giving my snake a little kiss.
Tastes like chicken
It’s a duplicate… It’s been on this site already once.
Sheesh, be original guys, find *new* pictures.
Aww, the little baby is taking Wierd Al’s words to heart….:
Just eat it.
Lol, mentally disturbed? Probably.
Salmonella. Yuck.
The parents really failed in protecting their kid!
Don’t they know how dangerous human babies are?!
Was this off “A Series Of Unfortunate Events” or was that a different baby with a different snake?
LOL!!!! I was So-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o going to make a Sunny Baudlaire comment! I’m currently re-reading Reptile Room. *claps hands* reference WIN!
Did anybody else think of Lemony Sniket’s “The Reptile Room” when they saw this?
*snork* I love that movie!
That’s what I thought of immediately!
Reference WIN!
You need to stay away from snakes. It may have poison!
you sir are a retard 9assuming that your not being funny) 1) snakes doo not have poison they have venom, the diffrence venom has to be injected to cause harm, you can drink it if you dont have open cuts that it can come in contact with while poison needs to be swallowed. 2) not all snakes have venom this one in particular is a constrictor and it kills pray by squeezing it with its body until it dies.
Soiree!!!
Food Chain Win!
Pentecostal win.
eh not a great fail, to many parenting fails already. it should be captioned “Lord Voldemort age 1″
HA!!
that’s the cutest thing i’ve ever seen.
I agree.
Almost looks like my friend’s baby.. They keep large snakes too. “Herpatologist in Training!” 
i showed my girlfriend this picture…she didnt get the message, she ended up buying me some socks wtf??!!
I dont know what to say… this pic isnt real, I mean the snake isnt real…
um yes it is… or did you miss all the comments?
Speaking as a herpatologist enthusiast.. The SNAKE is probably SOOO used to being handled, it doesn’t care who handles it.. And the parents are obviously right there.
Granted I probably would put the baby on the floor with the snake..
But obviously the python (I assume its a python.. could be a boa from the shading towards the tail, but it could be lighting) is used to stuff like this. Its probably a snake they use to teach kids about snakes so its used to it.
It’s a boa, not sure whether it’s a true boa or the mimic species, but it doesn’t matter. Fyre, I’ve responded to you below, please read it. You have some of the common misconceptions about large bodied snakes that many people have. Boas accustomed to feeding on dead prey will take live readily given the opportunity, all it takes is hunger and the right movement to trigger prey drive. Some snakes won’t take dead prey unless a handler causes the prey to move like the live animal would. I usually start ball pythons on live prey and slowly move them onto stunned which I make ‘run around’ the tanks with feeding tongs and then eventually get them on prekilled food. With boas I’ve never had a problem, the running joke among my friends is that I could feed my bigger female a stuffed animal if I dangled it above her head. There are many ways to help curb a feeding response in a snake, but you can only ever curb it, not make it go away until you want it. Never feed by hand, never feed in the snakes enclosure, use a rubbermaid tub, never feed live prey unless you know what you are doing, never leave live prey with a snake alone, never associate your hand with feeding. I wear leather gloves when I feed and I use a snake hook to encourage the snake into a feeding container. I use feeding tongs to offer the meal then wait until it is completely consumed. For smaller snakes I put them back with the hook, but for my big girls and my adult male I gently tip the box and use the hook to guide them back to their enclosures. This helps prevent my snakes from associating my hand with food, but I am still careful when I go into the tanks not to create a situation that would cause a bite of opportunity. I do reptile education with all my snakes and have to correct assumptions about them all the time. Just because I trust myself to not get bit does not mean my snakes don’t bite. I tell everyone, all animals can bite, it is knowing how to avoid a bite that is important.
looks delicious, lucky kid.
funny photo!!
lol @ this photo too
FIRST
How HORRID!
Teaching children to eat the wildlife, they will end up extinct… poor snake!
Sunny from “A Series of Unfortunate Events”.
Oh YUCK. That poor snake! That is indeed a parenting fail, there’s no telling what sort of disgusting germs the snake is getting all over it. Ewwwww.
Probably cleaner then your dog.
Holly SHiet
This is the next Crocodile Hunter.
That’s no way to feed a snake – that kid’s way too big – should’ve cut it up first.
naw snakes unhinge their jaws one that say could way larger prey like the person behind the camera if it was stressed.
now THATS what you call a Snake Bite XD
This is wrong on so many levels. . . .
Oh my god. I do not want to know what happens to that baby.
I believe boas bite back… and the baby is just the right size for a boa.
theres a big diffrence between beliefs and facts so saying that without knowing anything about snakes makes you a total retard.
They don’t always. I can put a hand and hold it over any of my snake’s heads and they don’t give a damn. They just move away.
lol kid win he bit the snake befpre it bit him
don’t constrictors squeese things to death?
Why, yes.
Yes they do. However most, even the BIG ones won’t eat things larger then a rabbit. And as long as you feed them dead things, they’ll never start to cooralate living moving things with meal time. And having 2+ people around after the animal is 6 foot, adding a person per two feet after that, you can handle the animal safely and no one would be hurt.
There are exceptions. I know a family that keeps the big snakes, Burmese and Reticulated pythons and can easily handle them one or two people. The parents are obviously right there, you see the leg of one in the back and one is holding the camera. The baby is safe.
that reminds me of hercules when he’s fighting the snakes… awesomsauce
Mmm… taste like chicken!
In Soviet Russia YOU BITE SNAKEZ
Actually this was in the newspaper where I live-I live in BC. That was in Kelowna(not where I live, I’m a few cities away), and the police wanna take the kid away, because the parents who took this picture DIDN’T think it was wrong to have a big snake in the kids MOUTH-in fact they thought it was cute.
Well, it is cute.
More people freaking out over the REAL FAIL when the man in Florida didn’t PADLOCK THE SNAKE CAGE and his python got out and killed his girlfriend’s two year old.
The common phrase around my friends is “Well.. we trust these snakes won’t do anything.. probably couldn’t do anything to you unless you were asleep.” <.< The two year old was asleep. Ergo.. problems arise when you don't SECURE your animals.
Now they see this picture of herpatologist parents who think this is cute (because it is) and they freak out and assume that its dangerous.
There's currently a bill going on in my state to BAN pythons and label them dangerous pets. They're not dangerous if you pay attention to them. You don't leave your baby alone on the floor with a dog… why would you with a snake? But its cute to take pictures of large dogs cuddling babies, but its wrong to take a picture of a baby playing with a snake.
baby biting snake=adorable!
snake biting baby=tragedy
as over population continues this balance will shift
It’s a fangbangin’ baby! They’re gettin’ younger and younger…
i don´t see how this is a parenting fail, and i do know parenting failure (i babysit for some horrid parents). clearly there is an adult behind the camera so if you have a boa it isn´t going to squeeze the life out of the kid without you noticing, and just because it´s big doesn´t make it poisonous. it´s just a big snake. what´s the big deal?
nom nom nom stanglele
This photo was obviously taken in Soviet Russia.
well snake, In Soviet Russia, BABY EATS YOU!
this just sucks get a life
Maybe baby is hungry?
That just kind of turned my stomach.
You eat my bunny? I eat you!
OK…I love snakes, I own three boa constrictors myself, they make awesome pets and it’s A$$HOLES like these that give reptile owners a bad reputation. This isn’t dangerous for the reasons most of you think, they child is obviously supervised…albeit poorly, but reptiles of any kind should not be handled by anyone with a compromised immune system, babies included! The risks of salmonella and e-coli are too high, NEVER EVER touch your mouth to a reptile, or touch a reptile and touch your mouth, these are the simplest rules of reptile ownership, besides which, a six foot snake is lethal to a full grown man, this snake looks in the range of 8-10 foot. NO NO NO!!! Shame on the parents, this is just as dangerous as letting your dog lick your child on the mouth or letting your child eat raw meat. Snakes make amazing pets but they should only be kept by those that respect them and understand the dangers they can pose.
MMMMM me like snake! Specially wen it fwesh!
baby HUNGRY…baby EAT snake…
poor boa…damn baby’s and their detachable jaws, let’s them eat WAY too much sometimes, it’ll take forever for it to digest that snake
Amanda is correct… this is ridiculously dangerous. Children can be introduced to snakes, but not this young. The rule of thumb is a 6 foot snake can be handled safely by a GROWN, trained adult. For every 3 feet added to this another handler is required. This boa constrictor could EASILY swallow that child whole. Also, the child could be seriously hurt if the snake even struck at him. The time and effort required on the snakes part to wrap and strangle a child that young is minimal, and while humans are not USUALLY viewed as prey this is not always the case, even with the most docile of captive snakes. Ask any serious snake keeper… adults get mistaken for prey and bit all the time….
Pet owner FAIL.
This is not a boa, this is a python. A much more aggressive and easily aggitated constrictor. More precisley it is a Burmese Python, the second largest of the python genus only to the Reticulated Python. These animals are known to eat large game such as boar and deer, and Reticulated’s have eaten children as large as teenagers. A baby would be easy pickings. Those of you saying they don’t bite, are incorrect. They do bite, which hurts like hell, and leaves a nasty wound. Baby snake -n- bake is playing with fire here. One false move and that kid will be crushed in a matter of seconds.
Sorry, but you are wrong, this is a boa constrictor. And though the picture isn’t the best, I’m guessing it’s the common species, ‘Columbian Boa Constrictor’ and not a true Red Tail Boa. But it is a boa, not a burmese python which have a pattern more similar to a corn snake. The dark brown hourglass saddles on a tan background along the body which lead to dark brownish red diamonds over the tail means boa; python species which come from the African and Asian continents have nothing remotely similar to this pattern. It is unique to the Americas, namely Central and South with some subspecies offshoots on Carribean islands such as the Hogg Island variety.
Thank you to boa-constrictors.com for their photo of this Boa Constrictor.
http://www.boa-constrictors.com/Bilder/BigBoa.jpg
And thank you to bsmith4815 for his image of a Burmese Python.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bsmith4815/147667263/
taste like chicken
yup corrected…. well then I don’t feel so sorry for kid, boas are easy going. NOM NOM away kid! Excelent specimen, very rare to see such a large boa not in a zoo. Most people have them dead before they get a few feet. I kept a burm till it got about 12 feet and donated it. To much snake…..and it ate my sister in law’s kittens…..oops. Although it was much easier to deal with than the Nile Monitor I had…..what a nasty little bastard that thing was.
I actually own three of these snakes, two females; a het anery that is 11.5 ft and a super hypo that is now 9 ft, I also have a male pastel that’s about 6.5 ft. I have kept other types of snakes in the past and have settled on boas as my all time favorite, I also currently have a ball python. I use all of them for reptile education and all are calm about being handled but I would still never let a child sit next to one and put their mouth on it. I keep hand sanitizer with me at all times when I am showing these snakes to the public and before and after touching the snakes I ask everyone to use it. There is always a risk of salmonella and e-coli when you come in contact with reptiles and those with compromised immune systems need to be extra careful. The reason I ask them to use the hand sanitizer before they touch my snakes is to remove any smells from other animals. My largest female actually tried to constrict a t-shirt once that I had been wearing while handleling a guinea pig, she actually tried to kill it and eat it simply because it smelled of rodent. This is why I never tell anyone that a snake ‘won’t bite’. Because they can, though I trust boas more than I do ball pythons, who can have real aggressive personalities I am still careful to never offer my snakes the opportunity to bite.
Ha ha….tee shirt eater. I bet that was easy prey. I’ve always kept reptiles too. Just not to many snakes. When they get big they get kinda boring. They don’t like to expend to much energy, so they just sit…..and sit…..and sit. My prize darling is my dear Common Green Iguanna named Snapper Head. I’ve had her for 15 years now, and she’s getting a bit long in the tooth. She’s about 7 feet nose to tail about 3.5 feet in the body. Fat as a house cat, uses a litterbox, and walks next to me without a leash outdoors. She’s a good girl. She lays eggs periodically and I think she wants me to fertalize them. I’ve told her that interspecies mixing is not appropriate, but I don’t think she cares. She’s an early riser and likes to take a shower first thing. She has this weird thing about squirels though, she puffs up at them like she’s threatened, but not dogs or cats….only squirels. Even if she sees them through the window…… I dunno, I had her since she was 3 inches long, I don’t remember any squirel incidents. But you know….small brains in lizards. My other buddy is a bearded dragon named Sir Epstein Beureguard Esquire PhD LLC. I just all him Sir Epstein for short. What can you say……He’s a bearded, tame as a kitten. Flat as a pancake, and nosey as a teenage girl. Gotta stick his face in everyones buisness. He stares you down hard when your on the toilet. I dunno what he wants…but whatever, we bob our heads at each other and make a game out of it…..oh wait, I got a small brain too!
She didn’t manage to actually eat it, but I did have to fight her for it. Thankfully she was only a couple years old at the time and was only about 4.5 ft. She is still, without a doubt, my eager feeder and I’ll give her anything the other snakes won’t take. As to your iguana, congrats for raising it to size and kudos to you for keeping it once it attained a 7ft length, I can’t tell you how many people I have to tell no to about iguana ownership, for a first reptile they are often a disaster. I meet maybe one in 50 who are actually ready to provide the cage, lighting, feeding and handling requirements. But as for the displaying at squirrels, it’s probably to do with natural competition, dogs and cats don’t generally climb trees as much as squirrels. I’ve seen them behave similarly in response to birds. Beardies are excellent starter reptiles and I set up a friend with two for her classroom, the kids love the beardies and the beardies thrive on the interaction with the kids, they get really bored over the summer and I have to admit I enjoy their company even though I don’t keep these lovely little ‘garbage disposals’ as I fondly refer to them.
you know what i think is an epic fail, people having no understanding of snakes. You see a big dog sitting next to a baby and think nothing, why? A dog could do just as much damage if not more, you see them tongue hanging out and big white pearly teeth but never see anyone saying “omg that pour kid, that dogs going to bite it”. I have owned and bred snakes my entire life. I also own an adult female boa who is 8 feet long, and yes i also have an infant. They took the picture did they not… they were obviously within arms length of their baby. I see it no differently than taking a picture of your baby with it’s dog. Just like ANY animal, some can be dangerous and not safe around children, but i think that person has a very domesticated snake and i’m sure their child is still alive and breathing. Just like your kids are still alive and breathing as they play with rufus on the carpet behind you.
oh but i should add that i don’t agree with the baby sucking on the snake, that is not good.
omg this is just OMG!!!!!
中古コピー機専門店アットコピーは、「あっと」驚く価格。「あっと」いう間に全国配送致します！
There really is no problem letting the snake and baby so close together. I would guarantee this snake is as docile and gentle as all of my own large snakes. The problem lies in the child being allowed to lick/mouth the snake. Salmonela is the ONLY risk I see in this photo.
No, I have no kids, but I do have science and snakes on my side.
This is trully disturbing and dangerous!! What is wrong with parents today?!?! This could actually kill a child!!! Just having the baby in the same house as a restricter snake is dangerous, but letting it have physical contact is down right neglegant! No matter how “docile” a large snake seems it is still a wild animal! I’m a vet and if these were my patients I would report them for endangering their child and animal. Because if the animal were to do what it’s natural instinct tells it to do…and restrict, then not only could the baby die, but the animal would most likely be put down as a danger.
I really don’t feel it is appropriate for a vet to be passing on misinformation on any animal due to their own prejudices. Shame on you, it’s like saying pitt bulls are all evil, baby eating dogs. And by the way, boas are CONstrictors…not ‘retricters’. Though I discourage physical contact by babies or the elderly or those with a known suppressed immune system, my snakes are not dangerous and I do trust the parents not to put their baby down next to a snake without knowing its personality, they simple fact is that the baby should not be allowed to mouth the snake. This boa is no more than 10 ft long and therefore one person behind the camera and a second adult hanging around out of sight means that this animal is under control. Besides, most boas found in the pet trade are not wild caught, if it were there would be no one with it in the photo, I assure you, but are captive bred and born and though they have not reached the same level of domestication as our dogs and cats, they are usually very tame.
omg his the true snake eater
I’d like to think of this as a win,
What better training for life than eating a snake live.
I nom on my snake all the time, he doesn’t care, and a baby isn’t going to hurt a reticulated python. I would trust my snake with a child and there was someone there to take the picture.
Getting children used to animals that sdome people dislike is sensible, it stops irrational fears from taking hold.
Oh Nom Nom Nom
“Snake”, I’ts whats for dinner
i believe this is a win, the baby has clearly slain the snake and is feasting upon its raw flesh.
I am horrified!!! WTF were those parents thinking?!?! I mean don’t they have a Baby Gap in their town? How in the hell do you find tie die for an infant?!? I’m disgusted.
^ Indeed true, I mean….. its like there’s a friendly squeeze and there’s a FRIENDLY squeeze
epic fail
good kid
thats not a boa or a python
it’s a dragon
!!!epic fail
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this fails full stop. how can you say there is nothing wrong with it? would you just let your child bite some mahusive snake?