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By: Drakk

Drakk — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:13:22 +0000

that’s what i was gonna say!…hmm…but maybe more like fish…

By: Emo.Kid

Emo.Kid — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:58:18 +0000

next 3 cuz youu kno no one saw something like this come :$

By: Lolinkid

Lolinkid — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:42:45 +0000

They will if they get pissed.

By: HEHEHE

HEHEHE — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:29:26 +0000

-wonders why no one has said anything nasty here-

By: THIS FAILS

THIS FAILS — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:04:24 +0000

this fails full stop. how can you say there is nothing wrong with it? would you just let your child bite some mahusive snake?

By: gena

gena — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:22:32 +0000

!!!epic fail D

By: ballinnnn

ballinnnn — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:47:04 +0000

thats not a boa or a python
it’s a dragon

By: djo0zla

djo0zla — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:15:34 +0000

epic fail
good kid

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:36:59 +0000

No, that’s not a Ball! Balls only get about 6 feet max! I’m pretty sure that’s a Red Tail Boa!

By: CrimsonXero

CrimsonXero — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:26:42 +0000

^ Indeed true, I mean….. its like there’s a friendly squeeze and there’s a FRIENDLY squeeze

By: JamaMama

JamaMama — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:23:15 +0000

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.

By: RIGGENZ

RIGGENZ — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:08:43 +0000

i believe this is a win, the baby has clearly slain the snake and is feasting upon its raw flesh.

By: Gene

Gene — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:43:54 +0000

“Snake”, I’ts whats for dinner

By: DamianAzrael

DamianAzrael — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:21:49 +0000

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.

By: Haley

Haley — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:33:30 +0000

Oh Nom Nom Nom

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:00:13 +0000

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.

By: Fat Fingers

Fat Fingers — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:57:01 +0000

I’d like to think of this as a win,
What better training for life than eating a snake live.

By: IN00b

IN00b — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:45:20 +0000

omg his the true snake eater

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:37:08 +0000

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.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:24:19 +0000

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.

By: MirrorMask

MirrorMask — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:48:28 +0000

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.

By: bloodcabbage

bloodcabbage — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:18:30 +0000

heheheheh I see what you did there

quite so.

By: Lady Pavarti

Lady Pavarti — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:45:26 +0000

also Salmonella And meningococcal Meningitis Are Major Concerns When Handling Any Reptiles

By: Lady Pavarti

Lady Pavarti — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:38:56 +0000

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

By: Crystal99

Crystal99 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:57:27 +0000

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.

By: Kyaru

Kyaru — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:04:07 +0000

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.

By: Family Jewels

Family Jewels — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:28:19 +0000

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.

By: 大阪　中古コピー機　＠コピー

大阪　中古コピー機　＠コピー — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:21:26 +0000

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By: me my self and i

me my self and i — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:13:51 +0000

omg this is just OMG!!!!!

By: me

me — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:05:34 +0000

oh but i should add that i don’t agree with the baby sucking on the snake, that is not good.

By: me

me — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:02:37 +0000

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.

By: Dr.Oppotimus

Dr.Oppotimus — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:57:34 +0000

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!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:34:12 +0000

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.

By: Dr.Oppotimus

Dr.Oppotimus — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:06:23 +0000

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.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:15:57 +0000

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/

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:08:02 +0000

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.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:37:02 +0000

taste like chicken

By: Dr.Oppotimus

Dr.Oppotimus — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:16:36 +0000

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.

By: Dr.Oppotimus

Dr.Oppotimus — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:06:32 +0000

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!

By: cici

cici — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:31:16 +0000

ditto!

By: suck mai bulz

suck mai bulz — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:02:42 +0000

glitch!

*likes its intestine*

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bird flu victims moms dad wurld domination — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:59:52 +0000

horrible!

*eats peoples heads for breakfast*

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pre order how to tak ovr teh wurld *kid edition* — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:57:29 +0000

sucker!

*gives kid a coffin*

By: MaStErSeArS22

MaStErSeArS22 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:53:56 +0000

NOM NOM NOM

By: Staffan V

Staffan V — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:21:48 +0000

Pet owner FAIL.

By: Gwinthein

Gwinthein — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:59:24 +0000

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….

By: Bobaganoosh

Bobaganoosh — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:30:25 +0000

well snake, In Soviet Russia, BABY EATS YOU!

By: Bobaganoosh

Bobaganoosh — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:28:02 +0000

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

By: 3rd senate galactic empire of your mothers hoola hoop

3rd senate galactic empire of your mothers hoola hoop — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:46:44 +0000

yeah i was gonna say, theres a difference between eat and kill, lol
but this is probably baby naked snake in training, “snake eater”

By: Curt James

Curt James — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:55:23 +0000

I’m not worried for the baby! I’m worried for the Red-tail Boa! lol

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