Now I'll probably get all snake owners angry at me but here's a report of a large boa-constricter turning on it's "owner." From the Boston Herald:
Police rescued a Boston woman from the jaws of her 7-foot Burmese python after the snake clamped onto her arm and started squeezing.Wanda Nunes, 43, told the Boston Herald that her python Moma went for her arm shortly before she planned to feed the snake two rats Saturday morning.
"She must have smelled the rats because she reached back and lunged for my arm," Nunes said. "Before I knew it, she was all wrapped around me. ... Every time I tried to pry her off or move, she just got tighter around my leg."
Her 13-year-old son called police after trying, and failing, to pull the snake off his mother.
Two police officers were able to pry Moma off Nunes and put her back in her cage.
When you have a pet that is capable of killing you, you should be more careful. Even one that is well trained can still be dangerous like Roy and his tiger, and those were professionals.
Posted by: Green Baron at April 6, 2004 09:51 PMYou didn't make me angry, Jeff. The only part that makes me angry is people not finding out the proper way to care for a pet. A 7 foot burm isn't even half grown, and they're notorious for being testy, anyway. Unless she was a very small woman, there shouldn't be any reason why she couldn't get the snake off. All you have to do is start from the tail. Additionally, it's generally a recommended practice to not smell like food when you put your arm in the cage. The way it's done is to use a pair of tongs to put dinner in a snake's cage, for a couple reasons. One, it keeps your hands away from the rat when you're putting it in front of the snake. Two, it keeps the snake from associating your hand with food. It's just simply a good idea to know what you're getting into prior to buying the animal in question, and in this case, I'd bet they don't even know how big it will eventually get.
Posted by: Chad at April 13, 2004 11:18 PM