The NYdaily link contains some really moronic comments.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/python-florida-caaptured-killed-swallowed-entire-deer-everglades-article-1.968897?localLinksEnabled=false

A close up photo for a better perspective.

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/28/8527469-huge-python-found-in-florida-had-eaten-a-deer

Some python owners are just idiots. We had a couple here that left the snake's cage open and it ate their baby. As for the Everglades, the pythons have gotten so bad hunters have a shoot on site order.

Quote from: CubaLibre on October 30, 2011, 03:31:16 PM
Some python owners are just idiots. We had a couple here that left the snake's cage open and it ate their baby.

Let me take a wild guess......the incident wound up being termed an 'unfortunate accident'?

It was about ten years ago that I heard there was a moron at a flea market near Dayton, Ohio selling live Gaboon Vipers, of all things. Gaboons are a very, very dangerous member of the viper family with fangs up to 2" in length.

Quote from: MAC Man on October 30, 2011, 06:58:21 PM
Let me take a wild guess......the incident wound up being termed an 'unfortunate accident'?

It was about ten years ago that I heard there was a moron at a flea market near Dayton, Ohio selling live Gaboon Vipers, of all things. Gaboons are a very, very dangerous member of the viper family with fangs up to 2" in length.

There was talk of pressing charges for neglect. I haven't heard anything about it recently, though. Some of the people who keep these things as pets shouldn't be trusted with a gerbil, let alone a burmese python.

Quote from: CubaLibre on October 31, 2011, 05:37:27 AM
There was talk of pressing charges for neglect. I haven't heard anything about it recently, though. Some of the people who keep these things as pets shouldn't be trusted with a gerbil, let alone a burmese python.

Or,  most importantly..........trusted with a baby.