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That's got to be the most disgusting BBC story I've ever seen.  Bear in mind I'm a huge Ophidophobe.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4313978.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4313978.stm)

Quickly, someone come up with a script for a movie, lets call it Snakes vs Alligators on a Plane.

Shoe sale!

Shit happens.

I thought this sounded familiar, then I noticed the date of the BBC posting.  Hey, I still have some memory!

Still gross tho, yes.

Obviously none of the royals were making news in the UK.

Florida joke: Snake says "Hold my beer and watch this..."

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE ??? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6191305.stm)

Definitely a Darwin Award candidate.

Christ, anyone who keeps a dangerous predator in the house is a candidate.

That's why we keep Elena in a cage.

My GF kept a burmese python as a pet for years, before I met her. She was fully aware that it needed to be fed or she was next on the menu. Once they're fed, they're pretty harmless. They aren't very smart animals, and only seem to really respond to sources of warmth and sustenance, including humans.

I never understood it, myself. Its like keeping a time-bomb as a pet. You have to remember to hit the 'reset' switch every week or you're toast.

Perma-death:  It makes the game exciting and worth playing!

My rule of thumb is anything that would kill/eat you if you were somehow shrunk down to being 1" tall is not a pet, it's an enemy that you should kill at the first opportunity. That pretty much makes dogs and a small minority of emotionally stable cats the only valid companion species.

pretty sure that if you were 1 inch tall, damn near any dog in the world would kill you / eat you just as fast as a snake or other more vicious critter.

Kind of hard to establish yourself as the dominant member of the pack when the animal's tongue is bigger then you are.

Oh, not random dogs, your own dog that you'd already know. You may not stay boss, but they wouldn't kill you on purpose. If a dog you already own would kill you on purpose if you were that small, you should get rid of it.

Basically you are saying that you would have to get the dog while you are full-size and establish your dominance then.  After you are shrunk down, your assertion is that the dog would not subsequently devour you?  I think this might work if you manage to remain full-size for several years so that the instinct to challenge up the ranks is quelled, or get a female dog.

Would you shrink to one inch instantly, or over a period of time?  If it is gradual shrinkage, what is the timeframe?  Do you live alone, or are there other people in the house?

Seriously, what the fuck are you two arguing about ?

THIS GUY DIED WITH HIS PET WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK.

There's no need to bring The Incredible Voyage shit into it.

Imagine if we lived in the land of the snake people! What then!?

You're just trying to freak me the fuck out.

How about spider people then?

There goes the wife.

 :-)

Fantastic Voyage and damn Raquel Welch looked good in that...

She looks good in anything, even today. 

RAWR

/Edit:  You made me go look.

(http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/warner_brothers/get_carter/raquel_welch/getcarterpre2.jpg)

One of the better looking 66 year olds out there, I'm sure.

So, regarding the first link - when invasive species are introduced into a habitat the results are rarely pretty, or this amusing. ;)
Regarding the second link - Forget boas and tarantulas, what's the deal with pitbulls?

She's only 52 but Nancy Wilson is so sizzling sexy it's scary. Just saw her in some concert thingy and she may be the sexiest guitarist alive.