Re: Main Blog ~ Thur. July 2nd #1

[AZ-Jumper]

Escaped python strangles US toddler


2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A two-year-old girl in Florida was strangled to death by a 3.6-meter-long (8.5-foot-long) python that had escaped from its cage, police said Thursday.
Sumter County Sheriff's Lieutenant Bobby Caruthers told AFP that the albino Burmese python escaped from an aquarium owned by the toddler's mother's boyfriend.
The cage also houses a two-meter-long (6.5-feet-long) boa constrictor, Caruthers said.
The police official said the snake owner discovered the python was missing when he woke up.
"He went straight to the infant's room, a two-year-old girl, and in the crib was this python wrapped around this poor little girl," Caruthers said.
"He took a knife and stabbed and stabbed and was able to take the girl away," the officer said, adding that the snake was still alive when police arrived on the scene, despite the injuries inflicted by the stabbing.
There were snake bite marks on the girl's head and arms, Caruthers said.
"To a reptile, that was food," he said of the infant.
Burmese pythons usually eat their prey alive.
A spokesman for the sheriff's office said the snake enclosure was not properly covered and that the owner did not have the permit required to keep snakes at home.
The investigation could yield a negligence charge, he added.
Around a dozen people in the United States, including five children, have been killed by pet pythons since 1980, according to animal protection organization The Humane Society.

[Carolina]

hello everyone

Hi Mama :@:

[LIElemteach]

Escaped python strangles US toddler


2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A two-year-old girl in Florida was strangled to death by a 3.6-meter-long (8.5-foot-long) python that had escaped from its cage, police said Thursday.
Sumter County Sheriff's Lieutenant Bobby Caruthers told AFP that the albino Burmese python escaped from an aquarium owned by the toddler's mother's boyfriend.
The cage also houses a two-meter-long (6.5-feet-long) boa constrictor, Caruthers said.
The police official said the snake owner discovered the python was missing when he woke up.
"He went straight to the infant's room, a two-year-old girl, and in the crib was this python wrapped around this poor little girl," Caruthers said.
"He took a knife and stabbed and stabbed and was able to take the girl away," the officer said, adding that the snake was still alive when police arrived on the scene, despite the injuries inflicted by the stabbing.
There were snake bite marks on the girl's head and arms, Caruthers said.
"To a reptile, that was food," he said of the infant.
Burmese pythons usually eat their prey alive.
A spokesman for the sheriff's office said the snake enclosure was not properly covered and that the owner did not have the permit required to keep snakes at home.
The investigation could yield a negligence charge, he added.
Around a dozen people in the United States, including five children, have been killed by pet pythons since 1980, according to animal protection organization The Humane Society.

This is so sad. What is wrong with some parents?

[mamabear]

hello everyone

Hi Mama :@:

hello!!!

[mamabear]

BTW... just to let everyone know... Caylee may not have been in that car all that long as my hubby left some chicken livers in the hot car for a night and a day to get rotten for catfish fishing and WHEW!!!!! WHAT A STINK after ONLY ONE DAY IN COLORADO HEAT... not FLORIDA heat.... just a little food for thought there

[AZ-Jumper]

Anyone know what Nancy Grace is reporting on tonight?? Is it MJ again??

[Susmihara]

Good evening lovelies! My parents, nieces and nephews truly surprised me by coming to San Antonio this evening :!: :!: :!: (this is a rare thing) so I'll probably go to dinner with them tonight and the Zoo tomorrow; may not be able to be on that much :hug: Will miss you all but this is truly a good and wonderful surprise to have my family in town....hasn't happened since 2006, I think :shock:

[RedHead]

Good evening lovelies! My parents, nieces and nephews truly surprised me by coming to San Antonio this evening :!: :!: :!: (this is a rare thing) so I'll probably go to dinner with them tonight and the Zoo tomorrow; may not be able to be on that much :hug: Will miss you all but this is truly a good and wonderful surprise to have my family in town....hasn't happened since 2006, I think :shock:

Awww Sus, that's great...Have a wonderful time and enjoy the holiday weekend. :hug: :loving:

[RedHead]

This place is a ghost town tonight!

[Annabeth]

Hi Everyone........how are all my sweets tonight........so sick of the MJ coverage will it ever end....and do we really need to see his "exclusive" casket... :shock: :shock:

[RedHead]

Hi Everyone........how are all my sweets tonight........so sick of the MJ coverage will it ever end....and do we really need to see his "exclusive" casket... :shock: :shock:

Hi Judy :hug: :loving:How are you tonight? LKL has Germaine Jackson...It's actually quite sad...His first notice that MJ was even in the hospital was from CNN and then he called his mom.

[TomTerrific0420]

Faster than a speeding fishing boat
More powerful than the stench of rotting pizza and roadkill
Able to leap tall lies in a single bound
LOOK! Over on the J4C Blog...It's a squirrel! It's a monkey! It's Tom Terrific!!!

Yes, it's Tom Terrific - strange visitor from another state who
came to Orlawndough with powers and abilities far beyond those of
mortal men. Tom Terrific - who can change the course of mighty
scammers, bend lies with his bare
hands, and who, disguised as Buffalo Tom, mild mannered advisor for a great
metropolitan company, fights the never ending battle for Truth, Justice
and the American Way.

[RedHead]

Faster than a speeding fishing boat
More powerful than the stench of rotting pizza and roadkill
Able to leap tall lies in a single bound
LOOK! Over on the J4C Blog...It's a squirrel! It's a monkey! It's Tom Terrific!!!

Yes, it's Tom Terrific - strange visitor from another state who
came to Orlawndough with powers and abilities far beyond those of
mortal men. Tom Terrific - who can change the course of mighty
scammers, bend lies with his bare
hands, and who, disguised as Buffalo Tom, mild mannered advisor for a great
metropolitan company, fights the never ending battle for Truth, Justice
and the American Way.

Hello Tom, It's been a verrrrrrry quiet night. I've only seen you and Annabeth in the past 2 hours. :(

[TomTerrific0420]

Hello Tom, It's been a verrrrrrry quiet night. I've only seen you and Annabeth in the past 2 hours. :(

---It's the holiday I am sure...Hello Red!

[RedHead]

Hello Tom, It's been a verrrrrrry quiet night. I've only seen you and Annabeth in the past 2 hours. :(

---It's the holiday I am sure...Hello Red!

Wow, I sure hope so!