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Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

python found in toilet

[Angst]

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

[Eek!]

Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :

You don't have to worry, that was in australia, here the snakes go down the other way.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

[Cry]

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Xann.:
You don't have to worry, that was in australia, here the snakes go down the other way.

They come up!

Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :

quote:
"When I saw it I was pretty shocked," he said. "There is no possible other way it could have got there than through the toilet. I had to give him a wash because he was wet and a bit smelly."

How Aussie. [ROFL]

Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :

Hey, free pet!

Posted by cassv746 (Member # 11173) on :

I REALLY REALLY don't like snakes, however I found that one kind of cute. [Dont Know]

Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :

I think the green snake pictured is not the one found in the toilet.

Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :

quote:
the python... had been traveling through the building's sewer pipes.

Is anyone else vaguely reminded of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by this quote? [ROFL]

Posted by cassv746 (Member # 11173) on :

Oh probably not, I didn't think about it not being the snake in the toilet. I'd still be really freaked out if it came out of the toilet and I saw it. Ew.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

I rescued a snake from a toilet once.... even got written up in the local paper for it (of course, it was in the toilet of the office of the local newspaper..)

Took it out in the country and let it go.

Of course, it wasn't a python. Just a lowly rat snake.

Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :

[Angst]

Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :

Not to freak anyone out, but I swear I hear about another python in a toilet incident every few months. [Dont Know]

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

*freaks out*

Going to pretend I didn't read that. [Monkeys]

Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :

I never get the cool surprises.

Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :

I did a little bit of googling:

Brooklyn toilet python

New Jersey toilet boa

Water moccasin in toilet bites Florida woman

Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :

Okay, that third one is scary. Though they think the snake snuck in through the dog door. I'm never putting in a dog door.

The pythons and boas are sorta cute, not with the scary cause they're not aggressive and mostly harmless.

A water moccasin on the other hand... [Angst]

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

I can't find the article on teh intarwebz, but when I lived in Malaysia, I read in the paper about a man living out in the boonies who was using a toilet, and this came up the pipe and nearly bit his 11th digit off.

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Apparently Norway also has problems with carnivorous lizards lurking in loos.

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

Snakes... why did it have to be snakes?

Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :

quote:
Originally posted by aspectre:
Apparently Norway also has problems with carnivorous lizards lurking in loos.

Yah know, after reading this and the other links posted, I'm feeling very afraid for my "ham".

[Angst]

This is the stuff nightmares are made of!

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

quote:
Originally posted by twinky:
Snakes... why did it have to be snakes?

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

woman in Maine finds 8 foot python in her washing machine.

[Cry]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Neat-o! I had no idea they could do that. If that happened to me, I'd have some great story to tell the grandkids. I mean, if I ever get any.

Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :

I was just about to post this. It's not a toilet this time, but like I said above, these things seem to happen frequently enough that it barely seems like news anymore.

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

Awww... the little baby snakey...