Large Python escapes and kills a 2yr old girl in Sumter County FL

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-python-strangles-child-death-sumter-070109,0,7732901.story?track=rss

Lt. Bobby Caruthers of Sumter County Sheriff's Office said the python was a family pet that apparently broke free from inside a glass aquarium in the home's living room. The snake then made its way into the girl's bedroom and apparently strangled her in the middle of the night, according to authorities. The girl was identified as Shaiunna Hare. The home is off County Road 466, tucked in the middle of pastureland.


Darnell, 32, found the snake - about 8.5 feet long - on top of the 2-year-old this morning after he noticed the snake was missing from the aquarium. He then started stabbing the reptile. Family members called 911 at 9:43 a.m. The child was dead when emergency crews arrived at 10 a.m. She had a bite mark on her head, authorities said.

As a owner of an 11ft albino burm it deeply saddens me to see these kinds of incidents. Just like when you see a pitbull kill a child, it's the owners negligence that results in these horror stories. You can't keep a snake that size in a tied up bag and expect it to to sit overnight without using every bit of it's energy to flex it's way out. Cloth stiching will not hold up against 40-60lbs of pure muscle that can kill an animal twice its size. I have no idea what kind of cage this guy is used to housing this thing in but unless it has bolts on it, the snake can and will get out. My burm cage he came with had small key locks on the doors and eventually those failed and it took a few sliding bolts on the doors to keep him in.

Moral of the story is you have to be respectful and responsible when keeping these constrictors. As long as you follow a few simply guidelines to the housing, caring, and feeding of these creatures and creatures alike they can be kept without incident. Anytime you hear of something like this in the news it's the owners negligence that is the cause. My thoughts and prayers go to that family

photos on tbo.com

http://www2.tbo.com/photoalbum/2009/jul/01/two-year-old-killed-by-pet-python/

Other reports on tbo.com indicate the snake to be as large as 12ft. My burm is just shy of 11ft and is definitly bigger. That snake looks alot closer to 8.5ft than 12ft. Claiming it to be 12ft probably helps the newspaper sell better //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif
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[WOT]

imagine that? thats crazy

 

[here to buy 10+ year member]

you really like snakes dont you?

i think snakes r little cuties

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Wonder if they will make a belt from the snake.

 

[MmatsDude 10+ year member]

poor girl, she must of suffer a lot since the python was sufficating her to death.. wow thats horrible man...

 

[clouduz 10+ year member]

yea I hate reading stuff like this. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif NO kid should lose their life especially minding their own business because someone else was too careless to make sure their animal was FULLY secure. Or anyone else for that matter.

 

[zthumper 10+ year member]

 

[gearhound17 10+ year member]

I cant imagine the feeling of walking into that room and seeing what the parent saw......horrifying.

I bet the snake owner thought "nah, he'll never get out."

Gottsta respect the wild animals.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

orly..... so i can get away with murderz by having an 9ft python in teh house as a pet eh.... onders:

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

I heard there is going to be a lot of this stuff happening a lot more in Florida, because the snakes are starting to get big down there... All the Burmese pythons, Anacondas, Reticulated pythons, etc, etc, are starting to get like 15+ feet long.

 

[ughhibye 10+ year member]

I heard there is going to be a lot of this stuff happening a lot more in Florida, because the snakes are starting to get big down there... All the Burmese pythons, Anacondas, Reticulated pythons, etc, etc, are starting to get like 15+ feet long.

not starting to they always have been getting 12+ feet. none of those snakes are native to the united states anyway.

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

I know, but I've heard since they have been importing them there are going to be some monsters showing up down there. They have no natural predators in Florida, and plenty of food. I could see 20'+ snakes ending up being found out there... To reach those lengths would take decades.

 

[G.W.Kush]

orly..... so i can get away with murderz by having an 9ft python in teh house as a pet eh.... onders:

win?

 

[G.W.Kush]

this is a sad story