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Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes
In a residence purportedly housing 140 other snakes, an Indiana woman was found dead Wednesday evening with an 8-foot-long python hanging around her neck.
According to a report from the Journal & Courier, police are currently investigating the death of Laura Hurst, 36, in Oxford, Indiana, though they have a hunch. “She appears to have been strangled by the snake,” Indiana State Police Sgt. Kim Riley told the Journal & Courier, but that fact remains unconfirmed until results come back from an autopsy scheduled for Friday.
The reticulated python wrapped around Hurst’s neck was apparently one of 20 snakes she kept in the house and visited regularly. It purportedly belongs to Benton County Sheriff Don Munson (Oxford is part of Benton County), a next-door neighbor who was also the first to come across the body. He’d retrofitted the residence into a sort of makeshift snake sanctuary filled with 140 snakes per the J&C report, though exactly how many belong to him remains unclear. According to the report, Munson called Hurst’s death a “tragic accident with loss of human life.”
While captive pythons tend to be less aggressive than their wild counterparts, attacks are still far from uncommon. One study found that at least 16 people in the U.S. have been killed by them between 1978 and 2009. Their sheer size alone can prove challenging for many owners. Reticulated pythons can weigh up to 350 pounds and grow upwards of 20 feet long.
And I just wanted to share this fact because I found it deeply disturbing: Though they usually strangle their prey, there’s been a few rarecases of wild pythons swallowing grown men and women whole. Holy crap.
[H/T Journal & Courier]
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @08:13PM (9 children)
licensing
background checks
home inspections
etc
for the children!
(Score: 3, Funny) by Bot on Saturday November 02 2019, @09:07PM
this doesnt sound right, guns don't kill people while pythons do. We shoud scampaign against strong hugs instead.
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(Score: 1) by Sulla on Saturday November 02 2019, @10:50PM
As long as the laws are limited to only common sense, I'm on board.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Saturday November 02 2019, @10:57PM (6 children)
Many states already require licensing for exotic reptiles.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @11:20PM (1 child)
California, or is Adam Schiff unlicensed?
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Sunday November 03 2019, @12:36AM
Typically you would only require a license on things that can present an actual threat
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday November 02 2019, @11:22PM (1 child)
legalizing light snakes huh? vipers, the occasional rattlesnake... you know, in Australia they chew on snakes' tails to make up for the lack of oxygen...
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @04:31AM
However, further permitting is required for concealed carry, and permits are only valid in a single Australian territory.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 03 2019, @07:16PM (1 child)
and what kind of fucking slave asks permission from the state to have a pet?
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday November 06 2019, @10:38PM
Florida, for instance, spends millions each year to mitigate the damage caused by various escaped pets becoming established in the wild, so if you are intent on owning such a creature you should probably be amenable to licensing it.