Feb 032009

I don’t like snakes. Any snakes. I know some snakes are good snakes. But, I don’t like them either. If I see a black snake, my heart stops for a few seconds. Snakes freak me out.

Sunday night, a couple of pythons were on the loose in San Luis Obispo, California. From Yahoo/AP…

It’s pretty difficult for a 23-foot, 130-pound python to hide.

The orange reticulated python, the world’s longest snake species, and a second python, measuring 13 feet, escaped from a terrarium in their owner’s home in San Luis Obispo on Sunday night.

Escaped, now I don’t like the sound of that; not one bit.

Just to put that in perspective, here is a reticulated python.
reticulated-python
eeeeeeennnngghhhh!…gives me the willies

Police warned residents that the snakes were large enough to make meals of young children or pets.

See what I mean. What the hell are you doing with 23 foot snakes, that can eat small childrens that also….have the ability to HATCH AN ESCAPE PLAN!!???

The 23-footer was found basking in the sun in a backyard several blocks away.

The smaller python was spotted under the owner’s porch. No injuries were reported.

Well, no injuries that’s good. See, I’m pretty sure that if I’m walking along, minding my own and, I see a 23 foot reticulated python basking….I’m dropping dead from a heart attack right there,on the spot. Even if you don’t have any of this making meals of small childrens and pets going on, all it takes is someone to run up on this thing to have a victim there deader than a mackerel.

Police said the snakes’ owner will not be cited.

“There is no leash law for snakes,” said police Sgt. Kurt Hixenbaugh.

No leash laws my ass. The snake owner needs to be locked away; no, deported; send him to Borneo or something. And, this police Sgt. needs to come to his senses and get back to the business of protecting the public from evil snakes.