Real live snakes on an actual plane - Missing snakes on plane ground Qantas flight
Apparently twelve baby pythons were packed and shipped on the flight, but only eight were still in the container when they landed.
So gross.
But I think this quote from the article is even more disturbing than lost snakes.
"Our people called in a reptile expert and there was a suggestion that some of the baby pythons had eaten the other pythons because apparently it is not uncommon for baby pythons to eat each other"They eat each other? It's the stuff of nightmares.
The remaining pythons were weighed to see if they had eaten a heavier snack than peanuts on the flight, but they hadn't.
In the end, they decided to take the plane out of service (thank goodness) and fumigate it.
So there may be snakes on the plane, but at least they are dead. Which is at least marginally better.
27 comments:
Wow- that's interesting! This actually reminds me of a bible story about Moses when his staff turns into a snake and so the pharaoh has his people turn their staffs into snakes also- then Moses' snake eats theirs. :) Just a little nit-bit of a story for ya. :)
Oh my gosh, that is like my worst nightmare come true!!! Ewww!!! At least they are dead, fumigated. ::shivers::
I like the guy who had the tree growing in his lung!!! How awful! Maybe, I should just stay inside today and blog.
Good mercy! How about we don't let people transport snakes on planes?
What was the plane called; "Boeing's Ark?"....
Hah, good one Buff! Yikes, I may have to ask a lot of questions before I get on a plan again!
I thought that movie was too "out there" to really happen. That's scary! Snakes anywhere freak me out!
OH MAH GOSH.
I would die. I wouldn't even see the movie with my husband because the mere thought induces seizure like shakes.
I'm just getting around to catching up with everyone. I wanted to say thanks so much for your sweet words about my uncle. It meant a lot to me!
okay, no matter how many times they fumigate that plane, I would never get on it
I am soooo afraid of snakes!
There is nothing worse than a snake. Can you image being cooped up on a plane knowing there were snakes roaming?
EEEEECK!
Ick! Ewww! Gah! lemme off this plane!!!!!!!!!!!
But did the fumigation get them all? A plane is a huge thing and perhaps one or two pythons hid in difficult-to-get-at corners. As I write, they are silently growing larger waiting for the time to strike....!
Yuck and eww and yuck some more. Plus, dead snakes SMELL so how the hell are they going to explain that?
Ick! A snakey plane? Sounds like a good horror film.
I saw that story! Can you imagine?! I knw they were babies and all, but *shudders* I would have had a heart attack on the spot if one of those little suckers had popped out with my SkyMall magazine.
awwwwwwwwwwwwwww....but they were just poor little babies! LOL....EEEEK!
Oh, heavens. I've got all sorts of visuals on this. How do they keep all the pythons together? Tie them in one big knot?
haha! I like the bit of them weighing the pythons to see if they had eaten their siblings! Maybe I should weigh my 5 year old every time I don't see my 1 year old in the same room!
Yikes. That would scare me to pieces. Just saying.
Have a terrific day. :)
Ewww - that is gross and scary!!!
Eww!
Did NOT need to know this!
Yuck! Snakes. Gross, Gross, Gross.
Great, now I'm going to be dreaming about snakes on a plane! Gah!!
That is one weird story. The news story, not your post. Which is essentially about the news story. OK, I'm done.
THAT is so freaking scary.
And yes your so right. How disgusting.
"Um, squeezeee brother...I'm going to eat you now!"
:shudder:
The story also says they are less then 6 inches long - which isn't really that intimidating but considering they get really huge. They must have to eat alot to get huge.
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