Do you consider an 18 foot 400 pound python a pet?

[NJmaverick]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/32810913#32810913

[hobbit709]

1. Hell no!

What is it with these idiots in Florida keeping snakes?

They had some fool on Venom ER on Discovery that had gotten bit by a Black Mamba and damn near died.
He had a couple dozen venomous snakes in his house. Even worse, he had a wife, 3 kids under the age of six also living there. And to top it off, he was living in a house trailer in the heart of hurricane country.

[whistler162]

2. I would call it whatever it wanted me to call it.....

except late for dinner!

[realisticphish]

3. possibly

that's far too large for the average herp keeper, but for an experienced one, it's possible. However, when a snake gets THAT big, it's just too large and expensive for most people to deal with.

that's why if people want constrictors, they should stick to smaller species that max out at <10 feet

[Moondog]

4. No, I consider it to be a predator. n/t

[Louisiana1976]

5. Nope--he'd probably eat my pet!

[fortyfeetunder]

15. Nope, that "pet" might eat ME!

yikes!

[elehhhhna]

6. no more than a 400 lb tiger or bear...or croc.

ain't no 400 pound "pet"

[Withywindle]

11. Well, horses weigh a lot more than that and are popular "pets."

But I take your point - I would never keep a PREDATORY animal that size. :scared: If my cat weighed 400 lbs I'd have been so dead so many times over.

[susanr516]

7. NO. nt

[fishnfla]

8. in other snake news

they are reportong that the snakes overunning ( overslithering?) the everglades are full up with mercury and not safe to eat

[madinmaryland]

9. I think I saw that on a Motherfucking plane!

:D

[Ptah]

10. 400 pounds? That's livestock!

[Blue Diadem]

12. No. He'd eat me out of house and home and pets and

I'd probably end up as his breakfast.

[JanMichael]

13. Hell no. nt.

[krispos42]

14. I consider it a reason to call for a SWAT team

But, no, not a pet.

[donheld]

16. Has Rush Limbaugh gotten that big again?

Is that mean to say about pythons?

[RebelOne]

17. Though I have had 2 boa constrictors as pets,

they were only 7 feet long. But I definitely wouldn't want a 400-pound python. One thing is that I could not afford to feed it.