What's the deal?

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Caylan

Because that happens all the time.... The children weren't even constricted, I could have suffocated them by falling on them and laying on them long enough....
Horses still kill more people each year then any constrictor has, probably ever. Think of how many burmese pythons are produced each year, and how many people must have them, it's pretty amazing they never actually kill anyone, given all the opportunity. They even have more reason to kill their owner then a horse would, as it would be a meal for them, rather then just in defense. Dogs have people in medical care, literally less then every minute! So yeah, the government has every reason to start changing the laws on snakes....

Okay this is a silly argument. You can't compare the number of snakes vs dogs or horses. Of course they will have more injuries. Also, there's far more accidents because people are foolish and trust a dog and go to pet it and it bites whereas more people are afraid of snakes.

Essentially, more close encounters = more incidents.

Yes, they don't happen "all the time" but it's happened more than the most recent incident. Do some research and you'd see.

Sadly, it's the truth. It's in black and white. Giant constrictors have taken human life.

Due note, I never said they were horrible animals just that 99.9% of people shouldn't own them or even think about it. "Accidents happen" right?

Lastly, if this is the way the thread will go I will stay out of it.