Snake kills girl in fla

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Originally Posted by tommymac

its a bit on the large side for a snake that size but I think it may be possible to swallow the kid, burms and retics have larger heads for their body size compared to boas and other pythons because they will eat some ridiculously huge meals, they are also known for biting off more than they chew so to speak in that they will kill something they may not be able to swallow or do swallow it and it comes back up a day or so later. Snakes as a whole are primarily ambush hunters and usualy will wait for food to come by, but will go out hunting as well. They are also notorious escape artists to boot so its important ot have a secure enclosure and one strong enough to house them.

Tom

Oh for sure I agree, I just always noticed that my snake was perfectly happy to sit in the exact same spot INDEFINITELY until it was hungry. In fact, I've heard other snake owners advise new snake owners to keep their snakes on the hungry side so they'll be more active. It's my opinion that the snake purposely hunted the little girl down. I obviously don't believe that the animal was bored and broke out of it's cage to go exploring and just happened to come upon the little girl.