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MuseRider

(34,654 posts)
12. I used to work at our local zoo.
Wed Oct 26, 2022, 05:03 PM
Oct 2022

Back in the 70's there were rules and we respected each of our animals. Nothing we did back then would be done now. When I worked reptiles I had to walk around 2 of those monster snakes to clean out the area before exhibit opened. It never occurred to me that this could happen. The only alert switches we had were over the cobras and the Gaboon viper, not those big boys. We took those snakes outside for fresh air and a "walk". It took 5 of us to carry them out. I never once thought about getting eaten!!!

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Incredible. hlthe2b Oct 2022 #1
I have to call this one out. GreenWave Oct 2022 #2
So you don't think the snake could have swallowed her? iemanja Oct 2022 #3
This topic gets kicked around a bit. GreenWave Oct 2022 #5
Don't need to crush the shoulder blades. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #4
I recall a herpetologist explaining this GreenWave Oct 2022 #6
Pics/vids, not of this incident but of python constrictors having eaten humans Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #7
The article sites experts iemanja Oct 2022 #11
I'm pretty sure the actual constriction takes place when you breathe out, PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #14
Not arguing (I have no clue) but later in the article underpants Oct 2022 #10
Ignorance asking: no_hypocrisy Oct 2022 #8
No iemanja Oct 2022 #9
I used to work at our local zoo. MuseRider Oct 2022 #12
OMG! iemanja Oct 2022 #13
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