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Python makes meal of Maltese terrier

tricksterpup

tricksterpup

I has nuttin to Say.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25192226-17001,00.html

IF you really want to tick people off just go ahead and post this on a non reptile forum and defend the snake. People just freak out on you.
Python makes meal of Maltese terrier

By Rebekah Cavanagh

Northern Territory News

March 16, 2009 12:01am

A PYTHON has devoured a Northern Territory woman's 5.8kg pet dog, including the collar and name tag.

Patty Buntine's three-year-old Maltese terrier-cross Bindi disappeared from her Katherine home last week.

Ms Buntine said she was worried when Bindi failed to show up for her routine breakfast.

"She was always there so I got worried and went to look for her," she said.

"I went around the side of the house and that's when I found the snake. It couldn't move and had its head up in a striking position."

"It's belly was bulging - it looked like a great big coconut was inside it.

"I knew straight away that it had ate Bindi.

"I felt terrible - it's not very nice at all to think my little dog went that way," she told the Northern Territory News.

Ms Buntine said Bindi was a lively dog and she was shocked the snake even got her.

"She was a little smarty pants and would race away if she knew you were going to bath her or take her to the vet or something. She was always darting all over the place.

"I don't know how she didn't realise this thing was creeping up on her."

She called snake catcher David Reed from Reedy's Reptiles to collect the snake.

Mr Reed said it was a "one-of-a-kind" callout.

"I've had a lot of calls about dogs that have been bitten by snakes, and I have even had an olive python that had eaten some new-born puppies, but never one like this," he said.

"The maltese terrier was 5.8kg, and the combined weight of the olive python and the dog is a whopping 16kg."

"Therefore theoretically the weight of the snake is around 10kg, meaning that the olive has consumed 60 per cent of its body weight in a single meal.

"It really is amazing - it's equivalent to a 100kg man eating a 60kg steak, or an average 16-year-old teenager male."

Mr Reed told the Northern Territory News last night that the snake in question was still digesting its meal a week later.
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Wikipedia : A Maltese is a small breed of dog in the toy group. The Maltese does not shed and is covered with long, silky white hair. The Maltese breed of today is descended from dogs associated by name with the Adriatic island of Mljet, the Sicilian town of Melita, and the Mediterranean island of Malta.[1] It is one of the oldest dog breeds. It should always be walked on a leash or in a safe, fenced in yard, as they have the unique and singular habit of crawling down the gullet of any large passing boa or python. This behavior is thought to be historically related to terriers bred to enter burrows and tunnels for rats, badgers, and other vermin. Contributing to this behavior, is the unfortunate trait, a result of inbreeding, of the Maltese often being unable to back up, such that all struggling, wiggling or other motion only results in the Maltese lodging himself further down the poor snake's gullet.
 
vetusvates said:
Wikipedia : A Maltese is a small breed of dog in the toy group. The Maltese does not shed and is covered with long, silky white hair. The Maltese breed of today is descended from dogs associated by name with the Adriatic island of Mljet, the Sicilian town of Melita, and the Mediterranean island of Malta.[1] It is one of the oldest dog breeds. It should always be walked on a leash or in a safe, fenced in yard, as they have the unique and singular habit of crawling down the gullet of any large passing boa or python. This behavior is thought to be historically related to terriers bred to enter burrows and tunnels for rats, badgers, and other vermin. Contributing to this behavior, is the unfortunate trait, a result of inbreeding, of the Maltese often being unable to back up, such that all struggling, wiggling or other motion only results in the Maltese lodging himself further down the poor snake's gullet.
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See...Wiki is an excellent source of information. Maybe my profs will change their minds now!
 
vetusvates said:
Wikipedia : A Maltese is a small breed of dog in the toy group. The Maltese does not shed and is covered with long, silky white hair. The Maltese breed of today is descended from dogs associated by name with the Adriatic island of Mljet, the Sicilian town of Melita, and the Mediterranean island of Malta.[1] It is one of the oldest dog breeds. It should always be walked on a leash or in a safe, fenced in yard, as they have the unique and singular habit of crawling down the gullet of any large passing boa or python. This behavior is thought to be historically related to terriers bred to enter burrows and tunnels for rats, badgers, and other vermin. Contributing to this behavior, is the unfortunate trait, a result of inbreeding, of the Maltese often being unable to back up, such that all struggling, wiggling or other motion only results in the Maltese lodging himself further down the poor snake's gullet.
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LMAO, Eric!!!
 
vetusvates said:
Wikipedia : A Maltese is a small breed of dog in the toy group. The Maltese does not shed and is covered with long, silky white hair. The Maltese breed of today is descended from dogs associated by name with the Adriatic island of Mljet, the Sicilian town of Melita, and the Mediterranean island of Malta.[1] It is one of the oldest dog breeds. It should always be walked on a leash or in a safe, fenced in yard, as they have the unique and singular habit of crawling down the gullet of any large passing boa or python. This behavior is thought to be historically related to terriers bred to enter burrows and tunnels for rats, badgers, and other vermin. Contributing to this behavior, is the unfortunate trait, a result of inbreeding, of the Maltese often being unable to back up, such that all struggling, wiggling or other motion only results in the Maltese lodging himself further down the poor snake's gullet.
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OMG!! I just spit coffee!!! :crazy01:
 
I always worry about my dog because of coyotes where I live. I sure am glad I don't have to worry about snakes too. That really sucks for the dog and it's owner. :(
 
Oh no... I'd feel so horrible. I bet the dog smelled it and was teasing it.. you know how dogs do? And the snake just though "Yum, feisty food!".
 
That's one happy python! I'm betting the dog was antagonizing the snake. Or the snake was just hungry. Either or. If you live in an area where there's wild animals like that, keep your pets inside.
 
Keep them inside or don't let them outside unsupervised... that is a pet peeve of mine, even in my area where there are (or shouldn't be) any snakes large enough to eat dogs.

The neighbors down the street let their little dog outside to run... we almost hit him once, I'm sure others have, too. One of these days his luck will run out and that will be SO sad. :( Okay, sorry for rambling...
 
Like I posted on the other thread, keep your pets inside!

(not in the other post)
I don't know why people try to make this out to be the snake's fault. It was there first!
If I go swimming in the ocean and get bit by a shark, am I gonna blame the shark? No! I was in it's territory when it was hunting. The blame is totally on me.
 
Sometimes wikipedia just rocks! Is it bad that I feel absolutely nothing for the dog? I am lacking in the empathy department (or so I have been told on numerous occasions).
 
RobbiesCornField said:
Like I posted on the other thread, keep your pets inside!

(not in the other post)
I don't know why people try to make this out to be the snake's fault. It was there first!
If I go swimming in the ocean and get bit by a shark, am I gonna blame the shark? No! I was in it's territory when it was hunting. The blame is totally on me.
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I totally agree with this statement, but you know this woman is going to be hell bent for justice and want the snake destroyed. She will start saying "but, what if it was someone's child" to add credence to her argument. Oh, poor Foofy!! LOL!!

Wayne
 
Eric you crack me up!! :D Kudos!

I dont feel too sorry for the owner... The dog, well it DID get swallowed alive, but ya know... every creature has to eat and just because the dog ended up being food, doesn't mean I should weep for it. It's no different to me than an animal in the wild who has the same fate, we just don't see or hear about it as often nor have any attachments to the animal who became a snake's lunch.

If you really love your dog or any pet... you won't let it run around outside by itself no matter where you live!
 
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