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Escaped pet python strangles child to death

The Sidney Morning Herald
Smh.com.au

A 2.5-metre pet Burmese python has broken out of a home terrarium and strangled a two-year-old girl in her bedroom in central Florida, US authorities say.

Shaunnia Hare was already dead when paramedics arrived about 10am on Wednesday, police Lieutenant Bobby Caruthers said.

Charles Jason Darnell, the snake's owner and the boyfriend of Shaunnia's mother, discovered the snake missing from its terrarium and went to the girl's room, where he found it on the girl and bite marks on her head, Caruthers said.

Darnell, 32, stabbed the snake until he was able to pry the child away.
"The baby's dead!" a sobbing caller from the house screamed to an emergency call dispatcher in a recording. "Our stupid snake got out in the middle of the night and strangled the baby."



Realist's Comment

This "pet" strangled a two year old little girl! Is the pet stupid, or the intellectuals who taught the owner that he was a relative of the animals? I choose the intellectuals!

If you "believe" you're an ape, you will get down with the animals.

It is time to confront the "Evolving Apes" in academia. They're not just ignorant, they're dangerous!




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