Herps in the media

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BBC News - Python bites woman on way to takeaway in Dyfatty, Swansea

[guidofatherof5]

Glad the snake wasn't killed.

[ConcinusMan]

You might have misread. I think the one that bit her is still loose.

[guidofatherof5]

You might have misread. I think the one that bit her is still loose.

A South Wales Police spokesman confirmed they had received a report of a pet python going missing from a home in Swansea.

But he said the reptile was discovered in a pipe at the owner's property and was safely back in its box.

I guess I figured this was the offending snake.

[chris-uk]

A South Wales Police spokesman confirmed they had received a report of a pet python going missing from a home in Swansea.

But he said the reptile was discovered in a pipe at the owner's property and was safely back in its box.

I guess I figured this was the offending snake.

I'd agree, there's unlikely to be two pythons of that size loose in a small area.

BBC News - Python bites woman on way to takeaway in Dyfatty, Swansea

On the whole I read a lot of sensationalised bull in the article. Look at the puncture wounds in the photos, one of the tooth marks looks quite deep, but all the rubbish about stemming the bleeding, face swelling up, shaking and the leg turning black... if her leg had turned black there would be visible bruising in the photo. As for the rest of the symptoms - hysteria.

[Mommy2many]

I'm surprised her leg hasn't fallen off yet...

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I'd agree, there's unlikely to be two pythons of that size loose in a small area.



On the whole I read a lot of sensationalised bull in the article. Look at the puncture wounds in the photos, one of the tooth marks looks quite deep, but all the rubbish about stemming the bleeding, face swelling up, shaking and the leg turning black... if her leg had turned black there would be visible bruising in the photo. As for the rest of the symptoms - hysteria.

They have to go over the top on 'stories' because sod all happens in Wales

[chris-uk]

They have to go over the top on 'stories' because sod all happens in Wales

So they turn "Drunk chav walks into a strand of barbed wire" into "Terrified woman bites by escaped basilisk and is lucky to be alive".
The media aren't stupid, but you have to question the hospital doctors and the advice they were given that identified that as a python bite.

[ConcinusMan]

I'd agree, there's unlikely to be two pythons of that size loose in a small area.

I suppose but the owner the reported lose python said it didn't go far and was found in pipe on his property. Not sure if this was before or after the woman was bit. Terrible reporting I know that much. leaves more questions than answers.

[Invisible Snake]

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