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Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts) Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:55 AM Jan 2013

Mom awoken by cat finds python wrapped around 2-year-old daughter [View all]

An Australian woman was awoken by her hissing cat early Sunday to find a python wrapped around the arm of her 2-year-old daughter.

Tess Guthrie, a 22-year-old from Lismore, New South Wales, said the 6-foot python was wrapped three times around her daughter's arm.

"I thought I was having a nightmare," Guthrie told a local television news station. "It was only because the cat was hissing that I woke up and saw the snake with its body wrapped around my daughter Zara’s arm."

The toddler was sleeping in the bed with Guthrie, who pried the snake off her. But before she could, the nonvenomous python bit the toddler three times on her left hand.

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scary samsingh Jan 2013 #1

I am assume this snake wasn't a pet, right? southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #2

From what I can tell, no. "The coastal python (or "carper snake") was captured by a local wildlife Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #5

Article says the snake was released back into the wild so probably not a pet /nt think Jan 2013 #7

Good kitty. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #3

Usually Yahoo comments are a cesspool. But I liked this one: "Get that Kitty some Catnip and a Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #6

I pictured the kitty gingerly pawing at the woman's face. Kooljas Jan 2013 #4

Cats are extraordinary animals. Smarter than dogs, imo, but 5x as stubborn! nt Romulox Jan 2013 #8

Having 2 of them at home this cracks Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #10

Kitten Kooljas Jan 2013 #29

Yikes. Even python bites can be nasty. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #9

and they don't brush them regularly! lastlib Jan 2013 #32

Good kitteh! slackmaster Jan 2013 #11

Fucking snakes. Arkana Jan 2013 #12

Are you saying you've had it with these motherfuckin' snakes on this Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #14

I HATE SNAKES, JOCK! Arkana Jan 2013 #18

I hear you and I used to be able to tolerate Skidmore Jan 2013 #19

Bull snakes can definitely scare the hell out of you. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #37

I startled one coming around into the hall from the kitchen one day. Skidmore Jan 2013 #40

C'mon! Show a little backbone, will ya. N/t backscatter712 Jan 2013 #34

Is the NRA calling for a cat in every home? maxrandb Jan 2013 #13

The "NCA" is having a press conference this Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #15

That's great... Is it Sox? MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #20

I think so. BTW not even he was able to escape the insanity of the 'Puke Congress. Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #22

!!! MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #23

Looks like a Kitler to me. Kooljas Jan 2013 #30

Now those are terrifying! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #33

They can have my tabby maxrandb Jan 2013 #38

I'm sure your tabby says the same thing about his human. "From my cold dead furry paws!!!" :-p Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #39

Point being maxrandb Jan 2013 #41

Indeed. I also had to edit to add the word "sure". I did not mean to imply Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #42

Go cat! treestar Jan 2013 #16

Good Kittah. tradecenter Jan 2013 #17

Crikey! jpak Jan 2013 #21

Good kitty! Quantess Jan 2013 #24

omfg! nt ecstatic Jan 2013 #25

Snake: An animal that no one not living in isolation without kids need. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #26

This was a wild snake that got in the house, not a pet. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #35

Depends on the snake. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #36

Cats rock! dkf Jan 2013 #27

Yay for the kitties! Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #28

I remember reading that one theory of why cats were domesticated was that they alert on snakes Gormy Cuss Jan 2013 #31

my old cat saved my daughter getting bitten by a baby JCMach1 Jan 2013 #43

Your post title says The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #44

lol... baby rattlesnake JCMach1 Jan 2013 #45