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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSnake on a Plane
When a passenger aboard a Qantas flight en route to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, pointed out that a snake was slithering on the wing, she got the same reaction William Shatner did after he spotted a gremlin on his plane in the Twilight Zone: Mostly scoffing and disbelief.
But there was no ambiguity here: A 10-foot scrub python was indeed coiling for dear life on the plane's exterior.
"There was no panic," said passenger Robert Weber, who snapped several shots of the flying reptile. "At no time did anyone stop to consider that there might be others on board."
Passengers in the vicinity were "totally focused on the snake," which was caught in "a life and death struggle." .........(more)
The complete piece is at: http://gawker.com/5974780/snake-on-a-plane-qantas-passenger-spots-python-on-wing-during-flight
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Snake on a Plane (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2013
OP
It was probably curled up under a flap or somewhere unexposed before flight.
liberal N proud
Jan 2013
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wryter2000
(46,045 posts)1. Poor baby snake
Poor thing. Why didn't someone see it there before they took off?
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)4. It was probably curled up under a flap or somewhere unexposed before flight.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)2. Obligatory
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)3. Feel bad for the poor thing. I assume it didn't survive.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)5. Judging from the video
That would be correct
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)6. To be precise, that's a motherfuckin snake on a motherfuckin plane n/t
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)7. The photo appears to have been taken by someone standing
next to the wing of the flying plane.......
srican69
(1,426 posts)8. Monty Python's Flying Circus?
Sorry couldn't resist ...