This woman had no plans to get a python -- until an extremely adorable one stole her heart 💜

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[PoliticAverse]

1. And some day it might take her breath away. n/t

[dalton99a]

4. +1

https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/07/baby-attacked-by-python-turns-1/
Baby Attacked by Python Turns 1
By Alyssa Newcomb July 7, 2012

An Illinois baby celebrated his first birthday today, just days after he was attacked by a neighbor's python while resting in his crib.

William Winans was treated for bites and bruise marks and is doing well, said his father, Devin Winans.

"If the snake had wrapped around his neck, honestly, we probably would not be having his birthday today," Winans said.

On Monday evening, Winans said he heard his son crying and went to check on him. When Winans reached into William's crib he said he felt something "slimy."

"I immediately turned the light on and saw the snake, a ball python wrapped around his foot, constricting it and trying to eat his foot," Winans said.

[pangaia]

2. It's not going to be so adorable in a few years...

[Codeine]

12. I think that's a ball python.

They stay fairly small and are quite docile.

[pangaia]

13. Thanks. Shows you how much I know about snakes...

[secondwind]

3. No thank you!

[Botany]

5. Cut its head off.

The everglades is now silent because of pythons.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/snakes-ate-florida-180972534/

[Coventina]

6. This woman's pet should be killed because of what other snakes have done?

That makes zero sense.

[Botany]

10. They do not make good pets, they can kill and or hurt people, pets, and other animals, they have ...

... no business being here, and if and when they escape they are a real burden to
the ecosystem. I'm fine having them in zoos and in their native habitat but people
having them as pets is a really bad idea.

[Coventina]

11. Many people who have snakes as pets have a very different experience.

(I am not one of them, I have never had a snake for a pet).

[backtoblue]

7. The only cute snake is a grass snake

The bright green little guys.

All other snakes are NOT cute

[littlemissmartypants]

8. My best friend goes vasovagal at the sight of

a picture of a snake. I doubt she would see it as cute. I have to be sure not to wear my snakeskin belt when we're together because it causes the same effect.

Don't they get really big?

I wouldn't want to have a pet that could possibly strangle me in my sleep. It's bad enough living with a four pound, vicious, Chihuahua.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Awwww! He is kinda cute!

[onethatcares]

14. ever play frisbee with a snake?

just wondrin'

[mithnanthy]

15. awwwwwww.....

I think she's beautiful, gentle and sweet. I'd love to have one just like her.