Comments on: Giant snake flees Mississippi floods http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 07:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1135883 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1135883 http://www.hoax-slayer.com/king-brown-snake.shtml http://www.hoax-slayer.com/king-brown-snake.shtml

]]> By: g0d5m15t4k3 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112587 g0d5m15t4k3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112587 Yeah I'm glad I don't live near Louisiana. That is terrifying. Just stay in your car and ignore it and it will go away. Yeah I’m glad I don’t live near Louisiana. That is terrifying. Just stay in your car and ignore it and it will go away.

]]> By: alowishus http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112588 alowishus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112588 That snake is real. I know because I've seen a lot of snakes in my time. That snake is real. I know because I’ve seen a lot of snakes in my time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112589 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112589 It is definitely real... It is definitely real…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112846 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112846 Little known fact 1: If you cut a snakes tail off it will die. Little known fact 2:: The tail start just after the head! Little known fact 1: If you cut a snakes tail off it will die.
Little known fact 2:: The tail start just after the head!

]]> By: defacebook http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112848 defacebook Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112848 No surprise if this photo is real, considering all of the exotic snakes that have been dumped in nearby Florida over the years by overwhelmed pet owners. Stories of park rangers bagging 20-foot pythons in the Everglades has become commonplace. No surprise if this photo is real, considering all of the exotic snakes that have been dumped in nearby Florida over the years by overwhelmed pet owners. Stories of park rangers bagging 20-foot pythons in the Everglades has become commonplace.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112594 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112594 Holy cow i had no idea snakes got that big in the US. That is insane, im never going to Louisana or anywhere near the south ever again. Holy cow i had no idea snakes got that big in the US. That is insane, im never going to Louisana or anywhere near the south ever again.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112853 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112853 Things like that are happening more in the South, due to pet pythons escaping (often times because of natural disasters) and surviving in the wild. Things like that are happening more in the South, due to pet pythons escaping (often times because of natural disasters) and surviving in the wild.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1115158 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115158 it's a snake sculpture on the corner of uralba rd and uralba cutting road in Uralba, NSW. Several locals have commented on this on the NBN news website where this was reported as a snake at branxton in the Hunter valley. Google maps shows the sugar cane filed and house that is just out of the shot. Apparently its an accident blackspot and the farmer created the snake to get people to slow down! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode&q=Uralba+Road%2C+Uralba%2C+New+South+Wales%2C+Australia&aq=0&sll=-35.187278%2C148.798828&sspn=2.361348%2C3.532104&ie=UTF8&hq&hnear=Uralba+Rd%2C+Uralba+New+South+Wales+2477%2C+Australia&ll=-28.86234%2C153.468103&spn=0.039539%2C0.055189&z=14 it’s a snake sculpture on the corner of uralba rd and uralba cutting road in Uralba, NSW. Several locals have commented on this on the NBN news website where this was reported as a snake at branxton in the Hunter valley.
Google maps shows the sugar cane filed and house that is just out of the shot. Apparently its an accident blackspot and the farmer created the snake to get people to slow down!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode&q=Uralba+Road%2C+Uralba%2C+New+South+Wales%2C+Australia&aq=0&sll=-35.187278%2C148.798828&sspn=2.361348%2C3.532104&ie=UTF8&hq&hnear=Uralba+Rd%2C+Uralba+New+South+Wales+2477%2C+Australia&ll=-28.86234%2C153.468103&spn=0.039539%2C0.055189&z=14

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112854 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112854 Er... am I the only one who thought "lunch!" as soon as I saw the pic? Not that I actually ever ate a snake, but somehow I feel it would make a great dish... Er… am I the only one who thought “lunch!” as soon as I saw the pic?

Not that I actually ever ate a snake, but somehow I feel it would make a great dish…

]]> By: freyku http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112599 freyku Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112599 the snake is apparently a King Brown snake from Australia. http://cajunboy.tumblr.com/post/5575102699/this-prehistoric-looking-snake-serpent-found-near the snake is apparently a King Brown snake from Australia.

http://cajunboy.tumblr.com/post/5575102699/this-prehistoric-looking-snake-serpent-found-near

]]> By: jowlsey http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112600 jowlsey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112600 This pic made the rounds on reddit recently. The good folks over there are of the opinion that it's an Aussie king brown snake. No idea if it's shopp'd though. http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/h8vrq/hey_hunny_you_mind_stepping_out_of_the_car_and/ This pic made the rounds on reddit recently. The good folks over there are of the opinion that it’s an Aussie king brown snake. No idea if it’s shopp’d though.

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/h8vrq/hey_hunny_you_mind_stepping_out_of_the_car_and/

]]> By: mack http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112602 mack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112602 I don't care where it was spotted. Nature is effing gorgeous. I don’t care where it was spotted. Nature is effing gorgeous.

]]> By: Major Variola (ret) http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112603 Major Variola (ret) Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112603 Its obviously doing its best to signal a right turn. Its obviously doing its best to signal a right turn.

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1113372 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113372 That would be a bloody huge Brown snake. They normally grow to around 2 or 3 metres tops. Apparently we have a few around where I live, along with red bellied black snakes. I've not seen any myself but my neighbour reckons there's an 8 foot black snake that lives in his yard, and keeps telling us to wear shoes on our back lawn. That would be a bloody huge Brown snake. They normally grow to around 2 or 3 metres tops. Apparently we have a few around where I live, along with red bellied black snakes. I’ve not seen any myself but my neighbour reckons there’s an 8 foot black snake that lives in his yard, and keeps telling us to wear shoes on our back lawn.

]]> By: GreenJello http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112606 GreenJello Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112606 <i>Nature is effing gorgeous. </i> Right up until the point it tries to make you lunch, and which point we go back to the more traditional view of Mother Nature, red in tooth and claw. Nature is effing gorgeous.

Right up until the point it tries to make you lunch, and which point we go back to the more traditional view of Mother Nature, red in tooth and claw.

]]> By: jason http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1117215 jason Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1117215 Year Year

]]> By: jason http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1117216 jason Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1117216 Sorry to spoil the fun guys but I've been watching this image do the rounds on the net for a little while and I have to say something. This is a wooden snake that is on the side of the road near my parents place in Northern NSW, Australia. In the background you can see sugar cane growing which is very common. Although I am sure there are snakes this big in the world this is not one of them. Sorry to spoil the fun guys but I’ve been watching this image do the rounds on the net for a little while and I have to say something. This is a wooden snake that is on the side of the road near my parents place in Northern NSW, Australia. In the background you can see sugar cane growing which is very common. Although I am sure there are snakes this big in the world this is not one of them.

]]> By: kennegansmom http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1116451 kennegansmom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1116451 There is a large breeding population of Burmese pythons as well as other large, non-native snakes people have owned as pets & have either released into the wild when they became too big for their owners or escaped during hurricanes/large storms/flooding from zoos & other exotic animal "sanctuaries" (if they can actually be called that. One Comcast cable worker was bitten by an African green mamba while leaning against a tree in Florida & cobras & other venomous, non-native, exotic snakes have gone missing during these disasters as well. http://www.invasive.org/ There is a large breeding population of Burmese pythons as well as other large, non-native snakes people have owned as pets & have either released into the wild when they became too big for their owners or escaped during hurricanes/large storms/flooding from zoos & other exotic animal “sanctuaries” (if they can actually be called that. One Comcast cable worker was bitten by an African green mamba while leaning against a tree in Florida & cobras & other venomous, non-native, exotic snakes have gone missing during these disasters as well. http://www.invasive.org/

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112612 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112612 Clearly out looking for longcat. Clearly out looking for longcat.

]]> By: owlettt http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112870 owlettt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112870 I am from Louisiana. I spend almost EVERY weekend in the very basin that the Morganza is currently flooding, and have since I was, I dunno... 5. This snake is not from Louisiana. I am also from the modern age. I spend a lot of time on the internets. This picture was around BEFORE the Morganza was opened. So: 1) No, this is no snake that lives in the atchafalaya and is making a run for it. 2) To the guy making yet another hackneyed comment about how stereotypically stupid us suthenurs is: we can take pics off the internet and fool people with them too. So thar. I am from Louisiana. I spend almost EVERY weekend in the very basin that the Morganza is currently flooding, and have since I was, I dunno… 5. This snake is not from Louisiana.

I am also from the modern age. I spend a lot of time on the internets. This picture was around BEFORE the Morganza was opened.

So:

1) No, this is no snake that lives in the atchafalaya and is making a run for it.

2) To the guy making yet another hackneyed comment about how stereotypically stupid us suthenurs is: we can take pics off the internet and fool people with them too. So thar.

]]> By: Rob Cruickshank http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112873 Rob Cruickshank Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112873 Don't they prescribe Adderall for snake phobia? Don’t they prescribe Adderall for snake phobia?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112619 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112619 Snakes will often flee tumultuous waters -- they flee floods, and they will go ashore ahead of Tsunamis - they somehow know it is coming and it alerts people of the coming disaster. Snakes will often flee tumultuous waters — they flee floods, and they will go ashore ahead of Tsunamis – they somehow know it is coming and it alerts people of the coming disaster.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1113643 Michael Smith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113643 Hi Lisa I tried to find the spot on street view but it peetered out at a likely looking place. Looks like a great place to ride though. I wonder if that snake is movable? Otherwise it would get smashed by mowers all the time. My mothers partner finds snake parts all the time while mowing his country property. Hi Lisa I tried to find the spot on street view but it peetered out at a likely looking place. Looks like a great place to ride though. I wonder if that snake is movable? Otherwise it would get smashed by mowers all the time. My mothers partner finds snake parts all the time while mowing his country property.

]]> By: Glippiglop http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112620 Glippiglop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112620 I'm reminded of the video game Snakes, which taught me well as to the dangers of having too long a tail. Just shepherd it into an enclosed space and wait for his head to run into his own tail... game over! I’m reminded of the video game Snakes, which taught me well as to the dangers of having too long a tail. Just shepherd it into an enclosed space and wait for his head to run into his own tail… game over!

]]> By: owlettt http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1113388 owlettt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113388 You sound like you are actually used to seeing snakes where you are from. It's the same thing that I thought, "that is way too damned big for anything in the Atchafalaya (pronounced chaf-a-liya)." We have all types of snakes down here, but the biggest generally are rat snakes and racers, which you will see at 5-7 commonly, and larger once in a while. Those big vipers you see more rarely, but they are still around. I killed a big one when I was about 16. It was about 6 1/2 ft. We do get a lot of cotton mouth water moccasins, which only get about five feet tops, but are as big around as a bowling ball. people don't think girth when they think "big snake," but in Louisiana, "girth" = biggest snake. You sound like you are actually used to seeing snakes where you are from. It’s the same thing that I thought, “that is way too damned big for anything in the Atchafalaya (pronounced chaf-a-liya).”

We have all types of snakes down here, but the biggest generally are rat snakes and racers, which you will see at 5-7 commonly, and larger once in a while.

Those big vipers you see more rarely, but they are still around. I killed a big one when I was about 16. It was about 6 1/2 ft. We do get a lot of cotton mouth water moccasins, which only get about five feet tops, but are as big around as a bowling ball. people don’t think girth when they think “big snake,” but in Louisiana, “girth” = biggest snake.

]]> By: SomeGuy http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112622 SomeGuy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112622 A) It's real B) It's looking for its daddy A) It’s real
B) It’s looking for its daddy

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1156911 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1156911 Let's consider the possibilities of an anaconda, and, Southern Louisiana climates nearing those of The Florida Everglades. Also, note the swamp and marshlands of Louisiana. Compare the anaconda's known habitat. Let's take a closer look at the reptile. The head of this reptile is bulged. The length and girth of this reptile would match that of the anaconda. A closer look for colors and you will notice a darker colored back, lighter colored side, and some white and darker spots along the side of the reptile, which become a little difficult recognize in the sunlight's reflection across the reptile. Let’s consider the possibilities of an anaconda, and, Southern Louisiana climates nearing those of The Florida Everglades. Also, note the swamp and marshlands of Louisiana. Compare the anaconda’s known habitat.
Let’s take a closer look at the reptile. The head of this reptile is bulged. The length and girth of this reptile would match that of the anaconda. A closer look for colors and you will notice a darker colored back, lighter colored side, and some white and darker spots along the side of the reptile, which become a little difficult recognize in the sunlight’s reflection across the reptile.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1112623 Felton / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112623 I assumed it was hitchhiking. I assumed it was hitchhiking.

]]> By: turn_self_off http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/giant-snake-flees-mi.html#comment-1113647 turn_self_off Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113647 If that is the case then the image above can be from a screen grab out of Google maps or such, as a large part of that road appears to have been added to the streetview feature: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Uralba+Road,+Uralba,+New+South+Wales,+Australia&aq=0&sll=-35.187278,148.798828&sspn=2.361348,3.532104&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Uralba+Rd,+Uralba+New+South+Wales+2477,+Australia&ll=-28.86234,153.468103&spn=0.039539,0.055189&z=14 If that is the case then the image above can be from a screen grab out of Google maps or such, as a large part of that road appears to have been added to the streetview feature:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Uralba+Road,+Uralba,+New+South+Wales,+Australia&aq=0&sll=-35.187278,148.798828&sspn=2.361348,3.532104&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Uralba+Rd,+Uralba+New+South+Wales+2477,+Australia&ll=-28.86234,153.468103&spn=0.039539,0.055189&z=14

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