posty 2,608 Posted March 16, 2009 Picture http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...ier--WHOLE.html If this snake looks a little out of shape, there's a very good reason for its swollen tummy. It's just swallowed a pet dog, together with its collar and name tag. Owner Patty Buntine was mystified when her three-year-old Maltese terrier cross Bindi disappeared from her home in Katherine, in Australia's northern territory. But a quick maths calculation by a professional snake catcher soon provided the answer. The 10-foot long olive python with the enormously bulging tummy weighed 35lb. Usually it would weigh about 21lb, meaning that whatever it had swallowed weighed 14lb - roughly the size of poor little Bindi. There is one more piece of compelling evidence. Since the snake showed up in Ms Buntine's back yard Bindi hasn't been seen. 'She didn't show up for her routine breakfast at 7am and because she was always there I got worried and went to look for her,' Ms Buntine told the Sunday Territorian newspaper. 'I went around the side of the house and that's when I found the snake. It couldn't move and had its head up in a striking position. 'Its belly was bulging - it looked like a great big coconut was inside it. I knew straight away that it had ate Bindi. 'I felt terrible - it's not very nice at all to think my little dog went that way.' She described her dog as 'a little smarty pants, darting all over the place.' In fact Bindi was so good at escaping bathtime that Ms Buntine is still trying to understand how she didn't know the snake was slithering up towards her. Snake catcher David Reed agreed that Bindi was in the snake's stomach. 'I've had a lot of calls about dogs that have been bitten by snakes and I have even had an olive python that had eaten some new-born puppies, but never one like this,' he said. He said the olive python - a species which are harmless to humans - had consumed 60 per cent of its body weight in a single meal. 'It is really amazing. It's equivalent to a 220lb man eating a 132lb steak.' Once the snake has digested its canine meal, it will be released back into the wild - a long way from houses that have small pet dogs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy1 0 Posted March 16, 2009 She named her dog after the Croc Hunters daughter? Fair chance they'll both suffer the same fate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted March 16, 2009 Man, that is going to be one hell of a duce to drop. Can you imaging trying to sh!t 60% of your body weight, including bones, teeth, and a collar and name tag? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 4,143 Posted March 16, 2009 Man, that is going to be one hell of a duce to drop. Can you imaging trying to sh!t 60% of your body weight, including bones, teeth, and a collar and name tag? Its like you were in there with me this past Saturday night,..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted March 16, 2009 Its like you were in there with me this past Saturday night,..... Dunno what the hell is going on 'down under'. I just read where an 11 year old girl was eaten by an alligator there too. Seriously, there's protecting wildlife, then there's letting them eat you. - When it gets to that point, I'm pretty sure they've gone too far in protecting wildlife. I'm guessing this dog was probably asleep when the python got to it. That'll teach this broad to get a real dog. Focking snake wouldn't have eaten a mastiff. That's for damn sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 4,143 Posted March 16, 2009 Dunno what the hell is going on 'down under'. I just read where an 11 year old girl was eaten by an alligator there too. Seriously, there's protecting wildlife, then there's letting them eat you. - When it gets to that point, I'm pretty sure they've gone too far in protecting wildlife. I'm guessing this dog was probably asleep when the python got to it. That'll teach this broad to get a real dog. Focking snake wouldn't have eaten a mastiff. That's for damn sure. RINK!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted March 16, 2009 RINK!!!! DARWIN, Australia — Police said they found human remains Monday in an Australian swamp where a crocodile snatched an 11-year-old girl. The remains would undergo DNA testing to determine whether they belong to the girl who vanished Sunday while swimming with three children in a swamp on the outskirts of the northern city of Darwin, Northern Territory Police Superintendent Michael Murphy said. A police statement said the find "strongly indicates she has died from a crocodile attack." If confirmed, it would be the second fatal crocodile attack in northern Australia in five weeks. Murphy declined to give details on the remains, which were found in water 500 yards from where the girl was last seen, he said. The three children who had been swimming with the girl, including her younger sister, told police that they saw the head and tail of a crocodile "splash the surface" of the water near where she vanished moments earlier, Murphy said. A search of the swamp late Sunday and Monday failed to find the crocodile. The swamp is not far from crocodile-infested flood plains, but local Michael Dobrovitch said he swims there regularly. "I get in, I get out quick, but I always have somebody with me" to watch for crocodiles, Dobrovitch told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio. A 5-year-old boy vanished from a river edge in northeastern Australia on Feb. 8, and officials later confirmed an attack when his remains were found in the stomach of a 14-foot crocodile. Last September, a 62-year-old man was killed by a crocodile in another northeastern river while checking crab pots. Crocodiles have become plentiful in Australia's tropical north since they became protected by federal law in 1971. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 4,143 Posted March 16, 2009 the girl who vanished Sunday while swimming with three children in a swamp on the outskirts of the northern city of Darwin the three children who had been swimming with the girl, including her younger sister, told police that they saw the head and tail of a crocodile "splash the surface" of the water near where she vanished moments earlier The swamp is not far from crocodile-infested flood plains Can we agree that Uncle Chuck was somewhat involved here? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted March 16, 2009 Can we agree that Uncle Chuck was somewhat involved here? DARWIN, Australia — The swamp is not far from crocodile-infested flood plains, but local Michael Dobrovitch said he swims there regularly. "I get in, I get out quick, but I always have somebody with me" to watch for crocodiles, Dobrovitch told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio. Note the location. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,659 Posted March 16, 2009 Who the fock lets their kids swim in a swamp...let alone a crocodile-infested swamp? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy1 0 Posted March 16, 2009 Who the fock lets their kids swim in a swamp...let alone a crocodile-infested swamp? My dad used to always drop me off at the ole crocodile infested swimming hole... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 4,143 Posted March 16, 2009 Note the location. I did.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,659 Posted March 16, 2009 My dad used to always drop me off at the ole crocodile infested swimming hole... I meant normal kids. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted March 16, 2009 My dad used to always drop me off at the ole crocodile infested swimming hole... You sat in Siouxie's lap? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GettnHuge 2 Posted March 16, 2009 Dunno what the hell is going on 'down under'. where women get paid 4 to 8k for having a baby to encourage population growth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lackman 0 Posted March 16, 2009 My dad used to always drop me off at the ole crocodile infested swimming hole... My dad used to drop me off at the old crocodile infested swimming hole, hog tie me, then rub crocodile pheromones all over my ass. Eventually, I started going to the swimming hole by myself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted March 16, 2009 where women get paid 4 to 8k for having a baby to encourage population growth What - ALLIGATOR population growth? It'd be cheaper just to air drop turkeys over the swamps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy1 0 Posted March 16, 2009 What - ALLIGATOR population growth? It'd be cheaper just to air drop turkeys over the swamps. Is that you, Mr. Carlson? As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dain11279 963 Posted March 16, 2009 My dad used to always drop me off at the ole crocodile infested swimming hole... Unfortunately, they didn't do their job though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy1 0 Posted March 16, 2009 Unfortunately, they didn't do their job though. Depends on your point of view, I have a great pair of crocodile boots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Moz 69 Posted March 16, 2009 A friend of mine that lives in Florida had his dog eaten by a Boa.. Didn't know they had em in Florida though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted March 16, 2009 Is that you, Mr. Carlson? I was thinking that exact same line. Maybe one of the most classic lines in TV history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 4,143 Posted March 16, 2009 Depends on your point of view, I have a great pair of crocodile boots. ghey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 4,143 Posted March 16, 2009 I was thinking that exact same line. Maybe one of the most classic lines in TV history. "Oh my God, Johnny, they're turkeys!!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted March 16, 2009 "Oh my God, Johnny, they're turkeys!!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jocstrap 8 Posted March 16, 2009 that dog deserved to die then. A dog getting out of the yard and getting hit by a car - now that's sad. and what about this stupid quote There is one more piece of compelling evidence. Since the snake showed up in Ms Buntine's back yard Bindi hasn't been seen. really? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RLLD 4,143 Posted March 16, 2009 that dog deserved to die then. A dog getting out of the yard and getting hit by a car - now that's sad. and what about this stupid quote There is one more piece of compelling evidence. Since the snake showed up in Ms Buntine's back yard Bindi hasn't been seen. really? LMFAO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
