Is this bloke a fisherman by any chance (1 Viewer)

[Andy Adcock]

3m my arse, do they even get that big?

Australia: Python bites and drags five-year-old into pool

The "naughty" python bit the five year old, before dragging him into a swimming pool in his home.

www.bbc.com

 

[IamFof]

I can't be sure whether it is a Carpet Python or a Diamond Python, but as it happened in Byron Bay, I would suspect the Diamond Python.
The CP can grow to about 4m while the DP, slightly smaller, at about 3m. Most though, rarely exceed 2m, which is what it appears.

 

[Dyrlege]

I can't be sure whether it is a Carpet Python or a Diamond Python, but as it happened in Byron Bay, I would suspect the Diamond Python.
The CP can grow to about 4m while the DP, slightly smaller, at about 3m. Most though, rarely exceed 2m, which is what it appears.

But they can be terribly aggressive...

 

[rosbifs]

Once we told him he wasn't going to die he was pretty happy....

A line I will remember fro a long time!

 

[IamFof]

@Dyrlege
I lived in NSW & Qld for nearly 30 yrs, and encountered CP many times and found them pretty unaggresive.
I wouldn't expect the DP to be much different, as it is a ssp of CP.
This is one that popped in to say G'day, while I was visiting friends in Qld.

 

[Dyrlege]

@Dyrlege
I lived in NSW & Qld for nearly 30 yrs, and encountered CP many times and found them pretty unaggresive.
I wouldn't expect the DP to be much different, as it is a ssp of CP.
This is one that popped in to say G'day, while I was visiting friends in Qld.

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As a vet I've handled a few, and I much prefer the boas, much more placid. That said, I've had three young tiger pythons simultaneously up my sleeve, no aggression as long as you don't panic them. But once you get them going...