P&A News @ November 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Some churches are known by their use of snakes in their services. However, the serpents are normally found inside the building and not in the parking lot.
The Punta Gorda First Presbyterian Church in southwest Florida had a parishioner nearly stumble over a 10-foot long red-tailed boa constrictor in their parking area on Monday, November 3.
“We [...]
P&A News @ October 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Clark County Humane Society in Ohio gained a new tenant that the staff named “Buddy.“
Buddy is a seven-foot-long boa constrictor that was found in an unusual habitat - the engine of a car.
The car’s owners found the snake under the hood after neighbors had warned the family that a large snake had been [...]
P&A News @ October 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Ada Barak’s Carnivorous Plant Farm does not engender an image of a relaxing massage. Add to the image the element that the expected massaging hands are replaced by squirming serpents.
Barak’s farm in Israel exhibits plants which eat insects, reptiles and even small mammals.
During tours, Barak takes snakes living amongst the plants and allows the reptiles [...]
P&A News @ August 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Dawn the Python Meet Kurtis the Weatherman
If you think that predicting the weather is hard enough, imagine doing so while a reptile gives you unexpected affection.
For meterorologist Kurtis Gertz of KCCI-TV in Des Moines, the embarrassing sequence began at a live broadcast from the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, August 7.
Gertz was somehow compelled to appear with [...]
P&A News @ July 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Boa constrictor in a toilet (Not the snake of this story)
For all those women who suffer from the frustration of getting their man to lower the toilet seat after use, a solution may have been found. Report a missing snake.
On Friday, July 25, the combination of an open window and a missing three-foot boa constrictor [...]
P&A News @ July 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
It is commonplace to check pockets of clothing before starting the laundry. You may expect to save yourself from finding loose change, tissues, rocks and other items from mixing with the laundry. Mara Ranger of Gorham, Maine will now be looking out for pythons.
After washing a load of clothes, Ms. Ranger began removing some clothing from [...]
P&A News @ June 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Police in Bridgeport, Conn. were greeted with a surprise when responding to a call about a domestic dispute. After the door was opened to the apartment of 21-year old Victor Rodriguez on Monday, June 16, the officers found Mr. Rodriguez with a 9-foot long albino python.
The snake was allegedly being commanded by his owner to [...]
P&A News @ June 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Why is it that animals tend to go to people who don’t like them?
Gaye Hurst is not a fan of snakes, but that did not stop them from coming to her. On Wednesday, June 27, the Utah woman had received an oxygen generator by mail from a company located in Indiana. Keep in mind that Indiana [...]
P&A News @ June 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet
BY PATRICK WHITTLE |
patrick.whittle@newsday.com
June 10, 2008
A mother in Brentwood checked on her sleeping daughter to find a real-life urban legend come true: There was a snake in her baby’s crib, she said.
Cari Abatemarco, 32, of upstate Troy, was visiting family in Brentwood late last week when she awoke after 1 a.m. Thursday to the [...]
P&A News @ June 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
26-year-old Kay Robins of Gloucester, UK thought her boyfriend, Brian Williams was playing a prank, until the prank moved. It was then she realized that the tail hanging out of the toilet was connected to something very much alive.
Kay said: “I spotted the snake when I went to use the toilet.
“I saw the tail poking out from the rim of the [...]