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Posted 05 November 2009 - 05:36 PM

www.reuters.com said:

MIAMI (Reuters) - A man who caught a 14-foot (4.2-meter) python in a Florida drain pipe was charged with perpetrating a hoax after wildlife officers discovered he owned the snake and put it in the pipe in order to stage the capture.

Justin Matthews, a professional animal trapper, later admitted that he had "staged the event to call attention to a growing problem of irresponsible pet ownership," the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said on Thursday.

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Posted 05 November 2009 - 05:43 PM

LOL

"Justin Matthews, a professional animal trapper, later admitted that he had "staged the event to call attention to a growing problem of irresponsible pet ownership," the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said on Thursday."


Well this puts him in a rather bad light don't it LOL what a butthead LOL
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 09:25 PM

Lol, how ironic...
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Posted 06 November 2009 - 09:10 AM

cringing.
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Posted 06 November 2009 - 11:10 AM

Jesus like there's not already enough burms kicking around florida without risking putting another out there for a stunt, it also not like they need the publicity there are already annual snake catching days and free snake catching courses in parts of florida

anyway 14fts not exactly huge for a species that can often hit 18 and "baby" the worlds largest clocks in at 27 foot

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Posted 07 November 2009 - 06:23 AM

Hoaxes are crimes?
Grant me this at least, man differs more from man than man from beast....

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Posted 07 November 2009 - 10:06 AM

when law enforcement gets involved, yes.
it looks like the upper hand, is on the other foot.

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