Snakes on a boat

[Knotical]

Sorry for the loss of your cat.

How did you get rid of the python?

[AndyEss]

I knew I shouldn’t open this thread for a reason

[Madehn]

not politically correct and I know it was just being a snake but.... snakes are why God made the 410 shotgun--- there are only two things in life I am afraid of and at the top of the list is snakes

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by Madehn

not politically correct and I know it was just being a snake but.... snakes are why God made the 410 shotgun--- there are only two things in life I am afraid of and at the top of the list is snakes

Would the other be God with a 410 shotgun??

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by Madehn

not politically correct and I know it was just being a snake but.... snakes are why God made the 410 shotgun--- there are only two things in life I am afraid of and at the top of the list is snakes

Firing even a .410 below decks is not what I would call a really good idea! If nothing else the powder smoke soils the curtains.

And it might do the cat some collateral damage...

Jim

[ArmyDaveNY]

Following.

[alansmith]

I have a 410 next to my bed on land. Funny statement. I’m sure you were tongue in cheek when you wrote it. Discharging a firearm in a foreign country. Holy Sh!t Batman, what were you smoking? Go directly to jail and rot.

[Cadence]

I can't see putting little tiny holes in a boat.:-) Something proactive to keep them out makes more s sense.

[TheLuckyone]

Originally Posted by BugzyCan

Just a snake doing what it normally does, you can't get mad at it.

Turnabout’s fair play, then... can’t get mad at someone for killing the snake (protecting their home) and/or eating it.

Guarantee you if a snake killed one of my cats, I’d be discovering what snake tastes like.

[JPA Cate]

Originally Posted by TheLuckyone

Turnabout’s fair play, then... can’t get mad at someone for killing the snake (protecting their home) and/or eating it.

Guarantee you if a snake killed one of my cats, I’d be discovering what snake tastes like.

Really? We're talking a 3 m. (10 ft.) long python here. It would be pretty quick when hungry, and probably able to swallow a small teenager. And how would you kill it on your Westerly Centaur? How would you get it to leave? If you are a person of small physical stature, it might even think you'd make a meal!

Such a snake will suffocate prey pretty quickly, then squash it to make it more swallowable.

This had to have been a horrible experience for both cat and owner. It might be time to get a aluminum grille screen for the companionway there in Indonesia, to keep out the unwanted.

Ann

[waterman46]

Very sad for the cat and owner but what would the python have done if there had been no cat?

And how was the snake removed?

[TheLuckyone]

Originally Posted by JPA Cate

Really? We're talking a 3 m. (10 ft.) long python here. It would be pretty quick when hungry, and probably able to swallow a small teenager. And how would you kill it on your Westerly Centaur? How would you get it to leave? If you are a person of small physical stature, it might even think you'd make a meal!

A 10 ft python's got a fair chance if it had the element of surprise. Catch a person sleeping, or cornered and empty handed, sure. Catch that same person awake with a knife in their hand... that's a bit different. Python's got a good bite, so the person's not likely to come out of it entirely unharmed, but five inches of good sharp steel makes for a better bite.

Don't underestimate a person defending their home & their family, including pets.

[flyingnut40]

I want to know how they got the snake off the boat too...... please share!!

[securmarbologna]

sorry for your cat, how did the snake come, did you open the boat?

[securmarbologna]

I want to know how they got the snake out !!!