Guenter Leitenbauer
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 | | Subject: Pythons escape on a Qantas Flight Thu 16 Apr - 15:33 | |
| Sorry, only in German.
http://www.orf.at/090416-37306/index.html
And here in english:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/802062/pythons-break-free-on-qantas-flight |
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Andrew Hacket
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| | Subject: Re: Pythons escape on a Qantas Flight Thu 16 Apr - 20:11 | |
| fumigation to death ! shame. RIP
The person waiting for the snakes must be pissed off. |
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Guenter Leitenbauer
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| | Subject: Re: Pythons escape on a Qantas Flight Fri 17 Apr - 14:39 | |
| Well ... regarding all the information there is one possibility nobody took into account. The four snakes have never been aboard ... I would prefer this interpretation.
Besides that: killing four 15cm harmless pythons is crazy. They are no danger for anybody. |
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Scotty Allen
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| | Subject: Re: Pythons escape on a Qantas Flight Fri 17 Apr - 17:13 | |
| "Besides that: killing four 15cm harmless pythons is crazy. They are no danger for anybody."
I agree that it was a shame to kill the four snakes but putting myself in the shoes of the Airline, how long should the plane have been out of service while ground crews tried to find the snakes ... if they were even there? Imagine the panic if the baby snakes were just left and a nervous passenger or worse yet, one of the flight crew spotted one whilst the plane was in flight? I don't see any option available other than fumigation.
It's a shame, but ...
I prefer to think that maybe they were not there in the first place as Guenter suggests. |
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Fabian Dirks
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| | Subject: Re: Pythons escape on a Qantas Flight Fri 17 Apr - 17:45 | |
| | Quote: | | Besides that: killing four 15cm harmless pythons is crazy. They are no danger for anybody. |
When starting trouble with electric it can get worse on a plane...
RGDS Fabian |
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Mario Lutz
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| | Subject: Re: Pythons escape on a Qantas Flight Sat 18 Apr - 4:16 | |
| its always nice to see how experienced peoples are in dealing with animals...
itīs even better to see how big the media is using it for getting attention for stuff like that.. just the linking to "snakes on a plane" which was on the most disgusting movies iīve seen so far is ridiculous..
i wonder if it would be just a big story if someone looses his lovebird on a plane.... hitchcooks "the birds" would be linked as well??? there are no responsible journalists anymore out there...
i am so sick of it... and it shows again how less Homo sapiens still knows about reptilians, and how deep are the fear is rooted... education folks! itīs just a far way to go for all of us - still! 21īth century....
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Fabian Dirks
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| | Subject: Re: Pythons escape on a Qantas Flight Sat 18 Apr - 6:13 | |
| | Quote: | | i am so sick of it... and it shows again how less Homo sapiens still knows about reptilians, and how deep are the fear is rooted... education folks! itīs just a far way to go for all of us - still! 21īth century.... |
Not at all!
Animals on a plane, is a different story then on ground!
But. there is more fear inside, then on other animals! It is the same procedure then mammals.... are on board
RGDS Fabian |
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Mario Lutz
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| | Subject: Re: Pythons escape on a Qantas Flight Sat 18 Apr - 6:47 | |
| | Fabian Dirks wrote: | | Quote: | | i am so sick of it... and it shows again how less Homo sapiens still knows about reptilians, and how deep are the fear is rooted... education folks! itīs just a far way to go for all of us - still! 21īth century.... |
Not at all!
Animals on a plane, is a different story then on ground!
But. there is more fear inside, then on other animals! It is the same procedure then mammals.... are on board
RGDS Fabian |
there is only one compartment, suitable for the transport of animals in each plane. the compartment are rather small and easy to check.
outside this place, there would be no air and no temperature regulation at all... unlikely, the small snakes would make it, outside any luggage!
i know, some folks carrying snakes in their normal luggage around the world, and this animals seem to do quite well in sacks inside the bags. but that is inside, outside that would be a quite different story... also, the animal transport compartment should be tightly close, so that animals, escaping their transport boxes could not get out there easily. i am a pilot myself and i know there are many hiding spaces in an airplane, especially if we talking about snakes, 15 cm body length. my statement meant no one should be panicking because of 15 cm, non - venomous snakes on the loose! i recall huge police actions in Berlin few years ago, caused by an escaped cornsnake in a tram.
here is clearly more education needed... that the public might be scared is one thing, professionals, dealing with animals (i also include here folks, transporting live animals) should react differently... i also talk about the media folks, having nothing else to do than making a big story out of 15 cm pythons!
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Attitude, rather than disposition is more definitive of serpent behavior. From the moment they emerge into this world until they complete their life cycle, their attitude is "Don't tread on me. I am well equipped to defend myself, but content to pass through life unnoticed. I mean no harm to anything or anyone that our creator has not provided as my bill of fare; I am self sustaining and I like it that way, please pass me by." - W.E. Haast
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