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Archives of The Cold Blooded NewsThe Newsletter of the Colorado Herpetological SocietyVolume 29, Number 5; May, 2002 |
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More on Monty the PythonReprinted from "HerPET-POURRI" by Ellin Beltz, in the Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society, Vol.37, No.3, March 2002.Do they teach the Lazlo Protocols anywhere? Firefighters responding to the Aurora, Colorado, home where a man was strangled by his pet python tried to put the snake away. One said, "The rest of the crew took the patient up the stairs to begin resuscitation. I planned on letting go of the snake, but it got two coils around my arm.... It was one of the most powerful things I have ever encountered, like being squeezed by a hydraulic arm. At one point I was laying on top of it, and it was carrying me across the basement floor with no problem. During the struggle, I kept talking to it, saying things like 'Stay calm,' but that was more for me than for the snake." The sad part of this story is that the firefighter was alone during the struggle and only got the upper hand when a police officer came down into the basement and discovered the struggle in progress. The firefighter reported only numbness and tingling in his arm and said, "They don't teach you how to deal with this in the Fire Academy. The next time, I think I'll let somebody else have the experience." [The News Star, February 13, 2002, George Patton and Martha Messinger] The Lazlo Protocol for snakes says: (1) never handle a potentially dangerous animal alone. All the other rules and corollaries follow from rule one. Make your 2002 resolution to always follow and teach the Lazlo Protocol for animal handling. Think of how many stories here start out with "A ____ was found after being _____ by a pet _____." Please don't fill in those blanks yourself. Copyright © 1998 - 2006, Colorado Herpetological Society. All rights reserved. | ||
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