Snakes on a Plane?!?

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Baby pythons escape during flight in Australia

AP

Missing snakes on plane ground Qantas flight AFP/File – A Qantas airliner was grounded after four snakes went missing from the cargo hold on a passenger flight …

Wed Apr 15, 11:40 pm ET

MELBOURNE, Australia – Four baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia, leading to a search that forced the cancellation of two flights, the airline said Thursday.

Twelve non-venemous Stimson pythons were being transported Tuesday on a flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne in the plane's cargo area in a bag inside a plastic foam box with air holes.

When the flight landed, it was discovered that four snakes had escaped from the package, a Qantas spokeswoman said in a statement.

A reptile expert searched for the 6-inch (15-centimeter) -long snakes but did not find them. It was not known if the snakes were still on the plane or if they had somehow escaped outside after the plane landed.

In the meantime, the plane missed two flights it had been scheduled to fly and the passengers were transferred to other flights.

When the snakes were not found, the airplane was fumigated and it returned to service on Wednesday.

Stimson's pythons, which can grow up to three feet (one meter) long, live in western and central Australia and are not an endangered species.

Let's see how long we can go w/o a Samuel L. Jackson quote

[Rev.Reverence]

"Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!"

(edit: I JUST SAW THIS--> Let's see how long we can go w/o a Samuel L. Jackson quote){6 hours..or 1 post)

Edited April 17, 2009 by Rev.Reverence

[Homicidalheathen]

fumigated?? oh so because of someone's negligence and then the not finding them, more of a job not well done...they gas the poor things? wtf

where is peta when ya need them...oh yah, bombing labs

[ttogreh]

We have to build a barrier between us and the snakes.

[Oh_My_Goth]

"Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!"

(edit: I JUST SAW THIS--> Let's see how long we can go w/o a Samuel L. Jackson quote){6 hours..or 1 post)

Awwwwe maaaaan.....

I wanted to be the one to say that

[Oh_My_Goth]

fumigated?? oh so because of someone's negligence and then the not finding them, more of a job not well done...they gas the poor things? wtf

where is peta when ya need them...oh yah, bombing labs

Yeah, & harassing the Pet Shop Boys about there name

[Rev.Reverence]

Awwwwe maaaaan.....

I wanted to be the one to say that

so did I

[Oh_My_Goth]

so did I

I have that stuck in Me head now

Oh.. & The quote is actually... Listen Here

[Rev.Reverence]

I have that stuck in Me head now

Oh.. & The quote is actually... Listen Here

I never saw that shit! I just heard it on the tele...I had to look up the quote anyhow...

[pomba gira]

fumigated?? oh so because of someone's negligence and then the not finding them, more of a job not well done...they gas the poor things? wtf

where is peta when ya need them...oh yah, bombing labs

Does seem a bit extreme... didn't anyone think to put out a heat source, hide box & food? Otherwise there certainly is no way they were ever gonna find snakes that small on a plane... they can get into some amazingly small nooks & crannies. Hell I just had to pay $275 to get my Ophelia removed from my car dashboard... and I knew pretty much where she was, just had no way to get at her.