ATTENTION, RESIDENTS OF BANFF
(Thanks to Jen Dorman)
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Bah, it wouldn't be the FIRST time I stepped on a two-metre snake...
Posted by: tropichunt.com guy™ | September 23, 2005 at 02:56 PM
SO we can establish from this that you shouldn't go in the water because of the giant squid and you shouldn't walk in the fields because of the snakes and let's not forget the bear attacks.
AND I can't go live in the States because you people are about to become the next Atlantis.
Posted by: Somewhere North | September 23, 2005 at 03:07 PM
I hope this flight doesn't get in to Banff late ... I really don't want to miss that new display at the Bighorn Library. I better check my watch ... AUGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!.
Posted by: Chianca At Large | September 23, 2005 at 03:13 PM
Residents of Banff = Stiff Deboner Fans
Thought you ought to know.
Posted by: mudstuffin | September 23, 2005 at 03:19 PM
Dave, I think you should really be careful. The article says that boa constrictors have taken hold in Florida.
I'm worried about you. All we have in Pennsylvania is a few Gardener snakes. Maybe you should come live here in a safe state.
Posted by: melody | September 23, 2005 at 03:35 PM
"They seize their prey in their jaws, then entwine it in their powerful body coils and suffocate it."
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I think I dated her once.
Posted by: long tall texan | September 23, 2005 at 03:41 PM
If the shed was two meters, the snake was probably only about a meter, maybe a meter and a half. So, not all that scary... (I guess. I mean, I don't find any snakes scary, so I wouldn't really know...)
"The article says that boa constrictors have taken hold in Florida."
That may be, I'm not sure, but I do know that Burmese pythons have begun to reproduce in the Everglades. Don't ask me how long they get; you don't want to know.
MAN, irresponsible people make me MAD....
Posted by: Kitt (defender of ophidian justice) | September 23, 2005 at 03:42 PM
I would just like to point out that the hot springs at Banff are really nice and toastie. So a boa constrictor could slither there, and be quite happy.
Posted by: Witchiecoo | September 23, 2005 at 03:49 PM
This is officially the second mention I have heard this week about abnormally large snakes in and around populated areas.
It's official: I'm never leaving my house again, EVER.
Posted by: Eric | September 23, 2005 at 03:54 PM
Eric ~ They can get into your house. They WILL get into your house.
Unless you cover every crevice with plastic wrap and duct tape.
Posted by: VictoriaE77 (Sweatin' Jezebel Straw) | September 23, 2005 at 04:05 PM
Do I need to be worried about 2 metres? If it is equal to two inches then i will use my size 15 feet to squash it. However if it is equal to 20 feet then well I would use my size 15 feet to run away yelling MOMMY.
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | September 23, 2005 at 04:41 PM
So how many tourists can a two-metre boa constrictor swallow?
Posted by: MikeKr | September 23, 2005 at 04:55 PM
Depends on the size of the tourist.
Posted by: snakey jones | September 23, 2005 at 05:31 PM
I would also suspect it would seek out the warmest place possible.
You mean like this place?
Posted by: Aunt Nancy | September 23, 2005 at 05:33 PM
isn't "Banff" the noise you'd make while being sufffocated by a boa?
also Boa constrictor has the same scientific name as its regular name...
Posted by: insomniac | September 23, 2005 at 05:35 PM
The more it eats, the more it sheds.....
Why can't that happen to me????
*pouts*
Posted by: Eleanor | September 23, 2005 at 05:38 PM
Eleanor - don't pout. You're much better looking than any snake, and funnier too, also.
Posted by: Aunt Nancy | September 23, 2005 at 05:42 PM
Addicted to 24, 2 metres is about 7 feet, so not tiny.
Banffites don't need to worry, though. If the wolves, wolverines, and other animals beginning with "wol" don't get it, the sub-freezing nights will.
Posted by: (_i_) | September 23, 2005 at 06:36 PM
"You-know-whats. Why did it have to be you-know-whats?"
Posted by: Ivory Bill Woodpecker | September 24, 2005 at 04:22 AM
I just realized - I'm supposed to go up to Banff next weekend for dinner.
I wonder what they're serving...
Posted by: (_i_) | September 24, 2005 at 04:38 AM
The Legendary Non-Venemous Stranglers would be a good name for a rock band.
Posted by: Marya | September 25, 2005 at 05:51 PM