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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...in-campbellton-new-brunswick/article13636297/
In the memory of these two, Noah and Conner Barthe, I feel that we should let them rest in peace.
Every post is easily found through a Google search and I believe every parent here, if it was your child, would want peace from all the speculation being posted on the internet.
In none of the dozens of news stories is there any indication that it was anything other than what has been determined in the preliminary autopsy report and that is asphyxiation by the python. The Reptile world (us) hoping there is another explanation at this time is pure speculation.
I would think it would be very hard to duplicate strangulation by a python to cover up the deaths by human hands. The authorities are pursuing this case and someone will be prosecuted. As for what we need to wait to find out.
We know tragedies like this will add fuel to more regulation and that's what we fear. IMO, We should except the fact that there is going to be regulation. I feel the best we can fight for is fairness and balance.
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Here are some excerpts from news articles;
Snake expert John Kendrick, a manager at the Reptile Store in Hamilton, Ontario, said that if pythons are startled, they can grab something for stability, and it's possible that the python was just holding on to what it landed on, Kendrick said.
"Once they are in constricting mode, any part of their body that is touching something that moves, they'll wrap it," he said. "I've seen snakes with two different prey items at the same time, one with the back of the body and one with the front. It could have been an incident like that."
Paul Goulet, founder and co-owner of Little Ray's Reptile Zoo in Ottawa, said snakes don't recognize humans as a source of food, but if the children smelled like animals, it could explain an attack.
"If a snake sees an animal moving, giving off heat and smells like a goat, what is it? It's a goat," Goulet said.
Family spokesman Dave Rose, the boys' great-uncle, said the brothers had spent Monday at Savoie's family farm and played with llamas, goats, horses, dogs and cats before staying over at the apartment.
Preliminary autopsy results show the boys were asphyxiated by the python.
23 reptiles that were banned without a permit in New Brunswick were seized from the store, while four large American alligators were euthanized.
In the memory of these two, Noah and Conner Barthe, I feel that we should let them rest in peace.
Every post is easily found through a Google search and I believe every parent here, if it was your child, would want peace from all the speculation being posted on the internet.
In none of the dozens of news stories is there any indication that it was anything other than what has been determined in the preliminary autopsy report and that is asphyxiation by the python. The Reptile world (us) hoping there is another explanation at this time is pure speculation.
I would think it would be very hard to duplicate strangulation by a python to cover up the deaths by human hands. The authorities are pursuing this case and someone will be prosecuted. As for what we need to wait to find out.
We know tragedies like this will add fuel to more regulation and that's what we fear. IMO, We should except the fact that there is going to be regulation. I feel the best we can fight for is fairness and balance.
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Here are some excerpts from news articles;
Snake expert John Kendrick, a manager at the Reptile Store in Hamilton, Ontario, said that if pythons are startled, they can grab something for stability, and it's possible that the python was just holding on to what it landed on, Kendrick said.
"Once they are in constricting mode, any part of their body that is touching something that moves, they'll wrap it," he said. "I've seen snakes with two different prey items at the same time, one with the back of the body and one with the front. It could have been an incident like that."
Paul Goulet, founder and co-owner of Little Ray's Reptile Zoo in Ottawa, said snakes don't recognize humans as a source of food, but if the children smelled like animals, it could explain an attack.
"If a snake sees an animal moving, giving off heat and smells like a goat, what is it? It's a goat," Goulet said.
Family spokesman Dave Rose, the boys' great-uncle, said the brothers had spent Monday at Savoie's family farm and played with llamas, goats, horses, dogs and cats before staying over at the apartment.
Preliminary autopsy results show the boys were asphyxiated by the python.
23 reptiles that were banned without a permit in New Brunswick were seized from the store, while four large American alligators were euthanized.
