Anyone seen the dog?

[Jens_Lengman]

An Australian family whose pet guinea pig, cat and dog were eaten by giant pythons menacing their tropical home fears their children could be next on the predators' menu.The Peric family watched in horror this week as their much-loved Chihuahua was swallowed by a 16.5 ft long scrub python on the verandah of their home in Kuranda, Queensland. Python eats family dog in front of childrenBy Nick Squires in SydneyLast Updated: 1:31pm GMT 28/02/2008An Australian family whose pet guinea pig, cat and dog were eaten by giant pythons menacing their tropical home fears their children could be next on the predators' menu.The Peric family watched in horror this week as their much-loved Chihuahua was swallowed by a 16.5 ft long scrub python on the verandah of their home in Kuranda, Queensland. The sixteen-foot-long reptile had probably stalked the tiny dog for several days Despite hurling chairs at the snake, it was undeterred and they were unable to save the family pet."Actually watching it unfold before your eyes was pretty gut-wrenching," Daniel Peric told the Cairns Post yesterday. "We'd had the dog about five years, so it was part of the family."A pet guinea pig and a cat had fallen victim to snakes in recent weeks and he said he was now worried about his two young children, Ethan, 5, and Talia, 7, who witnessed the python eat their pet dog."We have ducted air-conditioning. Call it paranoia, but my big fear is that a snake will get in there," said Mr Peric. He was scared to leave his children alone in the house. "When it happens once, you think it's a one-off, but last night I thought 'this is serious'".The Perics called a local snake expert, Stuart Douglas, to try to save their dog but by the time he arrived it had been all but swallowed, with only its back legs and tail protruding from the python's mouth.Mr Douglas, a snake handler at the Australian Venom Zoo in Kuranda, near Cairns, took the python away. He believed it had stalked the Chihuahua over a period of several days."It only took about 30 minutes to eat the dog, but it will be digesting it for two days," he said.Scrub pythons, which can grow up to 24ft in length, live in the rainforests of northern Queensland and usually prey on wild turkeys, fruit bats and wallabies.But towns like Cairns are expanding fast and as homes are built on the rainforest fringe, the snakes inevitably come into contact with domestic pets."These pythons used to feed on wallabies but now they feed on cats and dogs in suburbia," said Mr Douglas.He said Mr Peric's fears for his children were well founded. "A snake of that size is quite capable of killing a small child."

Imagine coming home to that.

[Bruno Di Gradi]

**typical grime tune intro** "It's 2 Double 0 Python.......... and we're not f*ckin about this year" **typical grime tune intro**i hate chihuahua's anyway. shame.

[Flojo]

Nah nah nah, I would move from that area swiftly.I could never sleep easy knowing snakes of that size might take my pickney for a kit kat one day.

[Soca Junkie]

Snakes are f*ck*ng greedy.

[iKandy]

Erghhh.On that David Attenborough program one snake swallowed an antelope

[Guest Radio]

who watched that david attenborough ting bout snakes the other day, it was mad when it showed you that snake eating the antalope

[Guest Radio]

Erghhh.On that David Attenborough program one snake swallowed an antelope

[Gordon Gekko]

f*ck that, id moveI hate snakes (no pussyo)

[Axiom]

i'd purchase a leng or if anythin i'd throw the oldest child at it, he can be replaced.

[kahuna]

lmao the kids are lucky

[Action Dan]

Bully Constrictor

[Flojo]

i'd purchase a leng or if anythin i'd throw the oldest child at it, he can be replaced.

lmao

[Guest djbmc]

Erghhh.On that David Attenborough program one snake swallowed an antelope

f*ck OFF!!!!!!!!

[manuel]

talking about snakes that was one girls excuse today for not being in last Friday. "I got bit by a snake" teacher believed it as well.

[Numero001]

Bully Constrictor

LMAO pissed

[Sook Unu Mumma]

them snakes are at there most vunerable when they are eating because they have to dislocate there jaws.Once i saw the dog getting yam up, i would of drawn for a meat cleaver and chop up the snake.Probably easier said than done tho

[revs]

them snakes are at there most vunerable when they are eating because they have to dislocate there jaws.Once i saw the dog getting yam up, i would of drawn for a meat cleaver and chop up the snake.Probably easier said than done tho

yeah i would of stamped on its head first (ddr style) to warm up the beating

[anti social]

Teacher - "Wheres ur homework"Student - "The dog ate it"Teacher - "So wheres the dog then?"Student - "The snake ate it, OBVIOUSLY"

[GOLDIE]

heard a story through a family friend a few wks agoher mate is a zoologist or something and she had a boa constrictor in her house for study purposesshe woke up during the night to find the boa stretched out beside herit done this for two nights in a rowshe later found out it was measuring up to eat her

[Guest Radio]

heard a story through a family friend a few wks agoher mate is a zoologist or something and she had a boa constrictor in her house for study purposesshe woke up during the night to find the boa stretched out beside herit done this for two nights in a rowshe later found out it was measuring up to eat her

[Trilliam]

heard a story through a family friend a few wks agoher mate is a zoologist or something and she had a boa constrictor in her house for study purposesshe woke up during the night to find the boa stretched out beside herit done this for two nights in a rowshe later found out it was measuring up to eat her

Them frenemies there. Come cash point with you all the time just to clock your balance and pin number.