Man bites Python

I don't know how to link things but go to www.tds.net and check out the story about the python. I will paste it below but the picture is gorgeous. I have never seen one this color before. Unless it was just the lighting for something they cleaned her with for surgery. Here is the article. But sereously check out the pic on the web site.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A snake bite in a north Sacramento neighborhood left the victim seriously hurt, but the injured party isn't whom you'd expect.

Police say a python underwent emergency surgery after a man allegedly bit the creature twice.

Officers were called to Del Paso Heights around 6:30 p.m. Thursday after a passer-by reported that a man was lying on the ground and may have been assaulted, according to Sgt. Andrew Pettit. When they arrived, they found David Senk, 54, still lying there — but police say he wasn't the one who was assaulted.

Another man approached officers and accused Senk of taking two bites out of his 3-foot pet python, Pettit said.

Senk was arrested on suspicion of unlawfully maiming or mutilating a reptile and booked on $10,000 bail.

In a jailhouse interview with KXTL-TV on Friday, Senk said he had no memory of the incident and that he has a drinking problem.

"I did what?" Senk said. "If you find the owner, tell him I'm real sorry. ... I'm willing to help pay for medical expenses."

The snake was turned over to the city's Animal Care Services, where it was recovering Friday after losing several ribs. The female python, about a couple years old, had extensive bite injuries, said Gina Knepp, acting animal care services manager.

"You could see the poor snake's liver, all the way down the side," Knepp said.

The snake's owner has not yet come forward to claim the pet or file a report with animal care officials, Knepp said.

Finally, a story that's not hating on the snakes. Tables got turned on that one. Poor snake! Oh, call PETA

TY for posting this. I left them a message requesting to adopt the ball python if the owner doesn't claim her. I told them I would pay for the shipping, etc. We'll see.

Did you see the picture on the tds.net? That color cant be right can it? It's gorgeous.
Did you ever get a response?

Scott, you out there? Did you here back about that python?