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BAKER COUNTY PRESS (Macclenny, Florida) 07 December 06 ‘Show me the python’ (Jim McGauley)
Anybody seen a 33-inch long bald python?
It’s whereabouts are a bit of a mystery since the 20-year-old Glen St. Mary man who admits to stealing it doesn’t remember what he did with the reptile.
Christopher Woolf, in an inteview November 30 with Lt. Chuck Brannan and Investigator Steve Harvey, said he was drunk and high on prescription medication when he took the snake from Gregory Griffis’ residence on South 4th St. in Macclenny. The theft occurred the previous day.
Mr. Griffis, who is confined to a wheelchair, told police the accused came to his house about 7:20 and, after asking to hold the snake, intentionally knocked out a light and plunged the room into darkness. Mr. Woolf complied with the owner’s request to turn a light back on, and realized when Mr. Woolf left soon after that he had taken the snake.
The accused, who lives at 7881 Narrow Trail in Glen St. Mary, got in touch with Mr. Griffis the following day and admitted taking the python valued at $350, and offered to pay for it because he could not locate it. Mr. Woolf’s girlfriend Lindsey Chase also telephoned the owner to promise Mr. Woolf would sell his ATV to raise the cash.
Bald pythons are generally considered good pets and don’t pose a danger to humans, unlike some of their close relatives like Burmese pythons that grow to 30-feet in length. The bald species with its distinct markings rarely gets over eight feet, according to Brian Higginbotham of Callahan, an amateur snake expert who has several for pets.
“They (larger ones) can be dangerous to smaller animals including cats and small dogs,” he said. Whether they seize prey depends largely on their quirky appetites since they can go months without eating, he explained. A snake the size of the missing one normally feeds on mice.
Bald pythons are easily recognizable with a black and brown pattern of striping with white stomachs.
As of Tuesday of this week, Investigator Harvey said the python is still at large.
‘Show me the python’

Is this one of those tests to see how many things you can find wrong with this sentence/paragraph. LOL
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Tosha

I'd love to see an 8 foot "bald" python. I have yet to see one over 6 foot. Too funny!
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

i would love to see either a 8 foot bald OR a 30 foot burm.. i always get a kick out of silly herp stories.

Instead of "bald", the article now says "ball"...burmese pythons still get 30 feet long though..it must be true!

n/p

Uh 'scuse me, aren't ALL pythons bald?????

Just curious.

Quig
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

That's too funny....LOL
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Nick

2.2 Normals
1.0 Poss. Het for Carmel Albino
1.0 Dbl Het for Green/Yellow Ghost
0.0.1 Snow Corn

>>Uh 'scuse me, aren't ALL pythons bald?????
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>>Just curious.
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>>Quig
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>>Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

I guess it depends on which definition of "bald" you use. Still a funny article.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

LOLOL, OK Jay point taken "E

Quig

But on the other hand, snakes don't have feathers either
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

The English-language is so full of different (and often crazy) things, I'm amazed we are able to learn it at all. I know I have a hard time.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

bald [bawld] –adjective
1. having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person.
2. destitute of some natural growth or covering: a bald mountain.
3. lacking detail; bare; plain; unadorned: a bald prose style.
4. open; undisguised: a bald lie.
5. Zoology. having white on the head: the bald eagle.
6. Automotive. (of a tire) having the tread completely worn away.
–verb (used without object)
7. to become bald.
–noun
8. (often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
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Tosha

Attach this to the end....

Which begs the question - where did the term piebald come from?
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Tosha

LOLOL, now this is gittin' silly. Jay, you're right. The english language has way to many manings for one particular word . If it helps any, I fit one of Tosha's meanings.........I'm goin' bald

Quig
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

Yeah me too, only I'm follically challenged.

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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

>>5. Zoology. having white on the head: the bald eagle.

So I guess that means only lucy's, snows, and piebalds (those with white heads) can be called "Bald" Ball Pythons. Maybe ivorys too?
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PHWyvern

I thought I read that Piebalds never have a white head?

I'm trying to figure out who's the biggest moron. The columnist, the thief, or the "amateur snake expert" (dang if that ain't an oxymoron)?

I'll not even go into how many people will be repeating some of that misinformation. And they'll swear by it, because, "I read it in the paper!"

And I thought my cousin, "Cuzin' Red," was an idgit!!!

Have a good one!
Mike
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It is said that 1 out of every 4 people are mentally unbalanced. Think of your 3 closest friends, if they're normal, then it's you.

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>>I'll not even go into how many people will be repeating some of that misinformation. And they'll swear by it, because, "I read it in the paper!">>

I got me one of them 8 foots bald pythons!! I'm also an amature baytah-fish expert and breeder!!

*dies from a severe case of stupid*