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This is my first attempt to link a vid so we will see how it goes. Sort of a funny story about all the "excaped pet reticulated pythons" that are "invading" Bangkok. Aparentily no one bothered to check and see that they live there but there i go inserting logic into the medias headlines

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&vid=3f4b75f6-684b-427f-849a-1d484175d3e9
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"We don't inherate the earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children"

that's like me [bleep]ing about the pet white tails eating my yard....

Bangkok historically has always had Retics. The first retic I ever collected in the wild was behind a restaurant in Bangkok. Retics have NOT excaped nor have they been released there but are natives just as much as the Thai people are. They make a good living eating dogs, cats, chickens, and rats living right in the city. Singapore is another Asian city filled with Retics. That is ridiculous as the Pythons are more common in the city than in the jungle because of plentiful food. It is RARE to find one over 15' because at that size it's hard to hide and people kill them before they get really big. Once in a while along the klongs [canals] a big 18' plus snake is found but rarely...
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Tom Crutchfield
www.tomcrutchfield.com

When I lived in the Philippines for my jr year of high school i caught a 14 footer in downtown Manila. The largest I ever caught out in the provences was just over 10. Tokays also seemed more numereus in the cities then the villages too or they were just easer to see on the side of a building then on the side of a tree. Man i really miss it out there i need to find a way to go back.
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"We don't inherate the earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children"