[curiouscat]

Rotten luck eh? What's the chance! You visit a friend. Neighbor owns exotic pets. Said exotic pets includes a python. Python is big and strong (100 lbs 14 feet). Python escapes cage. Python finds ventilation duct. Python slithers through a duct. All the places python could have plopped on he falls on these boys. Boys are asleep.

Sad. All the holes in the cheese do really line up sometimes. 

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/08/07/vigil-set-for-2-canada-boys-strangled-by-python-pet-shop-had-no-permit-for/

[Arkcon]

It's worth saying tuned to this story -- some of the facts don't add up.  Experts are slow to criticize the press for following the story, but they are expressing some doubts, and internet armchair behaviorists are casting doubt on this being typical rock python behavior.

[408]

Ah media.  Two kids get strangled and they focus on a bit of bureaucracy.  Not like a permit would have prevented this.

[JGK]

latest news: "In all, 27 reptiles that were illegal to have in New Brunswick were removed from the building."

Six crocodiles, tortoises and a number of lizards were among the exotic animals seized, with most destined for zoos in New Brunswick or Ontario. 4 Alligators which couldn't be relocated were euthanized.