Giant Pythons Invade Florida


	Giant Pythons Invade Florida

digitalsistere

5-18-2008 8:15 PM

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florida, snake, reptile, beach, disney, discovery, south, python

digitalsistere says:

Time to cancel my time shares! My brokers gonna be pissed.

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5-18-2008 8:18 PM

ericskiff

Yeah, that'd pretty much be it for my mother in law. She already hates snakes, giant dog eating snakes would pretty much stop her from ever setting foot in a state.

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