So I'm strolling around looking for stories that will entertain me an I come across:
Snake eats family dog as kids watch.

And I'm all whattttt?

I really only read it to try and figure out why exactly they allowed the kids to watch.
I learnt that a scrub (not the hit comedy on NBC) python, which happen to be 16 feet long stalked  the family's pet for days--laying in it's bed among other things. This stalking and eating took place at their home near Kuranda in Queensland state--Australian tropics.

The kids, ages 5 and 7, watched as the snake, which typically eats wild animals such as wallabies swallow their dog whole. There are even pictures  of the process though I'm not sure why or who even took them. One lady did attempt to save the pooch by throwing plastic furniture at it while yelling "pick on something your own size" at it. It apparently had no affect.

Pythons typically squeeze their prey to death before swallowing it whole. That probably mean the 5-year-old dog (a silky terrier-Chihuahua crossbreed) would have been suffocated within minutes. When the proper authorities arrive (zoo PO PO of sorts) they didn't try to pull the dog out of the snake fearing that the teeth and claws may harm the snake--who was taken to the zoo-to rest while digesting the doggy and will be released to the wild later.

Picture and story here


This story got me thinking "do we have enough plastic furniture around to protect our pets from a giant python?" No we didn't…..so after ordering some very bright and very plastic furniture--I pondered a list of the coolest snake characters from the fiction world.

TOP 5 all time snakes

5. The giant snake that Arnold wrestles in Conan the Barbarian:

This snake is not a main character but can easily slither its way into the number 5 slot. If only for the homo erotic nature of the scene between the terminator an his slippery foe. The movie is cool an the scene is impressive.

4. The collective unit of serpents from Snakes on a Plane,

a movie about reptiles slithering wild an aircraft at 30,000 feet. Why? If only for their wonderful ability to to bite such funny places: boobs (during sex)  and one dudes Johnson right after he pees-you get the point!

3. Those things from V:

Okay technically they're snake like aliens. They are human in appearance, needing special glasses to protect their eyes and have a low resonance to their voices. They appear to be friendly, seeking the help of humans to obtain chemicals needed to aid their ailing world. In return, the Visitors promise to share their advanced technology with humanity but as the unsuspecting humans soon find out they're an evil reptilian race. They were bad asses an a real threat to the human race!

2. Kaa The Jungle Book:

An Indian Python around 9 meters long, who wants to eat Mowgli. In stark contrast to the book, he is depicted as a somewhat comic and antagonistic character and during the movie manages to hypnotize Mowgli twice and Bagheera once. He even tries to hypnotize Shere Khan, but fails. In the movie he is voiced by Sterling  Price Holloway, Jr.
 
1. Cobra Commander:

Cobra Commander is the evil and often cowardly leader of COBRA, A ruthless, terrorist organization determined to rule the world. He always covered his face, either by a featureless chrome mask or by a hood with eyehole cutouts. He wears a blue military uniform, occasionally sporting a cape and carrying a scepter, depending on the occasion. He was a wizard at concocting creative schemes for world domination the likes of: cloned dinosaurs, giant amoebas, miniaturized troops stowed away inside Christmas presents, and using a super laser to gleefully carve a picture of his face on the moon. He's always a wonderful quote: "Taking people's MONEY away isn't HALF as SATISFYING as making them SUFFER!" If you still doubt his being deserving of number one think about this: His distinctively raspy voice was provided by Chris Latta, who also provided the voice of Starscream in Transformers!


Honorable mention:

Snake-Eyes is one of the original members and a key character of the G.I. Joe comic book series. is proficient in 12 different unarmed fighting systems (Karate, Kung-Fu, Jujitsu) and is highly skilled in the use of edged weapons. He taught us silence can be cool. If Hellen Keller would've been able to do a spinning back kick she'd have been a star!

"Snake" Plissken The fictional character in John Carpenter's films Escape from New York and Escape from L.A., played by Kurt Russell. Like Snake-Eyes he's a quiet one. Though he rarely speaks when he does it's usually with an acidic and sarcastic tone. He make the list for rocking an eye patch--Although I thought he'd be taller….


Lifetime achievement award:

The devil for whom none of these evil stereotypes would be possible. Ever since he broke the scale ceiling with the apple back in the garden snakes have been one of our biggest baddies. Bravo!