From West Australian today:Crew on an Air India passenger jet discovered a snake coiled up under a seat and were unable to catch it as it slithered around the plane, the airline said today.
The incident, which occurred on Monday, echoed the plot of 2006 hit film Snakes on a Plane starring Samuel L Jackson and Julianna Margulies.
Question - if you're flying and you know there's a snake under the seats somewhere, do you:
1. Scream and start a mass panic;
2. Put your feet up on the headrest ahead and whimper to yourself;
3. Find the b--g-r and exterminate it;
4. Make friends and name him/her?
As Antaresia maculosa is a non-venomous python, I might call her Monty.
ReplyDeleteNow Sean can recognise the snake, I'd make friends too. Wouldn't fancy the venomous kind.
ReplyDeleteSurely the sensible thing to do would be to have a quiet word with the nearest flight attendant.
Yesterday I had lunch with a friend, a doctor on sabbatical from Australia. We were discussing snakes, the bane of my life as a child growing up, and she told me this story.
ReplyDeleteWhen she was doing a stint in the ER in Australia (she's now a pediatric psychiatrist) a family brought in a year old child along with the dead venomous snake they had found in the crib with it.
The baby was just fine, not bitten but the dead snake had all these teeth marks along it. Yep the child had chewed on the snake. Before or after it died? Did it die of shock? How bizarre is that story.
Make friends.
ReplyDeleteSeems a little harsh to even have the exterminate option.
Little do we know how far snakes are part of our life.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of that film Snakes on a Plane...
ReplyDeleteIf it's poisonous, crush its head; if it's not, pick it up and give it to the flight attendant.
ReplyDeleteJames
ReplyDeleteO/T
Thanks for the answer.
I have silenced my associate.
There's a pub directly opposite the main entrance to the local uni, with equine similarities.
That is if you are near there....
I am also very familiar with Bev., - if you are near there.
If you don't have wheels, name the place.....
Yes I have silenced them.
ReplyDeleteYes, really.
ReplyDeleteNever seen it but go Sam Jackson on it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, people.
ReplyDeleteEr ... Anon ... I'm not in Hull now ... I'm in Wales in a manner of speaking.
scream and panic - sorry.
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