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News is reporting that a 12-foot Burmese Python named Houdini
screwed up a magic trick when he tried to make his electric
blanket disappear. The python, who decided to gulp down the
blanket as a main course, needed emergency surgery to have it
removed (apparently, the Heimlich doesn't have much of an effect
on snakes). What was amazing to me in reading the article was:
a) it took Houdini 6 hours to get the queen-sized blanket into
his belly  b) the surgery to remove the blanket needed an
18-inch incision  c) the two veterinarians operating on the
creature had never performed surgery on a snake and did it after
taking advice from other vets over the phone, and  d) that the
snake appears to be recovering just fine!  Although, if you ask
me, the owner was begging for a disaster. If you give a security
blanket to a python to squeeze, you should expect that he'll
want to take a nibble out of habit.  July 20, 2006 - 12:58pm
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