This first story is one I have to get off my chest. I don't want to think about it any more.
I was helping a fellow find something for his fish tank. It turns out that it wasn't a fish tank after all. It was a tank for a big python.
The python's owner was short, swarthy and built like a weight lifter. He had huge forearms with a fair bit of dark coarse looking hair. Dressed in black jeans and a t-shirt he looked as if he could be a construction worker. He was trying to build sliding glass doors so that the python could go in and out of the tank more easily without hurting its head.
As I listened to his story he revealed that this particular snake was about 200 pounds. My eyebrows must have gone up a bit for then he said;
"Yup, she could eat me"
"Oh?"
"Yes, I have about 5 pythons but she is the biggest"
"What do you do with them?" I asked.
"I raise them for their eggs"
"For what?"
"Oh I sell them, I make a pretty good living at it too. I made about $35,000 last year just on the eggs."
I began to wonder who exactly wants to raise something so very dangerous. It doesn't make any sense to me.
Anyway I am hoping that this isn't one of my neighbours or yours. But you just never know what people are doing in the privacy of their homes.
