'man' feeds kitten to his pet snake

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I am sorry i did not read every reply, i did skim through.... because i was in haste to say ....something, i do apolagise for that , and i will go nerd up on the entire subject and previous replies.

As some of you will see, my user name is in fact a latin snake pre name...or family name, which ever is correct, and i have been a hobbiest, for the last 12 years. Furthermore i must add i have no qualifictaions in any feild of biology, so i strictly cannot be a "herpetologist".

But i have looked after quite a few reptiles, and the percentage of these were neglected or misstreated, i respect most nature, and it has facinated me my entire life.

Also psychology, sociology, philosophy , photography are big interests, and now a suprise in the long drawn out comment, i believe this person obviously has mental issues, but if i were to talk in a semi-spiritual sense, this person i believe has a disgusting spirit and the moral structure of a sponge.

Please do not blame the snake, it was presented with a viable food source, that is if it ate it, some snakes will try...to eat anything it can stretch around.

My own personal view is i think snakes are less dangerous than humans, so i don't think i have a right to judge them, and maybe the fact they have been here around 100 million years.... i will stop typing and go and read, i do not have a "what i think they should do is" ending yet , the entire thing disgusts me, i must control my rage


**edit** i just noticed i joined 09 didnt post! sorry how rude , hi lol
 
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Hey Mofo , lol points of view haha perceptions, .... pet snakes are friggin great, awesome creatures.... but non compatible with socket "hairless rat" for instance!
 
Cupra said:
snake was hungry mand fed it a small animal

how is this even news worthy?
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If it was a snake owner in their house tossing the kitten into the vivarium then I wouldn't have a problem with it except that it's an expensive food source when rats & mice are so much cheaper.
This sicko made this video to shock people and I don't know how you can't see the difference.
 

Dimple said:
If it was a snake owner in their house tossing the kitten into the vivarium then I wouldn't have a problem with it except that it's an expensive food source when rats & mice are so much cheaper.
This sicko made this video to shock people and I don't know how you can't see the difference.
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the thing is it killed 2 birds with 1 stone, yeah its there to shock people but theres nothing wrong with the idea of feeding kittens to the snake.
 
I know it's bad an all, but Humans are hypocrites, no one would complain if the snake was fed a mouse, that is an animal too... Humans don't complain when we eat chicken, lamb, beef etc, those are animals too, (the normal people who actually eat meat) it's a dog eat dog world, animals eat other animals, to survive, just because we got a higher state of awareness and emotions we find it cruel etc.

I don't actually agree with the snake being fed a kitten, could have at least give it something else, if that snake was in the wild, and it come across a wild cat, it would eat it.

We are all part of the food chain.
 
bitis said:
....Also psychology, sociology, philosophy , photography are big interests, and now a suprise in the long drawn out comment, i believe this person obviously has mental issues, but if i were to talk in a semi-spiritual sense, this person i believe has a disgusting spirit and the moral structure of a sponge.
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Were you referring to bhavv or Glaucus? :D;) (Bhavv/Glaucus Just messing guys, you're allowed to have you're opinions, and I respect that - sincerley)
 
Yup , also if primordial man, or maybe just a "wild" human now came across either of those 2 , and perhaps there was a huge rock or summat to kill em with , we would eat them, if the tiger hadn't of pulled its head off first .... :)

got to love perceptions and opinions :)


Actually no we would eat the headless corpse, of course we would lol

And nah not those two, lol who else may it be? **nudge nudge wink wink** ffs!
 
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starkill3r said:
I don't actually agree with the snake being fed a kitten, could have at least give it something else, if that snake was in the wild, and it come across a wild cat, it would eat it.
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If it came across a wild cat the cat would at least have a chance to GTFO.... Also realistically anywhere a wild cat would be there would likely be mice, rats or other vermin etc.. for the snake too... Though some snakes have been known to attempt to eat anything (including cattle) a cat wouldn't likely be a part of its diet (as has been posted before they don't tend to eat carnivores).

A kitten isn't of much benefit to the snake (the owner certainly didn't have the balls to put an actual fully grown cat in there - live fed rats have killed snakes before) and the video was done for sick entertainment purposes.
 
bhavv said:
Yet the single biggest joke in this thread is whoever thought that animals were originally domesticated for companionship, and not for food or furs. Thats the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time.
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Cats weren't domesticated for food or furs... they were useful for getting rid of rats/mice/other vermin...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_in_ancient_Egypt

Cats (Felis silvestris catus), known in Ancient Egypt as mau, were important in ancient Egyptian society. Beginning as a wild, untamed species, cats were useful for limiting vermin in Egyptian crops and harvests; through exposure, cats became domesticated and learned to coexist with humans. The people in what would later be Upper and Lower Egypt had a religion centering around the worship of animals, including cats.

Praised for controlling vermin and its ability to kill snakes such as cobras, the domesticated cat became a symbol of grace and poise. The goddess Mafdet, the deification of justice and execution, was a lion-headed goddess. The cat goddess Bast (also known as Bastet) eventually replaced the cult of Mafdet, and Bast's image softened over time and she became the deity representing protection, fertility, and motherhood.

As a revered animal and one important to Egyptian society and religion, some cats received the same mummification after death as humans. Mummified cats were given in offering to Bast.[citation needed] In 1888, an Egyptian farmer uncovered a large tomb with mummified cats and kittens. This discovery outside the town of Beni Hasan had eighty thousand cat mummies, dating to 1000-2000 BCE.
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Banzai_Joe said:
I'd happily pay for someone to rip this tossers intestines out.
I'd happily enter his house, tie his hands behind his back and push his face towards the python.....see what happens.
This type of stuff brings out the primeval attitude (of probably not just me) of wanting to torture this guy slowly....to the brink of death.
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Don't have kids.
 
Dimple said:
This sicko made this video to shock people and I don't know how you can't see the difference.
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I think that this is the main point.

Dictionary.com's definition of inhumane is:

"lacking humanity, kindness, compassion".

Dressing a kitten up in a Christmas hat and putting a soundtrack to it being executed in the way that it is for shock value is lacking kindness and compassion.

Glaucus said:
For me Lack of compassion has nothing to do with humane/inhumane.
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I've looked at Google's definition and dictionary.com's definition, and they both state that inhumanity is linked to compassion. Is this why our opinions differ?

Glaucus said:
Does videoing a slaughter house make the act suddenly inhumane? Of course it doesn't. So why does video a snake make it inhumane?
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For the reasons that I defined above alongside the definition that I (and two dictionary sources) go by.

bhavv said:
So feeding a snake to a cat, of which a video was also posted is inhumane as it shows a lack of compassion for the snakes suffering?
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It depends on the motivation of the video. If it was a clinical video with a legitimate reason behind it, it would muddy the waters in terms of compassion a bit, as you couldn't read it either way.

As Dimple said, this film was intended to shock, and I don't know how else I can validate the statement that dressing a kitten up in a Christmas hat along with some holly jolly music prior to an execution is anything other than lacking compassion.

If your definition of inhumane differs from those I have given, maybe that's why we disagree. :)
 
It's only there to bait people into a shock response which it has clearly succeeded at.

There is no inherent extra cruelty or lack of compassion involved by putting christmas music on or putting a hat on it because the kitten doesn't understand what they mean. To the kitten it's just background noise and a -slightly irritating but can't be bothered to remove yet- hat.
 
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