don't pet the python 
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found on: http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/247817p-2340689c.html
DENVER (February 11, 2002 12:16 a.m. EST) - A 10-foot-long Burmese python killed its owner Sunday by coiling so tightly around him that the man was not able to breathe, authorities said.
"He was handling the snake and showing it to someone when the snake wrapped around his chest," said Rory Chetelat, spokesman for the Aurora Fire Department.
Firefighters said the owner was a big man in his 40s, Chetelat said. His name was not immediately released.
The snake weighed 75 to 80 pounds.
Six firefighters and police officers were needed to remove the snake and free the man.
"Two police officers tried to place their batons between the snake and the man's neck so he could breathe," police spokeswoman Kathleen Walsh said.
The man died of asphyxiation, said Bev Petry, spokeswoman for the Medical Center of Aurora in suburban Denver.
Firefighters later herded the snake into its cage and turned it over to animal control. Walsh said an Aurora ordinance bans owning pet snakes longer than 6 feet.
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Submitted on 02/10/02
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