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Biology teacher stopped from feeding puppies to snakes

alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
edited March 2002 in General Discussion
Leon, Kansas-AP -- A Kansas teacher is trying to find homes for three puppies -- after abandoning plans to feed them to his snakes in class.They were unwanted puppies, donated by an animal shelter. Biology teacher Matthew Patton figured it would be a good science lesson to feed them to the boa constrictors he keeps in his classroom.But he backed off, after some students cried and parents complained.The principal at Bluestem High School says Patton didn't consider people's sensitivity about animals viewed as pets. He says people "get real concerned" about "soft, cuddly puppies."The principal says Patton is a good teacher and there's no reason to fire him.
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  • leadrollerzleadrollerz Member Posts: 66 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cat's are a purr...pur-fect subsitute. Any hungrey snake would love a calico,Persian, Tabby or alley!!!
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  • Hans GrueberHans Grueber Member Posts: 244 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    FEED 'EM TALIBAN BABIES INSTEAD!!!!!! (one man's opinion, don't go by me)
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  • ADfreeADfree Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Feed the snake the whiners
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  • .280 freak.280 freak Member Posts: 1,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, to paraphrase one of my favorite movie character bad-*, the Outlaw Josie Wales -Snakes gotta eat, too.
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    How about a big tank of sharks, and feed the biology teacher to THEM? The kids could take notes, record his screams, and have a quiz about the whole thing the next day.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can you say 'brain dead?' What a really spectacularly dull-headed idea. The only people equally dumb are the animal control people who apparently 'donated' the pups knowing what he was planning to do. The kids probably think his middle name is Mengele by now... Somebody needs to teach him a lesson about what kids think is 'creepy' and what they think is 'cuddly.' Pups, kittens, guinea pigs, hamsters, squirrels and baby animals in general are definitely off the snake food demo list.
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  • RancheroPaulRancheroPaul Member Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My Good Hell! You guys are sure tough on a good snake! Why would you feed that crap to a perfectly good snake when you could simply barbecue the snake? That way you wouldn't give it indigestion before it became steaks!There are some folks out there that being ate by a snake just wouldn't do them justice!
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ranchero --I've had alligator steak and mud bugs in Louisiana, but never snake steak. Wouldn't mind trying it. And I can think of a few people I'd rather see as a lump in an anaconda's belly rather than a pup, too.
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  • leadrollerzleadrollerz Member Posts: 66 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think Hamsters, mice, rat's, guinea pigs and rabbits are just in line for the perfect snake feeding....that's nature....that's educational......that's just how it is. Maybe some better discretion on part of the teacher or school board, but for a class room study...well....you could just get a class room kitty and feed it 9 lives......how natural!!! Hum Bug!
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  • ADfreeADfree Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like the shark tank idea, that would be fun too.
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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    Hey Leadrollerz, whadda DICK!!
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  • SUBMARINERSUBMARINER Member Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I WOULD RATHER MY KIDS SEE A SNAKE EAT PUPPIES THAN FOR THEM TO HEAR ABOUT HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES.ITS AMAZING TO ME HOW OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM FINDS THAT IT IS OK TO PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY AND ALL OTHER MANNER OF INDECENCY BUT CANT FIND IT IN ITS LIBERAL HEART TO LET STUDENTS WATCH SOMETHING SO NATURAL AS A SNAKE EATING PUPPIES
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  • songdogsongdog Member Posts: 355 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    LEON- Well hell that is just down the road. Maybe I should go shake this guys hand. Patton was his name huh. I need to look him up. OUt in the suburbs where i live people let their PUPPIES run loose b/c they think they are able to since they do not live in the city. Shinnannigans, I have lost several ducks and chickens to these cuddly Puppies.Besides, around here the humane society only keeps the puppies for 7-10 days and then they are sent to the incenerator. CRISPY. Just the way i like it. mmmmmm. stir, stir, stir.songdog
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  • leadrollerzleadrollerz Member Posts: 66 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    hey interstatepawnllc....? What do you feed your pets....TWINKIES??!!A Modern School Prayer:Now I sit me down in schoolWhere praying is against the ruleFor this great nation under GodFinds mention of Him very odd.If Scripture now the class recites,It violates the Bill of Rights.And anytime my head I bowBecomes a Federal matter now.Our hair can be purple, orange or green,That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.The law is specific, the law is precise.Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.For praying aloud in a public hallMight offend someone with no faith at all.In silence alone we must meditate,God's name is prohibited by the state.We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.They're outlawing guns, but FIRST the Bible.To quote the Good Book makes me liable.We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.We can get our condoms and birth controls,Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,Yes, It's scary here, I must confess,When chaos reigns the school's a mess.So, Lord, this silent prayer I make:Should I be shot; My soul please take!Amen
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  • 5db5db Member Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A little late on this subject matter because I figured it sensationalized blather. Turns out I know the Vet. He decided to adopt the pregnant dog instead of destroying it. He's charged with destroying animals for Butler County. She has the pups, the Biology teacher is out of food source for the snake and is looking for anything the Vet might have. Again, this guy will care for and treat any animal and often gets mammals and birds dropped off that will be destroyed because they cannot survive in the wilds again. The puppies, just days old were to be destroyed. The teacher accepted them then started broadcasting his intentions. The Vet has taken quite a beating from Animal rights groups. The Teacher wanted to play show-n-tell, while the Vet wanted to help one critter survive with animals that were, well born to die. Dogs are way up on my animal list, snakes, well for you that remember, one little 4 footer in particular, caused me a bit of trouble with my Bride, anyhow Snakes have since the Garden of Eden, caused man trouble. And if you ask my wife, those that keep Snakes ARE trouble. This case proves this to be true! Man, I love it when she's right....
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