# Python: 11  Dogs: 0

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/python-11-dogs-0/389579>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 26, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/python-11-dogs-0/389579 "2007-01-26T16:52:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/python-11-dogs-0/389579/1 "2007-01-26T16:52:38Z")

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[The snake survived, the dogs, well . . .](http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-01-26T145844Z_01_L2621625_RTRUKOC_0_US-MALAYSIA-PYTHON.xml)

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> Guard dogs protecting a fruit orchard in Malaysia have met their match – a 7.1-metre-long (23-ft-long) python that swallowed at least 11 hounds before it was finally discovered by villagers.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/python-11-dogs-0/389579/2 "2007-01-26T18:01:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]  
[The snake survived, the dogs, well . . .](http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-01-26T145844Z_01_L2621625_RTRUKOC_0_US-MALAYSIA-PYTHON.xml)  
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[Jerry Seinfeld]“Release The Hounds…!”[/Jerry Seinfeld] 😃

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**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/python-11-dogs-0/389579/3 "2007-01-26T21:00:19Z")

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If the villagers wanted to protect the orchard from pythons, well, they’ll need much bigger dogs. But if pythons aren’t the problem, maybe they don’t need the dogs at all – seems to me the python’s doing a great job of protecting the orchard.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/python-11-dogs-0/389579/4 "2007-01-27T08:20:54Z")

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Of course, the problem is if the python’s had plenty to eat, he’s not going to be too interested in protecting the orchard.