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Old 11-05-2009, 11:30 PM   #1
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Nov 6, 2009: Diner in Arizona

Nirvana forwarded an email titled “Diner in Arizona”.

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These pics were taken by one of the road crew at Cloudbreak, Arizona last week.
It took a total of 5 hours for the King Snake to finish off the Goanna. (Sand Monitor)
As you can see, they put some signage up so it couldn't be run over.


So what does one do besides forward it to “all” in the address book?
I know Google it!

“Diner in Arizona” – nothing
“Cloudbreak Arizona” – nothing
“Diner in Arizona email” – one hit, essentially a copy of the same email, posted online.
“Snake eats Goanna” – Bingo! 24,400 hits

Here's one.
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Engineer Trevor McGowan, who took the shots, said he and his workmates watched on stunned as the snake consumed the goanna lizard over about five hours near Cloudbreak Mine in the Pilbara region last week.
The Irishman said he took the pictures early in the day and when he returned later he saw the goanna's 'bulge outline' inside the snake.
Now if I was smart, I’d have started with Goanna.
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Goanna is the name used to refer to any number of Australian monitor lizards of the genus Varanus, as well as to certain species from Southeast Asia.
There are around 30 species of goanna, 25 of which are found in Australia. They are a varied group of carnivorous reptiles that range greatly in size and fill several ecological niches.
But then I wouldn’t have known it was a black-headed python.
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Aspidites melanocephalus, the black-headed python, is a species of snake in the Pythonidae (python family) found in Australia. No subspecies are currently recognized.
And this last picture just proves the old adage… Paybacks, are a bitch.
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Old 11-06-2009, 12:40 AM   #2
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I was a little surprised to read about goannas in Arizona. Maybe you have Ogoannas, like with Opossums.
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Old 11-06-2009, 02:18 AM   #3
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No Goannas and no Pythons in Arizona wilds, except possibly lost pets.
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:52 AM   #4
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That snake has a serious blackhead.
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Old 11-06-2009, 07:30 AM   #5
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No Goannas and no Pythons in Arizona wilds, except possibly lost pets.

I'm confused None in the wild in Arizona and yet these pictures were shot there? Are you saying it's a hoax?

go easy on me, it's Friday (I'll have my lizard-stuffed snake crispy with a goat-cheese dip and a garden salad, thanks.)
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Old 11-06-2009, 07:51 AM   #6
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It's gonna take a lot of fiber to get that moving out.
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Old 11-06-2009, 08:13 AM   #7
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What? No Turducken adaptations?

As for non-indigenous animals in the wild, I think the swamps of Florida is having a pretty big problem with people letting their pet snakes go in the wild. An environment perfect for their livelihood and for breeding, only, the ecosystem there isn't used to another predator...
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Old 11-06-2009, 08:32 AM   #8
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"...he and his workmates watched on stunned as the snake consumed the goanna lizard over about five hours..."

Guys? Get back to work! Lazy unions...grumble...
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Old 11-06-2009, 08:42 AM   #9
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Thanks for finding that Bruce! I thought these were cool pictures but I did not think lizards like that existed outside zoos here in the USA. The dirt looks all wrong too. It looks like red clay. I think when people pass around emails its kind of like playing that game called telephone and the real story is interesting.
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Old 11-06-2009, 09:12 AM   #10
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If the goanna is a monitor, is the snake a merrimack?
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Old 11-06-2009, 09:21 AM   #11
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"...he and his workmates watched on stunned as the snake consumed the goanna lizard over about five hours..."
The best thing next to watching paint dry.
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Old 11-06-2009, 09:22 AM   #12
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No, it's a DVI cable.
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Old 11-06-2009, 10:37 AM   #13
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I'm confused None in the wild in Arizona and yet these pictures were shot there? Are you saying it's a hoax?

go easy on me, it's Friday (I'll have my lizard-stuffed snake crispy with a goat-cheese dip and a garden salad, thanks.)
Yes. Like many emails that circulate, the pictures remain the same, but the story changes.

This one said AZ, but the lizard is only found in AU/S.E.Asia, and the snake only in AU. So it turns out to be a true story from Australia, not Arizona.

There was/is another email(s) going around about a moose being born on someone's lawn. The pictures are real, but the story places it in every northern U.S. state, or Canada, depending on which email you get.
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Old 11-06-2009, 10:43 AM   #14
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Aim confuzed bie de titel. waz specting stools n shakes not snakes. Suppose 2bee "dinner"?
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Old 11-06-2009, 10:46 AM   #15
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Probably, but the email said Diner. I suppose the snake is the diner, in this case.
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