[texprofi]

I saw one while on a bus in traffic in the next door field surrounded by treesr sculking around farm land and the other which I saw really up close while I was walking in foresty hills in West coast scotland, I heard this sorta scruffle so I stopped and looked around (with my parents) and this huge black cat walked out infront of us, looked us up and down (so to speak) and walked off the way it was goin. I think there are actually lots of them in britian...I mean theres gonna be isn't there as u sed about the circus animals. I know for sure I've seen one and I'm pretty sure the other one was no farm dog. I don't hinestly know about that bodmin thing I can remember it on the news when I was bout 9 but thats it, did they solve that one then? Never heard anything in Britain.
Oh my mum's just told me that they have one in Lochgelly, near Edinburgh at the moment, Foot prints and stuff and it's been matched to Panther foot prints and sightings. The farm land one I saw was in Perthshire and the other in...um hehe I can't mind somewhere between Oban and Campbeltown. You probably dont believe me cos nothing ever happens in Britain, it can only happen in America :P but no trust me they are here and my bf nath saw one too walking along the A45 at about 4am came down the embankement into the ditch and sat and looked at him as he walked past scared Shi*less, then it walked across the road into a field.

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[Kokomoxcv]

Hmm, this is quite interesting. You would expect that any circus/exotic pets released during the 70's would have died out. This means that they're breeding, or cross breeding with different species of big cat - though this would be unlikely as most offspring would be infertile, but some might not be (pieced together from what I learnt - or rather didn't from University genetics).

[Kokomoxcv]

Where did you see it, might I ask (just interested)?

[texprofi]

Tis the truth tho, thats why there's so many panthers in the UK...seen 4 in 2 years one of which was a lil bit close for comfort.

[texprofi]

I think that snakes eyes were bigger than it's belly hehe

[pharmaclid]

this is awesomely sick!!!

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By DENISE KALETTE, Associated Press Writer Thu Oct 6, 7:13 AM ET
MIAMI - The alligator has some foreign competition at the top of the Everglades food chain, and the results of the struggle are horror-movie messy. A 13-foot Burmese python recently burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live, six-foot alligator whole, authorities said.
The incident has heightened biologists' fears that the nonnative snakes could threaten a host of other animal species in the Everglades.
"It means nothing in the Everglades is safe from pythons, a top-down predator," said Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife professor.
Over the years, many pythons have been abandoned in the Everglades by pet owners.
The gory evidence of the latest gator-python encounter  the fourth documented in the past three years  was discovered and photographed last week by a helicopter pilot and wildlife researcher.
The snake was found with the gator's hindquarters protruding from its midsection. Mazzotti said the alligator may have clawed at the python's stomach as the snake tried to digest it.
In previous incidents, the alligator won or the battle was an apparent draw.
"There had been some hope that alligators can control Burmese pythons," Mazzotti said. "This indicates to me it's going to be an even draw. Sometimes alligators are going to win and sometimes the python will win."
It is unknown how many pythons are competing with the thousands of alligators in the Everglades, but at least 150 have been captured in the past two years, said Joe Wasilewski, a wildlife biologist and crocodile tracker.
Pythons could threaten many smaller species that conservationists are trying to protect, including other reptiles, otters, squirrels, woodstorks and sparrows, Mazzotti said.
Wasilewski said a 10- or 20-foot python also could pose a risk to an unwary human, especially a child. He added, however, "I don't think this is an imminent threat. This is not a `Be afraid, be very afraid' situation.'"
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[DianaDrk]

This is the problem with people who buy pets that they think they can take care of. That cute little snake eventually turns into a massive reptile that can harm you or your children. The same with people who buy tiger cubs and don't understand what happened when it killed or seriously injured a family member.
Sorry to go off but this stuff really makes me mad because it is my area of study in school (wildlife ecology).

[BeksTeene]

I've seen Wallabies and (i think) Kangaroos in England, there's a lot of Panthers and north american wildcats across the UK

[markkaliko]

I've seen Wallabies and (i think) Kangaroos in England, there's a lot of Panthers and north american wildcats when it comes to the meaning of dream about snakes across the UK

Originally Posted by BeksTeene

Same here! I love panthers.