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What Happened To 5x Ch.22 In the days that followed the little "incident", Chrissy constantly worried about Bruce. She hoped that he was safe wherever he was and would come home soon. She frequently peeked through the garage window, expecting to see the hulking form of a sleeping giant. One night however, Chrissy was watching the news late in the evening and all hopes of him coming back were destroyed.

"-and now we're back!" said the news lady. "It seems that the so-rumored 'Giant of St. Cloud' has been detained and has been shipped to ArbeitsCorps. Being too dangerous to release and too strong to contain, it was humanely put down. His last at

What Happened To 5x Ch.21 Hours dragged by before the next noise met Bruce's sensitive ears. A few sets of footsteps treaded rhythmically down the hall in an almost uniform fashion. Bruce had been sitting cross-legged against the cage bars with his great head in his hands. The giant looked up hopefully when he saw three figures approaching. Two were male and the other was female by the looks of it. One male was dressed in a guard's uniform and carried a miniature cannon of some sort, loaded with a serrated-tip harpoon. Bruce cringed at the sight of the weapon, knowing that the harpoon could easily kill him. The second man looked middle aged and

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Montyby ~WildDogChild

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Long story ahead....

So. At the Toledo Zoo, there is a Burmese python volunteers get out almost every Sunday named Monty. (Funny, no?) He's 14' long, weighs about 100 lbs., is pure muscle, and can bite and wrap in the blink of an eye. Despite his menacing and "creepy" looks, he's a sweetheart as long as he doesn't feel threatened or there's no food around. Monty is turning 29 on Thursday and I had the INSANE urge to draw him as a person. Since I'm a complete sucker for gentle giants, I made him one.

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1. He's 14' tall because that's how long he is in real life. Male Burmese pythons get to be about 15-16 feet long while the larger females can be 18-20 feet.

3. Rectangular face because of his block-shaped head. All snakes have a special organ called a Jacobson's Organ, which allows them to gather scent molecules on their tongue and tell which directon a scent is coming from.

2. He has messy brown hair due to his markings. (He's got a bedhead from sleeping a lot.)

3. A camouflauge sweater because of his markings. Burmese pythons blend in with dead leaves on the forest floor.

4. Sleepy brown eyes because of his chill attitude. Burmese pythons are very relaxed and calm snakes, so long as they don't feel threatened.

5. Strong arms and broad build due to the fact that he's a powerfully built snake. Burmese pythons are NOT venomous. They constrict their prey.

6. A bit of pudge to emphasize how soft he is. No snake is ever slimy and are quite smooth and soft to the touch.

(The person is his handler, Gary. I am not trained to handle Monty yet, though I hope to in the future!)

Photo and Art (c) ~WildDogChild

~Ginger-Seat May 7, 2012

Is 29 very old for a snake?

Also, cool picture!

Will we be seeing more of Monty in the future, or is he a one-time-only thing?

~WildDogChild May 7, 2012

Actually, Burmese pythons can live about 35-40 years.

~Ginger-Seat May 7, 2012

So he's middle aged? Or still young?

~WildDogChild May 7, 2012

Yeah, I'd say he's middle aged.

And yes, I will be using him more.

~Ginger-Seat May 7, 2012

Cool and Yay!

~Tuiteyfruity May 6, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

you volunteer at your zoo? AWESOME! Zoos are some of the greatest places! my friend who volunteers at ours had her birthday party there, it was so much fun! gave me the idea to throw my party at the place I volunteer, the local Space and Science Center/Observatory.

~WildDogChild May 7, 2012

Ooh! Which zoo is near you?

~Tuiteyfruity May 7, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

the oakland zoo

*kuroitenshi13 May 6, 2012 Professional General Artist

Aha, there he is~

~WildDogChild May 7, 2012

Yep yep. ^^

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