The picture, above, was sent to me during the middle of Hurricane Katrina. It purported to be an Alligator found swimming down the middle of a road in the Ninth Ward, New Orleans.
The only problem, of course, was that the picture does not show an Alligator -- it shows a Nile Crocodile. And though this 21-foot beast is very real, it was shot in the Congo in front of the Petroleum Club, Plage Sportive, in Pointe Noire back in 2003.
Then, of course there was the email of the giant snake. It seems "an Australian sheep farmer was puzzled at the disappearance of sheep on his farm" and then one day he found the animal, below, killed by an electric fence on his property.
But, of course, it could not be true.
The snake shown is an African Rock Python, which is not found in Australia.
A quick search turned up the true story: the snake was found dead at the Silent Valley Game Ranch in South Africa. The snake had just eaten an impala and was trying to go under the fence when it was killed by the electricity from the fence.
And just to tie it back to dogs, the Silent Valley Game Ranch does have Jack Russells -- they had one that was gored by a Wart Hog.
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