CC#1, "Python takes a ride on qantas airplane's wing"

In an article by MSN titled, "Python Takes a Ride on Quntas Airplane's Wing," it describes the life and death struggle of a 10 foot long scrub python tucked away in a cravass of the wing. After battling the flight in 200-mile-per-hour winds and negative twelve degree weather the plane eventually landed, miraculously the python was still alive surviving a long flight from Qantas to Papua New Guinea showing 1. the survivability of wildlife through tough conditions and 2. That wildlife can get into even the most crowded places without being noticed.

The python was spotted by a passenger saying, "There's a snake on the wing," she reportedly told the cabin crew. "There's its head and if you look closely you can see a fraction of its body." While nobody believed her at first a cabin crew member looked out the window and confirmed that what she was saying was true. showing that even unbelievable as it may sound wildlife can get into small places of planes without ever being noticed.

The article also states the python surviving extreme weather of "negative twelve degree weather and 200-mile-per-hour winds." This is showing just how adaptive wildlife is, taking a python from the east surviving strictly on warm environments to surviving battering winds and cold weather. It may also show just how naturally inclined they are to survive in different environments naturally than we can, for example in hot conditions we desire air conditioning and plenty of water however this snake survives on small amounts of water and can stay in the hot environment for hours. In the cold environment we need a coat while however the snake uses its body in a way to protect itself  from becoming to cold showing just how fast they can adapt to conditions while we can not.

If I was a passenger of the flight I would be extremely worried if a snake was found because I would wonder if one snake can be hiding on the wing how many can actually be onboard the plane something scary to think about but also a true thought to think about. However it is good that nobody thought about that openly while on the plane because that could start a massive panic making people onboard the plane to lose rational thought and go crazy.

This article reminded me of a movie I saw called snakes on a plane. It reminded me of the movie just because the movie and article start off basically the same someone spotting a snake somewhere on the plane. However it is good that it did not actually end up like the movie where a lot of snakes were actually lurking onboard with the passengers.

In the article the main ideas to me were the survivability of wildlife in unbelievable conditions and also the way wildlife can sneak upon public places without being noticed. This makes me think however, what if we we're able to adapt like some animals do and eventually we wouldn't need a coat in cold weather and we could retain and survive on small amounts of water in the heat how would that work and could that harm us or the environment in some way in a way like gene altering or technological implants?