Even Froglife, the media darling of the herpetological world, are starting to get fed up with the recent flurry of news reports concerning Paul O'Grady.
In an unauthored response to the inevitable stream of 'savaged' headlines, Froglife has urged the media to report the incident in a responsible manner. Stables, bolts and horses disappearing into the distance springs to mind here.
Me? I'm holding out for the snake to have grown to six feet by the end of today!