APhoto Of The Day — 6.21.10

Kate Allen, 7, holds a reticulated python at the Emerald City Reptile Expo at the Lake City Community Center in Seattle on Saturday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Alan Berner)

Top Cutlines:

• 1. Tragedy strikes at the petting zoo when keepers accidentally release the reticulated python before Katie Allen had finished petting “Mr. Whiskers,” the popular lop-eared rabbit. Although she escaped injury, Katie said the “up-close-and-personal” lesson on the food chain left her shaken — DCR.
• 2. Kate Allen reveals her third leg for show & tell — Nic.
• 3. Using the movie “Snakes on a Plane” for inspiration, Kate arm wrestles a python, don’t do this at home kids — Arch Druid.
• HM: Marmitetoasty