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Pythons of Doom in the Glades


DoomsDave

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Howdyall:

Well, another story about wild pythons in the Everglades.

CLICK HERE FOR MSN STORY

Apparently, native mammals are having a really rough time.

Here's a picture of a serious snake. He (or she) would certainly make some nice boots, luggage, or even a lampshade to wear on your head for New Year's Eve.

Snake stories, anyone?

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Nice boots.

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Nice boots.

You ain't kidding. If I was out there hunting and came across it, I'd pop it in a heartbeat.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Bet they're good curried . . .

The pythons, I mean, not the boots, luggage, etc.

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Bet they're good curried . . .

The pythons, I mean, not the boots, luggage, etc.

Better fried, or sauteed.

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These things are a huge problem here! I don't know why we don't have open season on them. Anyone should be allowed to kill one og these things any time, any where. Get rid of them! Maybe we need to bring some natives in from other countries who know how to trap/kill the things. Guess what will be the prey once all the mammals and herptiles are gone? They will move on to easy prey - dogs, goats, cows, horses, people.

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The weight of lies will bring you down / And follow you to every town / Cause nothin happens here

That doesn't happen there / So when you run make sure you run / To something and not away from

Cause lies don't need an aero plane / To chase you anywhere

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Just today I read another big article in the Miami Herald in regards to different studies that have been made over the last 10 years. There's almost a 100% drop of raccoons, oppusums and rabbits in the Flaming Park area.No sightings. Just last year a 16' female was found sitting on a 100 eggs in her nest, it was quoted. They estimate thousands and thousands are now in a vast area that is distrupting the eco system in many ways.

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No raccoons is ok by me--I never had a python break into my rafters and set up shop, in my insulation! Never had a python chase me either...

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No raccoons is ok by me--I never had a python break into my rafters and set up shop, in my insulation! Never had a python chase me either...

Pythons aren't much of a problem for a normal-sized adult.

For children, though, well, even the doctors get a bit squeamish, to say nothing of cat and dog owners.

(Would Madame Python like some Rottweiler pate, oui?)

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About 11 years ago myself and a group of volunteers offered to spear head aneffort to capture and catalogue the non native species especially the large pythons that were setting up shop in the Everglades. Natural Selections which was a business I owned from 2000 - 2007 was going to be turned into a non for profit organization and we were willing to house these animals. We were requesting grant money to do this. We had some top people in the field working with us. We were told by U.S. Fish and Wildlife that there was no problem. Everything is political. If they were truly concerned for the balance of the Everglades they would be more concerned with the Tegus and Monitors running wild out there. For they are egg eaters. And I believe these past winters will take it's toll on the large pythons. Even in captivity once a big snake gets a respitory infection it usually dies in about a year. Also they can not eat a human (excluding small children) they can't get past our shoulders. But they can kill you though. I was coiled by a 12 foot Retic. It took about 20 minutes for my son and myself to get her off me. That's what happens when you try to hand feed them. Sleep tight.

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About 11 years ago myself and a group of volunteers offered to spear head aneffort to capture and catalogue the non native species especially the large pythons that were setting up shop in the Everglades. Natural Selections which was a business I owned from 2000 - 2007 was going to be turned into a non for profit organization and we were willing to house these animals. We were requesting grant money to do this. We had some top people in the field working with us. We were told by U.S. Fish and Wildlife that there was no problem. Everything is political. If they were truly concerned for the balance of the Everglades they would be more concerned with the Tegus and Monitors running wild out there. For they are egg eaters. And I believe these past winters will take it's toll on the large pythons. Even in captivity once a big snake gets a respitory infection it usually dies in about a year. Also they can not eat a human (excluding small children) they can't get past our shoulders. But they can kill you though. I was coiled by a 12 foot Retic. It took about 20 minutes for my son and myself to get her off me. That's what happens when you try to hand feed them. Sleep tight.

Thank heaven for our chilly winters and Arizona's desert to the east!

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Check out the picture of the kid getting buddy-buddy with a big python. Villagers think he has supernatural powers.

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Ellis b is spot on about the respiratory deal.

Biggest problem for Florida's wildlife is idiots. Of any kind. Morons who let go "pets", idiots who let cats roam free, dumb persons who run over gopher tortoises on the in

Tampa, Florida

Zone - 10a

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Interstate, My phone freaked out. Anyway, the past two winters probably thinned out the herd of pythons down south. Not this winter, but the ones before. Anyway, not a fan of racoons. I say hunt away, eat all the pythons and tegu and monitor you want, make some boots or belts. I love reptiles of all kinds, but why not use a resource. Also, try the snakehead (the fish). I hope to this summer. Ate lots of oscars. Pink flesh, good for sandwich.

Alan

Tampa, Florida

Zone - 10a

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About 11 years ago myself and a group of volunteers offered to spear head aneffort to capture and catalogue the non native species especially the large pythons that were setting up shop in the Everglades. Natural Selections which was a business I owned from 2000 - 2007 was going to be turned into a non for profit organization and we were willing to house these animals. We were requesting grant money to do this. We had some top people in the field working with us. We were told by U.S. Fish and Wildlife that there was no problem. Everything is political. If they were truly concerned for the balance of the Everglades they would be more concerned with the Tegus and Monitors running wild out there. For they are egg eaters. And I believe these past winters will take it's toll on the large pythons. Even in captivity once a big snake gets a respitory infection it usually dies in about a year. Also they can not eat a human (excluding small children) they can't get past our shoulders. But they can kill you though. I was coiled by a 12 foot Retic. It took about 20 minutes for my son and myself to get her off me. That's what happens when you try to hand feed them. Sleep tight.

thats a good point this is more of an attention grabbing method for some of the cable TV shows and the park.

We will probably start seeing a big up tick in the number of kingsnakes in the glades as this will be a good ffood source ( the baby pythons) ohter predators including coons will go after the babies.

anybody who has kept big snakes know how easy it is for them to catch cold or die from respitory infections

Florida is crawling with Homo sapiens --- there used be less than 10000 in the state.

Best regards

Ed

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Here are a couple of videos from pbs. Pretty good stuff... :blink:

http://video.pbs.org/video/2190450572

http://video.pbs.org/video/1411970145

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I would go one step past puting an open season on them, I would place a bounty on these things. I think one of the concerns about that is that they think that people will just go out killing any and all snakes they can find and see which ones get the bounty because they don't know the difference.

Corpus Christi, TX, near salt water, zone 9b/10a! Except when it isn't and everything gets nuked.

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