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Related: About this forumPythons, Invasive and Hungry, Are Making Their Way North in Florida
MIAMI So much for all the efforts to slow the proliferation of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades over the last two decades, including with paid contractors, trained volunteers and an annual hunt that has drawn participants from as far as Latvia: The giant snakes have been making their way north, reaching West Palm Beach and Fort Myers and threatening ever-larger stretches of the ecosystem.
That was one of the few definitive conclusions in a comprehensive review of python science published last month by the U.S. Geological Survey, which underscored the difficulty of containing the giant snakes since they were first documented as an established population in the state in 2000.
Little is known about how long Burmese pythons live in the wild in Florida, how often they reproduce and especially how large the states python population has grown, according to the review, which called the states python problem one of the most intractable invasive-species management issues across the globe.
Nor is it known how exactly they travel. The review theorized that South Floridas extensive network of canals and levees may facilitate long-distance movement by pythons, though it suggested that slithering and swimming to points north may take awhile.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pythons-invasive-hungry-making-way-181301558.html
Maybe they'll make it to Tallahassee and stop at the governor's mansion. One can hope.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)A den of pythons smothers and consumes RonDe Satan.
Ocelot II
(115,878 posts)Do you suppose they get big enough....?
PJMcK
(22,055 posts)From Wikipedia:
It would be a fitting demise.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)supervision...maybe even a leash. Even in a fenced in yard. It's just too dangerous.
And then there's the pythons and alligators.
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)The state of Florida has tried to control the python population in name only. We are half way through March and they have yet to announce the date for the 10-day 2023 rodeo yet. Last year the top winner got a whopping $10,000.
State-contracted python hunters make $13 an hour plus $50 for the first four feet of snake they catch. Each extra foot is another $25.Nov 28, 2022
None of that shows they were serious about doing anything about the problem. It shows the exact opposite Aad but not surprising.
Despite that missed prediction, DeSantis has held press conferences last year and this year to announce each of the next roundups. These events, a break from his droning speeches about such obscure topics as woke businesses, have become a feel-good political event and a way to make it seem as if he cares about Floridas environment even as he gives developers whatever they want.
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How about when we capture pythons from now on, we ship them all en masse to Tallahassee? Because the governor wants to be associated with snake-killing, well address the box in care of the Governors Mansion.
Then, in groups of 100 or so at a time, the governor can humanely put them all down by talking them to death. Believe it or not, I think that may be his superpower.
https://georgiarecorder.com/2022/08/04/floridas-python-hunt-promotes-politician-fails-to-eliminate-invading-reptiles/