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re: How does Florida get rid of a plague of pythons?
Posted on 6/18/23 at 2:14 pm to Auburn1968
Posted on 6/18/23 at 2:14 pm to Auburn1968
Let them trap and ship wild hogs from Texas and release in Florida. The hogs will eat the smaller snakes. The bigger snakes will eat the hogs.
Florida/Texas - win/win.
Florida/Texas - win/win.
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Posted on 6/18/23 at 2:48 pm to Auburn1968
Just let people shoot them. Florida is so stupid about some of their wildlife laws.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 2:56 pm to tigersownall
You do realize the state has tried to get more hunters in the NATIONAL park right. The park service has been allowing licensed hunters with shotguns inside Everglades NATIONAL park since 2018.
You are allowed to shoot them on private and commissioned lands but again you often have to catch them first. Again killing them isn’t the hard part as much as finding them.
You are allowed to shoot them on private and commissioned lands but again you often have to catch them first. Again killing them isn’t the hard part as much as finding them.
This post was edited on 6/18/23 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 6/18/23 at 3:01 pm to Auburn1968
More python pants
Posted on 6/18/23 at 3:01 pm to Auburn1968
I hit the Glades earlier this year for a couple nights, but no luck finding pythons. Lots of gators and other snakes though.
This post was edited on 6/18/23 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 6/18/23 at 3:02 pm to Auburn1968
You can't get rid of them at this point
Posted on 6/18/23 at 3:05 pm to RLDSC FAN
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You can't get rid of them at this point
Agreed. They just reproduce too prolifically. No way to put that genie back in the bottle. The invasive lizards have overrun that place too.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 3:06 pm to gumbo2176
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What Florida needs, but won't get, is about 2 weeks a year of well below freezing weather to stem the python population.
The working hypothesis has always been that since they're not a burrowing species, the northern limit of their range would be Central Florida. Recently there's some evidence that they're learning to burrow.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 3:09 pm to Auburn1968
Hire St. Patrick. No better snake killer. Problem is he is a bit like US Grant. You need to keep his handlers around at all times to keep the ole push on the straight and arrow long enough to finish the job.
Do not pay him in advance with cash!
Do not pay him in advance with cash!
Posted on 6/18/23 at 3:18 pm to Auburn1968
They can't. The Burmese pythons are already expanding north, and the Rock pythons are proliferating in the 'glades. There are alligators that eat them but not nearly enough. American crocodiles prefer fish and are limited to small numbers.
These two invasive species are here for the long haul, and the Rock pythons are more aggressive and dangerous.
These two invasive species are here for the long haul, and the Rock pythons are more aggressive and dangerous.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 3:24 pm to Reservoir dawg
Convince the Asians they are more of an aphrodisiac than rhino horns. Problem solved
Posted on 6/18/23 at 3:32 pm to Kirby59
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Convince the Asians they are more of an aphrodisiac than rhino horns. Problem solved
Yes, get the Chinese black market interested and they'll be gone, along with every other wild animal in Florida.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 3:36 pm to Auburn1968
It’s incredible the damage they’ve caused to the deer and other mammal populations. Something like a 95% decline in mammal populations.
As others have said there really isn’t any hope other than an unprecedented freeze, maybe. Or a lab developed virus that just targets the species (call Wuhan).
That area has exploded in population and plenty of numbskulls still release them when they get tired of having as a pet.
As others have said there really isn’t any hope other than an unprecedented freeze, maybe. Or a lab developed virus that just targets the species (call Wuhan).
That area has exploded in population and plenty of numbskulls still release them when they get tired of having as a pet.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 4:06 pm to Auburn1968
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In a 2012 study, populations of raccoons had dropped 99.3 percent, opossums 98.9 percent, and bobcats 87.5 percent since 1997. Marsh rabbits, cottontail rabbits, and foxes effectively disappeared.
God damn. 99.3%? So they basically don’t exist there anymore. I knew it was a problem but no idea it was that severe.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 4:10 pm to supadave3
Dang, then what’s still out there for the pythons to eat?
Posted on 6/18/23 at 4:16 pm to Auburn1968
We need Paul Serone
Posted on 6/18/23 at 5:01 pm to JackieTreehorn
Far South Florida has basically No hogs left. The Panther reintroduction took care of that.
I use to see a pile of swamp rabbits on my drive to work in the Glades every morning. Now they're gone as well.
I don't think at this point people releasing them really matters. That Ship has sailed.
As far as Hunters walking around the Firearms , I don't think I'd try that in Everglades National Park.
Them Federal Rangers have tight buttholes..besides You can't access most of the Park on foot anyway
I use to see a pile of swamp rabbits on my drive to work in the Glades every morning. Now they're gone as well.
I don't think at this point people releasing them really matters. That Ship has sailed.
As far as Hunters walking around the Firearms , I don't think I'd try that in Everglades National Park.
Them Federal Rangers have tight buttholes..besides You can't access most of the Park on foot anyway
Posted on 6/18/23 at 9:02 pm to Turner River Terror
Florida takes their parks seriously. On my snake trip we hit spots from Pensafola all the way down to the Keys. Got fussed at in a few state parks - “Do not leave the trail!” In Louisiana they give zero fricks...because you never see agents.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 9:06 pm to AUstar
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Just release a bunch of pit bulls into the Everglades.
Just got a great idea for the next summer blockbuster. Pit vs. Python. (Instead of King vs. Godzilla)
Posted on 6/18/23 at 9:26 pm to Auburn1968
Why do I get the feeling this question will be answered with, in part, finding a role for the homeless
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