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Invasive pythons have nearly eradicated small mammals in the Florida Keys
Posted on 2/2/25 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 2/2/25 at 6:52 pm
Python's hunting of small mammals is the key to their eradication. It is simply a matter of breeding a very large number of mice, rats and rabbits and releasing them with a collar containing Tylenol. Tylenol is extremely toxic to snakes though it has little effect on birds and mammals.
Might want to sterilize the released bait animals.
Some testing using captured pythons to determine dosage of Tylenol needed would be in order. Guam could be of assistance on this since they have been using carrion bait with Tylenol to repress their brown tree snake problem. Pythons aren't carrion eaters though, they hunt live prey.
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Posted on 2/2/25 at 6:55 pm to Auburn1968
frick those snakes, and frick the dorks that buy them as pets and release them.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 6:56 pm to Auburn1968
Posted on 2/2/25 at 6:56 pm to Auburn1968
That’s frightening. They definitely need to try that Tylenol experiment.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 6:58 pm to Auburn1968
There's an epic battle going on in the everglades right now between pythons and alligators for dominance.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:00 pm to sledgehammer
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That’s frightening. They definitely need to try that Tylenol experiment.
It wouldn't be hard to test since the Python Challenge catches a lot of large snakes and the small ones they can buy. They could even order them on Amazon.
I'm amazed that this hasn't been banned.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:01 pm to RollTide1987
My money is on the gators. That's their house and they don't frick around.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:10 pm to PhilipMarlowe
Never was a problem till Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:10 pm to sledgehammer
Here's another possible partial fix. There are snakes that only eat other snakes. There are quite a few of them though some are extremely venomous like various cobras.
This could be part of the solution to the brown tree snake problem on Guam and maybe for Florida's python problem. Evidently, some of these mussuranas snakes only eat other snakes and disappear when their snake prey does. In any event, it is worth taking a deeper look at and maybe doing some tests.
"In some regions, farmers keep mussuranas as pets in order to keep their living environment clear of pit vipers, which claim annually a large number of deaths of domestic animals, like cattle. In the 1930s a Brazilian plan to breed and release large numbers of mussuranas for the control of pit vipers was tried but did not work. The Butantan Institute in São Paulo, which specializes in the production of antivenins, erected a statue of Clelia clelia as its symbol and a tribute to its usefulness in combating venomous snake bites. Mussuranas' immunity to bothropic venom was studied by the Brazilian scientist Vital Brazil in the 1920s. Mussuranas are increasingly rare due to the disappearance of their prey and have disappeared in many habitats."
This could be part of the solution to the brown tree snake problem on Guam and maybe for Florida's python problem. Evidently, some of these mussuranas snakes only eat other snakes and disappear when their snake prey does. In any event, it is worth taking a deeper look at and maybe doing some tests.
"In some regions, farmers keep mussuranas as pets in order to keep their living environment clear of pit vipers, which claim annually a large number of deaths of domestic animals, like cattle. In the 1930s a Brazilian plan to breed and release large numbers of mussuranas for the control of pit vipers was tried but did not work. The Butantan Institute in São Paulo, which specializes in the production of antivenins, erected a statue of Clelia clelia as its symbol and a tribute to its usefulness in combating venomous snake bites. Mussuranas' immunity to bothropic venom was studied by the Brazilian scientist Vital Brazil in the 1920s. Mussuranas are increasingly rare due to the disappearance of their prey and have disappeared in many habitats."
This post was edited on 2/2/25 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:11 pm to Python
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Python
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Mind your own business.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:16 pm to Auburn1968
[embed]https://i.colnect.net/f/7508/835/Mussurana-Clelia-clelia-Common-Anaconda-Eunectes-murinus.jpg[/embed]
This snake is so valued it has a stamp dedicated to it and a statue in Brazil. Couldn't find a picture of the statue.
This snake is so valued it has a stamp dedicated to it and a statue in Brazil. Couldn't find a picture of the statue.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:17 pm to Python
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Mind your own business.
Lol. Nothing personal!
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:18 pm to Auburn1968
Kill all those slimy nasty bastards!
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:18 pm to Auburn1968
Just keep them away from the gulf of America
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:20 pm to PhilipMarlowe
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frick those snakes, and frick the dorks that buy them as pets and release them.
This! Imagine wanting a snake as a pet inside your home. Disgusting.
This post was edited on 2/2/25 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:22 pm to RollTide1987
quote:I'm pulling for the gators. This time only.
There's an epic battle going on in the everglades right now between pythons and alligators for dominance.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:23 pm to PhilipMarlowe
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frick those snakes, and frick the dorks that buy them as pets and release them.
They're big time frickin' dorks. Snake owners are a bunch of nerdy incels that also keep sword collections.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:32 pm to HillabeeBaw
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This! Imagine wanting a snake as a pet inside your home. Disguting.
Had a 5' Indigo snake when I was in 5th grade. Very docile snake. It was very happy to lay across my neck and shoulders. It seemed to like the warmth. It's one of the snake species that eats other snakes and has no problem with venomous ones too. Only kept if for a few days. Caught it on a boy scout camping trip.
I was surprised at how many grown men were freaked out by it.
This post was edited on 2/2/25 at 7:35 pm
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