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re: Pythons in Florida
Posted on 7/17/25 at 10:56 am to Auburn1968
Posted on 7/17/25 at 10:56 am to Auburn1968
I watched a wild life dealio on it. One man is to blame, he had about 20-30 of them in plastic containers and when the hurricane hit. It took them and dropped them in the Everglades, and the heat plus humidity in the swamp area was like a Diddy freak off. They reproduced like muslims. People wanted to kill the man for being to stupid to have that many and to leave them unattended. They used to pay people good money to kill them for fun.
Aruba used to pay people to kill lion fish while snorkeling and scuba diving. They were nearing destruction of the fish life in Aruba waters. They have few predators and they prey on a lot.
Aruba used to pay people to kill lion fish while snorkeling and scuba diving. They were nearing destruction of the fish life in Aruba waters. They have few predators and they prey on a lot.
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Posted on 7/17/25 at 10:59 am to Clyde Tipton
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If they could survive here, they'd be here.
They’ve caught some before but they are probably former pets that local idiots release. They could potentially survive here. But they would never truly thrive like in the Everglades.
It’s not just the weather is the fact that their prey all ducks away in the winter and they will have to compete for shelter with predators.
And since the weather is too cold, they are more dependent on underground habitation than in the Everglades. And potential predators to their young are doing that too here. Hell the rat snakes and the pine snakes would treat their eggs like a buffet in the spring since they’ll still be needing shelter in early spring when the Burmese Pythons nest.
So it’s not only harder for them to grow to their massive sizes, but there are more predators and their shelter options narrow when they get that big.
Other evasive species like Kudzu and Texans are a bigger threat to Louisiana than the Burmese Python…for now.
This post was edited on 7/17/25 at 11:08 am
Posted on 7/17/25 at 11:01 am to member12
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They usually struggle in areas north of Orlando.
Unfortunately, in the mix with Burmese pythons are some from India that are more cold tolerant. That makes it all the more important to eradicate them.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 11:08 am to HeadCall
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Is this a subtle hint to empty alligator Alcatraz into the Everglades?
If the gators are not big ones, the pythons will eat them too. Damn pythons have pretty much killed off many of the smaller mammals and many birds that make up that ecosystem. They eat anything that walks, hops, crawls or flies as long as they can swallow them.
And when a mature breeding female python can lay as many as 50+ eggs a pop, it is a losing battle.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 11:19 am to Spankum
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This is actually a damn good idea! Sorta like the market for alligator hides.
From what I understand, the alligator hide industry is now largely "farm" based which is hindering the harvest of wild gators. Tanneries prefer smaller skins (6'-8', I think) and these are mass produced by the farms. The end result is less trapping of wild alligators which is facilitating a larger wild gator population.
They need to have an open season on gators. Pythons are invasive so I don't see why those aren't killed at will whenever the opportunity arises.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 11:27 am to PhilipMarlowe
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Kill every single last one of those dirt bastards.
Bring it.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 11:33 am to slidingstop
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They need to have an open season on gators
When I lived in Winter Haven with its "100 " lakes as a kid, it was safe to swim. There were pumped in white sand beaches and little kids played there.
Then some idiot bureaucrat in a DC office decided that alligators were endangered and had to be protected. Now, there are no more little white sand beaches and the lakes are overrun with huge gators.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 12:05 pm to Auburn1968
I don’t follow a bunch of people on social media that I don’t personally know but “Fishin Garrett” on Instagram is a great follow.
He walks barefoot through the Everglades and hunts them all while saying hello to all the other species in the swamp. His videos are pretty fun.
He walks barefoot through the Everglades and hunts them all while saying hello to all the other species in the swamp. His videos are pretty fun.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 12:12 pm to member12
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How did that happen?
The Everglades have high levels of mercury contamination due to a number of reasons.
It seems that pythons do not have the ability to rid themselves of the methylmercury that they get exposed to because of their diet. The levels of mercury found in pythons are 5 times higher than what are found in gators.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 12:13 pm to Auburn1968
Is that Tigrrdad? 
Posted on 7/17/25 at 1:15 pm to SeeeeK
The video is crap.
The entire tropical pet industry was located along the border to the glades. I sold scrap metal panels to the bird, snake, reptile growers. Also sold panels for tropical fish growers.
They all returned to continue business as usual. Florida eventually added laws and regulations to control what is bred and grown. I bought three birds from breeders from customers there. My daughter grew up with three $2,000 birds. Today the glades has issues with flocks of birds that are considered pests in Australia.
The entire tropical pet industry was located along the border to the glades. I sold scrap metal panels to the bird, snake, reptile growers. Also sold panels for tropical fish growers.
They all returned to continue business as usual. Florida eventually added laws and regulations to control what is bred and grown. I bought three birds from breeders from customers there. My daughter grew up with three $2,000 birds. Today the glades has issues with flocks of birds that are considered pests in Australia.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 1:28 pm to Auburn1968
Python Palace
Build it now
Build it now
Posted on 7/17/25 at 1:48 pm to SallysHuman
This was my most recent one (13ft) from last month…
This post was edited on 7/17/25 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 7/17/25 at 1:52 pm to TigrrrDad
Holy moly... that sucker is huge!
Looks heavy, too!
Looks heavy, too!
Posted on 7/17/25 at 2:01 pm to SallysHuman
Yeah the weight of it really surprised me - so heavy! Made the 10 footer I caught last year seem small.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 2:05 pm to SeeeeK
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I watched a wild life dealio on it. One man is to blame, he had about 20-30 of them in plastic containers and when the hurricane hit. It took them and dropped them in the Everglades, and the heat plus humidity in the swamp area was like a Diddy freak off. They reproduced like muslims.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 3:13 pm to TigrrrDad
So what do you do with it after capture? If it's an invasive species did you get rid of it? Or just let it go?
Posted on 7/17/25 at 4:01 pm to CR4090
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Why doesn't he just shoot them?
Give southern boys plenty of beer, a 22 and permission and they’ll put a serious dent in the population….
Posted on 7/17/25 at 4:45 pm to CR4090
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So what do you do with it after capture? If it's an invasive species did you get rid of it? Or just let it go?
Some python contractors pulled up while I was fooling with it. I handed them my phone and asked them to video the catch for me, then I handed it over to them.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 5:04 pm to PhilipMarlowe
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Kill every single last one of those dirt bastards.
Since they have eaten nearly all of the mammals and many of the birds in the Everglades, the idea of dropping tens of thousands of mice, rats and rabbits all around loaded with a lethal package of Tylenol would decimate them quickly. Tylenol doesn't have much effect on birds and mammals except as a pain killer, but on snakes the right dose is deadly.
For all of the python wranglers, they can provide the test pythons to get the lethal dosage right.
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