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Why are there so many Burmese pythons now in the south?

Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:15 am
Posted by wazoo11
Member since Jul 2018
230 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:15 am
Isn’t illegal in places like LA or Florida to have them as pets?
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37491 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:18 am to
Because some hardass nerds thought it would be cool to have a python as a pet. Once it got to big for the 20 gal fish tank these dorks bought for it they didn’t know what to do they released them.

And who would have thunk it, releasing an apex predator into an environment completely suited to the apex predator, said predator would thrive.

Boom infestation of pythons
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
132321 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:22 am to
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:23 am to
A hurricane hit a research facility.
Posted by foj1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
3741 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:24 am to
My dumbass stepson always buys pythons and other breeds of snakes thinking he will breed them and make a lot of money. He gets bored with them and turns them loose. Six months later he does it again.
This post was edited on 8/12/18 at 10:25 am
Posted by StrangeBrew
Salvation Army-Thanks Obama
Member since May 2009
18183 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:24 am to
We need common sense python control
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
14792 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:24 am to
You think you're a herpetologist or something?
Posted by Birdie225
Bottom of the map
Member since Mar 2007
2074 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:25 am to
frick... that gif is giving me anxiety lol.
Posted by liz18lsu
Naples, FL
Member since Feb 2009
17302 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:28 am to
They have hunts here by us in the Everglades. I have heard the "hurricane research facility" story down here
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37248 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:31 am to
What he said. Plus they have like a hundred eggs at a time.

Posted by Mud_Till_May
Member since Aug 2014
9685 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:39 am to
Those eggs look like bull testicles.
Posted by 1BamaRTR
In Your Head Blvd
Member since Apr 2015
22525 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:42 am to
What the frick
Posted by EarlyCuyler3
Appalachia
Member since Nov 2017
27290 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:53 am to
We're still talking about snakes right?
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
131368 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:54 am to
Only way a python should be allowed in the states is as pair of Tony Lamas.
Posted by EarlyCuyler3
Appalachia
Member since Nov 2017
27290 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:58 am to
Not all snakes are bad. They keep pests down. Like small neighborhood children.
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
66413 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:59 am to
quote:

Plus they have like a hundred eggs at a time.



Yup. They lay them in big clutches and they all stick together so that individual eggs can’t roll away

Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 11:00 am to
Dumbassery + evil
Adolescents in mens bodies
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
33923 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 11:00 am to
I did not know they lay that many eggs. There's your answer right there along with the second post
Posted by Boo Krewe
Member since Apr 2015
9810 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 11:01 am to
Everglades is a tropical environment. Also the pythons even challenge alligators
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
64184 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 11:02 am to
I think boa eggs actually hatch inside the mother and offspring come out live where pythons actually lay a pile of eggs that hatch.
This post was edited on 8/12/18 at 11:03 am
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