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re: Anybody seen any pythons in the Louisiana swamp?
Posted on 2/6/21 at 3:07 pm to highcotton2
Posted on 2/6/21 at 3:07 pm to highcotton2
Would they take I-10 or swim the Gulf to get here?
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Posted on 2/6/21 at 3:09 pm to LSUA 75
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The fear is the hybrids may spread across the entire southern US.
Do. Not. Want.
Posted on 2/6/21 at 8:11 pm to Smell the crawfish
The show I watched was supposedly in the Louisiana swamps because Troy was shocked that they had made it that far from the Florida Everglades
Pythons are not native to the United States. They have gained a foothold by pet owners who let them loose. They are terrible for the infrastructure. No Louisiana python got here via migration from Florida but in the same manner as all other locales. Other than curbing the Nutria population they are harmful to the habitat.
Pythons are not native to the United States. They have gained a foothold by pet owners who let them loose. They are terrible for the infrastructure. No Louisiana python got here via migration from Florida but in the same manner as all other locales. Other than curbing the Nutria population they are harmful to the habitat.
This post was edited on 2/6/21 at 8:12 pm
Posted on 2/7/21 at 12:40 am to GardenDistrictTiger
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Pythons are not native to the United States. They have gained a foothold by pet owners who let them loose.
For years there have been alleged sightings of cobras in south Florida, it is feared the same thing happened as with pythons, collectors of exotic snakes turned them loose. That’s one snake we don’t need developing into s breeding population.
Posted on 2/7/21 at 8:36 am to Twenty 49
Multiple stories about pythons in Louisiana on the google machine.
Posted on 2/7/21 at 5:15 pm to EA6B
I figured they were from owners letting them loose too and just not thinking about the overall problems it could cause. The La. swamp definitely doesn't need a python problem because the nutria are already out of control.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 12:27 pm to bayouvette
How do you KNOW it's staged, and not in Louisiana? What is your source of information about that??
Posted on 3/8/21 at 2:53 pm to Smell the crawfish
Troy, his son Chase, Bruce Mitchell, Zak Catchem and Bill Booth are on the show "Swamp People: Serpent Invasion" that is based out of Florida's Everglades.
They really do tend to exaggerate the weights of the snakes when they are caught. A professional snake bounty hunter named Kyle Penniston caught a 17 ft. 5 in. Burmese Python and it weighed 120 lbs.
On the show, they will often fudge the snakes weight up to 10 lbs. a ft. or more.
As for Burmese Pythons in La. swamps, they may be here, but our winters can sometimes get cold enough to kill these snakes.
They really do tend to exaggerate the weights of the snakes when they are caught. A professional snake bounty hunter named Kyle Penniston caught a 17 ft. 5 in. Burmese Python and it weighed 120 lbs.
On the show, they will often fudge the snakes weight up to 10 lbs. a ft. or more.
As for Burmese Pythons in La. swamps, they may be here, but our winters can sometimes get cold enough to kill these snakes.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 2:58 pm to Smell the crawfish
Every Time I see a real big snake like that, It's hangin around an old mattress that floated in.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 2:59 pm to auggie
What’s next, introducing mongoose?
Posted on 3/9/21 at 9:40 am to WMTigerFAN
I think I saw the episode from LA. They did catch some snakes but they decided they had escaped from some folks practicing VooDoo or HooDoo or something .
I'm sure it was staged but I still watched....
I'm sure it was staged but I still watched....
Posted on 3/9/21 at 10:31 am to ElDawgHawg
What snake can be really thick and maybe 12 feet long or bigger in Northern Louisiana that would be 20 feet up in a tree. My dad and I saw a snake like that at our camp on caddo lake. We startled it and then heard thrashing in tree then it started dangling while wrapped around a limb. Unfortunately we didn’t have a shotgun that day
Posted on 3/9/21 at 11:00 am to Smell the crawfish
South LA winters are colder than S. Fla winters by a good bit and S. Fla doesn't get the really cold episodes like we did this past winter so the might have some pythons in LA swamps but I think the pop would have a hard time growing much
Posted on 3/9/21 at 11:12 am to CamdenTiger
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Killing all the pythons going to make the alligator population explode.....lol
Crawfish farmers had a Zoom meeting last night. Officially added "pythons" to the list of reasons prices will remain high.
Posted on 3/9/21 at 12:52 pm to SportTiger1
nutria or boars would be good show
nutria cute tho
nutria cute tho
Posted on 3/9/21 at 1:09 pm to Twenty 49
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Would they take I-10 or swim the Gulf to get here?
Air boat, baw.
Posted on 3/9/21 at 1:11 pm to Roberta
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Roberta
Member since Mar 2021
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How do you KNOW it's staged, and not in Louisiana? What is your source of information about that??
Hello, Troy.
This post was edited on 3/9/21 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 3/9/21 at 3:35 pm to Midtiger farm
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South LA winters are colder than S. Fla winters by a good bit and S. Fla doesn't get the really cold episodes like we did this past winter so the might have some pythons in LA swamps but I think the pop would have a hard time growing much
True, but nature finds a way. Back in 2004 or 2005 SFL had a record freeze and it was thought that the pythons wouldn't make it through. However, the ones that survived did so by finding holes and rock piles. That "survival gene" was passed down.
Posted on 3/9/21 at 7:49 pm to DaBeerz
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What snake can be really thick and maybe 12 feet long or bigger in Northern Louisiana that would be 20 feet up in a tree. My dad and I saw a snake like that at our camp on caddo lake. We startled it and then heard thrashing in tree then it started dangling while wrapped around a limb. Unfortunately we didn’t have a shotgun that day
Not sure why the down votes, my dad would attest to it too, former marine officer... biggest snake you would ever see, I’m not exaggerating.... not a black panther story. Just curious if any native species have been known to get that big in LA
Posted on 3/9/21 at 10:56 pm to DaBeerz
It is too cold for them to really take off here. They may find the odd one on rare occasions, but they are escapees instead of breeding populations.
The biggest snakes you will see in Louisiana are rat snakes, which can hit 6 feet pretty easily and have made over 8 feet in rare cases. There have also been some long/thick rattlesnakes, with a record of 7.5 feet for an Eastern diamondback, but that's like a once in a century type of find. If you see a really long snake in LA it's likely a rat snake.
There is absolutely nothing here that would approach the length of a large constrictor like in south Florida.
The biggest snakes you will see in Louisiana are rat snakes, which can hit 6 feet pretty easily and have made over 8 feet in rare cases. There have also been some long/thick rattlesnakes, with a record of 7.5 feet for an Eastern diamondback, but that's like a once in a century type of find. If you see a really long snake in LA it's likely a rat snake.
There is absolutely nothing here that would approach the length of a large constrictor like in south Florida.
This post was edited on 3/9/21 at 11:03 pm
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