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Meanwhile.... in Florida
Posted on 1/25/17 at 6:02 am
Posted on 1/25/17 at 6:02 am
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has tapped two adept hunters from India – armed with tire irons – to find and get rid of Burmese pythons, which are wiping out small mammal populations in the Everglades.
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In two weeks this month, Masi Sadaiyan and Vadivel Gopal, both in their 50s and hailing from the famed Irula snake hunting tribe, have caught 14 of the elusive pythons, including a 16-footer hiding at a former missile base on Key Largo.
For comparison, 1,000 hunters, mostly amateurs, in the state’s annual Python Challenge contest caught 106 snakes over the course of a month last year and 68 the year before, the Miami Herald reports.
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Back in India, the tribe’s ancestors have hunted pythons to the point of extinction in their home state in the southern part of the country, the Miami Herald reports. The modern-day tribe now targets cobras to collect an anti-serum used in the fight against India’s snake bite problem – which claims around 50,000 lives each year
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Posted on 1/25/17 at 6:13 am to Redfish2010
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which claims around 50,000 lives each year
Dang
Posted on 1/25/17 at 6:31 am to Redfish2010
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fight against India’s snake bite problem – which claims around 50,000 lives each year
Posted on 1/25/17 at 6:35 am to Redfish2010
They should set up an exchange program
Posted on 1/25/17 at 6:50 am to Redfish2010
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Burmese pythons
Most don't know how big of a problem this is. I would like to see a law forbidding the sale of snakes in FL altogether.
Posted on 1/25/17 at 8:52 am to Wtodd
One of my biggest fears is some of those snakes escaping the everglades and makig it all the way to the south louisiana marsh. They would thrive and flourish over here. Hope that day never comes
Posted on 1/25/17 at 9:09 am to Spider John
I gotta believe there have been plenty of these snakes released in LA thru the years so the fact that it isn't a problem "may" indicate it gets too cold in LA for them. I don't know just an observation.
Posted on 1/25/17 at 9:09 am to Spider John
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One of my biggest fears is some of those snakes escaping the everglades and makig it all the way to the south louisiana marsh. They would thrive and flourish over here. Hope that day never comes
Can you honestly think of anything scarier than crawling into your blind to find a 14 foot python in there with you? There simply aren't enough shells for a situation like that.
Posted on 1/25/17 at 9:35 am to TheGreat318
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Can you honestly think of anything scarier than crawling into your blind to find a 14 foot python in there with you?
Startling/surprising, but not scary to me. I'm a snake guy though. If you corner them, they can make you leak a little, but I'll take that over a hornet's nest any day. 
Posted on 1/25/17 at 9:44 am to Redfish2010
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Back in India, the tribe’s ancestors have hunted pythons to the point of extinction in their home state
Damn, no hostages taken. Not so sure that's a good thing for a native species in India. But thatd be a great outcome for the Everglades. Its not just the pythons out there either, they've released all kinds of big lizards.
Posted on 1/25/17 at 9:50 am to Redfish2010
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claims around 50,000 lives each year
That's not that big of a dent in the Indian population.
Posted on 1/25/17 at 9:53 am to Saskwatch
I read this article a couple of days ago. They seem to mostly blame it on released pets. But, I think the bulk of the problem started years ago when a reptile importer/distribution facility was destroyed by a hurricane. I'm sure idiot pet owners have made it worse.
As a reptile keeper AND a person who wants to protect native ecosystems, I struggle with this issue. I certainly don't support any broad-sweeping laws on reptiles. BUT, in south florida, they may need to do some sort of stricter permitting process or something. I think they already have something in place, but I don't know much about it.
Obviously, every non-native reptile found should be killed, along with every free-ranging house cat and feral pig.
The other thing is, a lot of the maps that anti-reptile organizations try to use to restrict certain reptiles are nonsense. There are very few areas these tropical snakes can actually live in the US. Ask the keepers who have to invest money into heating sources, and thermostats.
As a reptile keeper AND a person who wants to protect native ecosystems, I struggle with this issue. I certainly don't support any broad-sweeping laws on reptiles. BUT, in south florida, they may need to do some sort of stricter permitting process or something. I think they already have something in place, but I don't know much about it.
Obviously, every non-native reptile found should be killed, along with every free-ranging house cat and feral pig.
The other thing is, a lot of the maps that anti-reptile organizations try to use to restrict certain reptiles are nonsense. There are very few areas these tropical snakes can actually live in the US. Ask the keepers who have to invest money into heating sources, and thermostats.
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Posted on 1/25/17 at 9:54 am to Saskwatch
My oldest daughter is deathly afraid of these snakes. She's only 8 but every time we drive by a pond she asks if there is a python in it.
I showed her this article couple days ago and she replied. "Are they sending more trackers?"
I tell her to keep her eyes open for one. I want a matching belt and boots. Maybe a shotgun scabbard if it's a big one. I think that 16' they got in Largo would work.
ETA Last time I was in Ft Myers we saw 3 water monitors hanging out on a seawall. Each were easily 5-6' long. Their teeth are like razors and will destroy your pet or child. Dangerous as frick.
I showed her this article couple days ago and she replied. "Are they sending more trackers?"
I tell her to keep her eyes open for one. I want a matching belt and boots. Maybe a shotgun scabbard if it's a big one. I think that 16' they got in Largo would work.
ETA Last time I was in Ft Myers we saw 3 water monitors hanging out on a seawall. Each were easily 5-6' long. Their teeth are like razors and will destroy your pet or child. Dangerous as frick.
This post was edited on 1/25/17 at 9:58 am
Posted on 1/25/17 at 10:02 am to Redfish2010
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tire irons
Talk about bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Posted on 1/25/17 at 10:03 am to Hog Zealot
I ran over one when I lived down there... In a Kia at 45. It was like hitting a pine log. Sumbitch had to be 14-15, he was stretched almost completely across the road.
Posted on 1/25/17 at 10:07 am to 34venture
Them baws been eradicating with less. They probably just have a stick when they go after cobras. People who still live in wild places that live in tribes can handle their shite when it comes to nature. All the tricks and nuances have been handed down over many generations and have not been diluted with having to work 9-5s and rely on technology.
Posted on 1/25/17 at 10:09 am to Saskwatch
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Them baws been eradicating with less. They probably just have a stick when they go after cobras. People who still live in wild places that live in tribes can handle their shite when it comes to nature. All the tricks and nuances have been handed down over many generations and have not been diluted with having to work 9-5s and rely on technology.
Yeah well,that's just like your opinion, man.
Posted on 1/25/17 at 10:18 am to Redfish2010
These guys probably don't freak out like we would.
They just see a python and start beating it in the head with a tire iron. No hesitation
They just see a python and start beating it in the head with a tire iron. No hesitation
Posted on 1/25/17 at 10:51 am to QuietTiger
Finger slip. Sorry for the down vote.
That's insane
That's insane
Posted on 1/25/17 at 12:12 pm to Wtodd
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I gotta believe there have been plenty of these snakes released in LA thru the years so the fact that it isn't a problem "may" indicate it gets too cold in LA for them. I don't know just an observation.
I was thinking about this right after the flood in August. How many do you suppose got out in the south Louisiana area at that time?
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