16 foot Python found in Everglades.

[Wag]

How does it stretch like that?

That's what she said.

 

[Red Squirrel]

sup with the censorship? were all adults here.

I've gotten mod warnings from swearing before, I don't think it's allowed.

 

[El Guaraguao]

I've gotten mod warnings from swearing before, I don't think it's allowed.

The fuck? I believe its not allowed in the title of a thread. Ill have to read the rules again.

 

[WelshBloke]

The fuck? I believe its not allowed in the title of a thread. Ill have to read the rules again.

Title and technical forums.

 

[Colt45]

Pythons are pretty harmless as far as humans go. I think there's been a few kids that have been eaten, but pretty rare.

They're only a problem in floriduh, outside of the everglades they can't really survive for long... too dry, cold, whatnot.

So doesn't make much sense banning pets in Montana, where they can never possibly live in the wild... they're self limiting there. FL, and a buffer like GA and AL might make sense though.
(but it's hopeless now anyway).

Burm is such a beautiful snake :wub:

the albinos are my favourite.

 

[waggy]

Pythons are pretty harmless as far as humans go. I think there's been a few kids that have been eaten, but pretty rare.

They're only a problem in floriduh, outside of the everglades they can't really survive for long... too dry, cold, whatnot.

So doesn't make much sense banning pets in Montana, where they can never possibly live in the wild... they're self limiting there. FL, and a buffer like GA and AL might make sense though.
(but it's hopeless now anyway).

Burm is such a beautiful snake :wub:

the albinos are my favourite.

yeah I was tempted to buy a Albino burmese afew years ago. then common sense got ahold of me. You can get morphs of Burmese FAR cheaper then you can of ball pythons.

but ..

is better looking. actually some balls are flat out pretty.

 

[tcsenter]

Had an albino Burmese years ago. Got to about seven feet. Thank gawd it died.

 

[jagec]

Yeah they are doing a bounty down there to bring their numbers down.

Hmmm...how much is the bounty per snake, is there a minimum size, and how quickly do they breed in captivity?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Hmmm...how much is the bounty per snake, is there a minimum size, and how quickly do they breed in captivity?

I sense a rather solid income plan. :sneaky:

 

[WiseUp216]

Have you not seen Snakes on a Plane?

There is actually some truth to that. A lot of invasive snakes have been found hiding in landing gear. They are able to survive the flight that way.

I vaguely remember reading a few years ago that this is a huge problem with brown tree snakes in Guam.

 

[masteryoda34]

Relevant:

The British government was concerned about the number of venomous cobra snakes in Delhi. The government therefore offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Initially this was a successful strategy as large numbers of snakes were killed for the reward. Eventually, however, enterprising persons began to breed cobras for the income. When the government became aware of this, the reward program was scrapped, causing the cobra breeders to set the worthless snakes free. As a result, the wild cobra population further increased. The apparent solution for the problem made the situation even worse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

 

[rsutoratosu]

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/14/4010035/commentary-its-man-vs-python-in.html

Python hunting season..

what do they do with all the snakes after ?

 

[Red Storm]

On top of the bat shit crazy people in Florida, they've got crazy animals too.

Cue the Bugs Bunny gif...

 

[bignateyk]

Relevant:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

LOL. You'd think they would have said something like "effective in 2 months, we will no longer offer bounties" so that everyone would turn the last of their snakes in.