Posted on 10/31/2022 2:02:45 PM PDT by MtnClimber
A 19-year-old Florida man snagged the top prize in the state's 2022 Florida Python Challenge after capturing and removing dozens of the reptiles.
Matthew Concepcion was awarded the ultimate prize of $10,000 after he caught 28 Burmese pythons during the annual contest, according to a Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation news release this week.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the challenge has, once again, "yielded impressive results" after 231 invasive pythons were removed during the 10-day competition.
"Removing these snakes is one of the many efforts we are employing to restore and maintain the Everglades ecosystem," DeSantis said.
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Now maybe Tecovas can make me nice pair of Python boots.
They trapped a 65 pounder the other day......a freakin’ 65 pound snake....SMH
Taste like rattlesnake meat, which tastes like chicken.
It’s a start.
Many snakes to be had.....
The Everglades are *extremely* important to the ecology of the whole state and the aquafer.
Which makes we wonder how the restoration of the Kissimmee River is coming. It also is of great importance to Florida and Everglades ecology.
I wonder how many he had captured and cached ahead of time?
Did he use a Hammer?
Was he invited into the Everglades?
Did the snakes think he was a friend?
Was there no security in the swamp?
Should we build a wall?
Enquiring major news outlets don’t want to know.
That’s nothing. I know where there are thousands of snakes. Washington DC!
In 2 weeks, they’ll lay more than enough eggs to eclipse the 28 he caught. With no natural predators, it’s breeding unleashed and uncontrolled.
Who was the wiseacre who brought them in?
That’s like about <.0003% of the total in the Glades, if you believe FWC reports.
I bet you could drive Peta-nuts wild with a hoax that when they capture the pythons, they put them in refrigerator trucks. Then when hard frozen, they feed them to wood chippers.
This all leads up to an expedition to the Everglades to “Free the Pythons”, capturing them to be returned to “The wilds of Burma” for release.
Imagine small groups of Peta-nuts slogging through the jungle while blowing duck calls to attract the snakes.
I love me some Oklahoma Rattle Snake Chili. I wonder if python tastes the same.
They were released when Hurricane Andrew went through and flattened a snake house...or whatever the hell they call them.
Why they had them there? I dunno.
BTW, I have heard that they fear that some very other dangerous snakes might be on the loose...no, not from Washington DC, the other kind.
Although one has to wonder which of those snakes are more Dangerous.
That’s some wicked imagery - love it.
Reason #492 why not to move to Florida.
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