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GIANT SNAKE PICTURES: Alien Species Invading U.S.?
news.nationalgeographic.com ^ | October 14, 2009 | Christine Dell'Amore

Posted on 10/14/2009 2:18:02 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

The world's heaviest snake, the green anaconda is one of nine huge alien snake species that may wreak havoc if they take hold in the United States, according to a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report released this week.

- Kenneth Krysko, senior herpetologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, called the report "extremely thorough." But it came as "no real surprise that giant constrictors can potentially be a threat to not only the wildlife here but to the humans," added Krysko, who was not involved in the report.

Green anacondas have not been known to attack humans, but their tastes vary widely, including fish, turtles, dogs, and tapirs. The snakes ambush prey from the water and constrict them with an immediately deadly, bone-crushing force.


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Watch an anaconda hunt the world's largest (non-democrat) rodent
1 posted on 10/14/2009 2:18:02 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Alien Species Invading U.S.?

Many are occupying slots in the U. S. Congress.

2 posted on 10/14/2009 2:20:03 PM PDT by IbJensen (If Catholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Seems like an object lesson for socialism


3 posted on 10/14/2009 2:21:52 PM PDT by DBCJR (What would you expect?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Put a hundred dollar bounty on them, lots of people could stand the work.
4 posted on 10/14/2009 2:22:14 PM PDT by org.whodat (Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Speaking of snakes, this snake was huge!

WORLD LARGEST SNAKE FOUND DEAD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x6VhNCKw5Q


5 posted on 10/14/2009 2:22:55 PM PDT by avacado
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To: Berlin_Freeper

6 posted on 10/14/2009 2:23:45 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (That smell of death...be seeing ya big casino)
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To: org.whodat
"Put a hundred dollar bounty on them, lots of people could stand the work."

Put some tobasco sauce on them, and unleash a family of cajuns. They'll be gone in a week. Of course, most Floridians would also consider cajuns to be an invasive species.

7 posted on 10/14/2009 2:24:30 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Isn’t it a bit harsh to call Mexicans snakes or implying their another species? Oh... you meant python-viper-constrictor-type snakes... isn’t that embarrassing?

;)


8 posted on 10/14/2009 2:24:59 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Do-gooders gone wild!

Florida: Horace the anaconda, cute as a little guy, is set free in the ‘Glades ‘cuz wimpy-a$$ed owners don’t have the heart to “euthanize” him.

Colorado: Fluffy the cougar, thanks to Walt Disney and others of his ilk, is free to kill (Google up “Scott Lancaster Idaho Springs”) and roundly loved by the People’s Republic of Boulder.


9 posted on 10/14/2009 2:25:16 PM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“Alien Species Invading U.S.?”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU


10 posted on 10/14/2009 2:25:18 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: avacado

GAAHH!

Ya got me!

LOL!!


11 posted on 10/14/2009 2:25:42 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So where is the Nancy Pelosi picture?


12 posted on 10/14/2009 2:25:53 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: OneWingedShark

*they’re, not their... guess I need to have my fingers/eyes checked.


13 posted on 10/14/2009 2:26:10 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
I've eaten rattle snake, probably tastes like chicken but more bones.
14 posted on 10/14/2009 2:26:37 PM PDT by org.whodat (Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
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15 posted on 10/14/2009 2:28:00 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

We need to put about a dozen of these in congress and lock all the doors. In two weeks they would have all the “rats” cleaned out.


16 posted on 10/14/2009 2:28:29 PM PDT by cliogunsmith
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To: avacado

>> WORLD LARGEST SNAKE FOUND DEAD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x6VhNCKw5Q

How old are you? 14?


17 posted on 10/14/2009 2:29:54 PM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Bet it's not this big as this one...


18 posted on 10/14/2009 2:31:04 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Hope....Change...Bullsh*t)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
LOL, good one,
19 posted on 10/14/2009 2:31:40 PM PDT by org.whodat (Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
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They are making a much bigger deal about this so they can continue to take away our freedoms. Most of these big snakes can not handle temps lower than 75-80 degrees and will die off due to the normal winter temp fluctuations. And yes, there are people hunting these snakes and they find some, but not a huge population taking over Florida.

Typical fear mongering....


20 posted on 10/14/2009 2:32:43 PM PDT by birddog (http://www.nohr669.com/)
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