[GOPJ]

I had a very large snake in my yard - I live on the edge of a mangrove - I called some wildlife people. I thought it was a diamondback - a large one - 8 to 10 feet and as thick as a medium size log. They said no, not on a mangrove. Coral snakes and pigmy rattlers, but not many diamondbacks.

Then the kicker - people are letting their exotics lose when they get tired of feeding and taking care of them. And Florida is a perfect place for them to breed. Most likely it was some kind of exotic. Probably a python... or worse.

We need restrictions on some of these animals. They're like slithering kudzu...

[JoeProBono]

"We need restrictions on some of these animals. They're like slithering kudzu... " Know what you mean. Can't find my giant eagle

[WFTR]

There are now major restrictions on reptiles in Florida, and Hawaii has always had major restrictions. Outside those two states, very few of the common pet species could live and reproduce in the wild. Maybe boa constrictors could live in a fairly large part of the south, but I've never heard of any feral populations outside Florida. Ball pythons likely couldn't survive in Florida and certainly couldn't survive anywhere above the Keys. The Burmese pythons are reproducing in Florida, but feral populations have never survived anywhere else. Except for the very big pythons, most species in the pet trade reproduce too slowly to survive even if they could incubate eggs north of Miami.

Bill

[Mr. Silverback]

We need restrictions on some of these animals. They're like slithering kudzu...

Here's your restriction: