VIDEO: Burmese pythons moving north

palatkadailynews ^ | June 24, 2009

[JoeProBono]

Gainseville, Fla.,---- Burmese pythons are multiplying rapidly in the Everglades and moving north in Florida, a University of Florida researcher says.

Frank Mazzoti said the pythons can live anywhere alligators can, which would include all of Florida and swamp areas in Georgia and Louisiana, Science Daily reported.

"People might argue the ultimate boundaries, but there's no part of this state that you can point at and say that pythons couldn't live here," he said. "We really need to be addressing the spread of these pythons. They're capable of surviving anywhere in Florida, they're capable of incredible movement -- and in a relatively short period."

Burmese pythons are popular pets in spite of being one of the world's largest snakes. They became established in the Everglades when owners released them as they became too big to handle, and one biologist estimates there are now 30,000 to 100,000 in the Everglades National Park

Mazzotti said the snakes are difficult to eliminate because females can continue to produce young years after a mating.

[JoeProBono]

By Request:

[BJClinton]

Sheesh people, just make cowboy boots out of them. Problem solved.

[JoeProBono]

[gimme1ibertee]

Yuck! Bet there’s a lot of “Lost Dog” posters in that neighborhood!!

[gimme1ibertee]

WHOA!!!! You could open a snakeskin haberdashery with all that skin!!! LOL

[cweese]

I stand corrected.

[BJClinton]

Er, uh...I said cowboy boots, not FMBs.

‘sides, those aren’t really my style

[Daffynition]

From the 'glades........

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[Ladysmith]

Who won??

[savedbygrace]

When you want to post a large pix like that one, you can add some HTML ( WIDTH=XXX) to shrink it. Example:

<IMG SRC=http://images49.fotki.com/v1519/file5GBb/b46f0/1/127099/5782932/gator_python.jpg WIDTH=600>

That would produce this:

[Daffynition]

Not sure ...but it was probably un-good.

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

I just read on a blog [the link to the story was broken] but it said a “python was in a gators mouth for over 30 hours and survived. “

That’s the best I can do ...I’m amazed, if it’s true.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Maybe they’ll eat Carpetbaggers!

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[Daffynition]

[Gemsbok]

Hey FReepers & FR Floridians,
Here’s the POTUS in his younger days with his “close friend” in NYC sporting a pair of lace-up boots!

I wonder if he would wear a pair of python boots if we sent them to him.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2040486/posts?page=8126#8126