Hundreds of Giant Burmese Pythons Killed in Everglades: 'Destructive Force'

MSN ^ | Oct 21 | Robyn White

[Lockbox]

Florida must of outlawed rulers longer then 11 feet...... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[neefer]

I sauteed new leaves this summer. They were still pretty tough. Was wondering if kudzu could be pickled like grape leaves.

[odawg]

“I’ll bet the young tender foliage is edible.”

Cows love it. Formerly, the Federal government encouraged its cultivation for forage and erosion control.

Its requires sunlight, so although it seems like it has taken over as you drive down the road, it doesn’t penetrate forests.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

https://draxe.com/nutrition/kudzu-root/

https://www.walterreeves.com/how-to/kudzu-recipes/

https://cookpad.com/us/search/kudzu

[gov_bean_ counter]

My grandfather was part of that effort in North Georgia with the Georgia Conservation Department. Probably went to his grave regretting it.

[Hot Tabasco]

My favorite Youtube channels are the iguana hunters who use air rifles......looks like a lot of fun with an incredible number of targets.

[BradyLS]

Raccoons will hunt iguanas. Saw a youtube video where one waited patiently near a pool till a big one crawled out. Ran up, wrassled with it for a moment, then loped away carrying it by its neck thinking, “Pool-lizards is good eats!”

[Old Grumpy]

While this number is impressive, I’m afraid it’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Florida should have the python hunt going on year-round, until they’re ALL destroyed.

[Joe Brower]

There are four animal species here in Florida that should be shot on sight:

- Pythons
- Iguanas
- Coyotes
- Nile monitors

One solution: AR-15 SBR w/AAC 762-SDN suppressor in .300 Blackout, running Hornady subsonics.

Unseen, unheard.

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[MayflowerMadam]

Had you sauteed kudzu leaves before?

I think the guy on tv did mention salads for one thing.

[neefer]

It was my first and only attempt. Mixed with garlic. Not the worst thing I’ve ever eaten but not something I’d want to eat regularly. I’m going to pick some today and try to ferment them like grape leaves.

[fso301]

Allow year round 24/7 hunting of pythons in the Everglades, pay bounties, develop a commercial export trade to nations where eating python meat is culturally normal, subsidize such exports and they will soon be all gone... and as supplies deplete, successively increase bounties until even the pet owners can't resist.

AND/OR, Pay bounties, have celebrity chefs create "popular" new python dishes and fashion designers create new fashion trends, ban farming pythons AND allow year round 24/7 python hunting in the Everglades and they will soon be all gone.

AND/OR, have an organization such as DARPA fund development of hunter-killer drones to methodically grid search areas.

[fso301]

And what of the walking catfish and kudzu?

Periodic destructive freezes that Florida gets will push back the walking catfish, pythons and other tropical nuisances.

For kudzu, surround with electric fence, let a herd of goats in and your kudzu problem will soon be a thing of the past.

[dennisw]

“Leaves grow directly from the stem. You again need a shear to cut the leaf stalks from the main stem. The tasty and nutritious leaves are the smaller, young-looking, and bright green ones.”

You say the leave were tough? Pound them first before cooking. Preferably, with the bottom of a glass jar or beer bottle against wood. Or >>> liquify them in a blender with some scant water. Then simmer. I have not done either. But I have seen how Kudzu can run crazy wild in The South.

Those green leaves must be very nutritious.
You will see Kudzu powder at Amazon etc. to be used as a thickener. This comes from the Kudzu root.

[dennisw]

“AND/OR, have an organization such as DARPA fund development of hunter-killer drones to methodically grid search areas.”

This is the nuke’em from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure, version. Of getting rid of these Everglades pests. Once and for all. There are some videos of Everglades pythons vs Everglades ‘gators. Both brainless critters defending their turf. Kinda like, these days, Russia vs Ukraine

https://www.bing.com/search?q=pythons+vs+Everglades+%27gators&aqs=edge..69i57&FORM=ANCMS9&PC=U531

[AZJeep]

with wild rose bushes introduced by the Roosevelt administration
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Wild rose is known pest, native of Europe, where it is fought forever.
But some scientist liked that it created bushes where birds can hide.
So they brought it to the US and propagandized it to farmers.
Now it is messing up US forests and meadows!
Those scientists!

[Bratch]

[gundog]

High mercury levels have been found in many of them. A problem with many apex predators.

[gundog]

They’re unfit to eat, and damn hard to find in the Everglades.

[neefer]

Thanks for the info!