Posted on 01/17/2023 2:29:35 PM PST by MtnClimber
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, filed felony and misdemeanor charges against eight people after a multi-year investigation discovered they were illegally trafficking venomous and unlawful snakes.
The investigation kicked off in 2020 after receiving reports and complaints about a black market that is used for the sale and purchase of highly dangerous venomous reptiles in Florida.
Some of the species sold and purchased include the bushmaster, inland taipan, rhinoceros viper, African bush viper, Gaboon viper, green mamba, eyelash viper, spitting cobra, forest cobra and saw-scaled vipers.
The other concern is that if the animals were to escape, they could easily thrive and breed, given Florida’s subtropical climate.
The investigation uncovered nearly 200 snakes made up of 24 different species from seven different regions across the globe. The snakes were purchased or sold by undercover agents with the FWC.
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Just rounding up more venom for the vaxxes.
So many wildlife laws seem to be inverted. In many states it is unlawful to own native species of wild animals as pets such as flying squirrels, skunks, crows, and raccoons. Yet you can own boas and other exotic species which could escape and become an invasive species like the Burmese Python problem. If “laboratory” cobras or mambas get established in the wild, it will cost us a lot of lives.
cobras in fla, wonderful...
Eyelash viper. I think I dated a few of those venomous creatures.
“Eyelash viper. I think I dated a few of those venomous creatures.”
Did we have the same girlfriend?
Ought to be good for a life sentence, in the worst hell-hole prison in the state.
American TwoStep...
What kind of idiot wants to own one of those damned things?
Black mamba, no need for snake boots. It’ll get you in the face. You then go sit against a tree and smoke one or two efore you die.
Here’s some info on the black mamba.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_mamba
There’s also a video of a black mamba vs green mamba.
https://youtu.be/WNhbkqicb4E
Domestic terrorism
***a black market that is used for the sale and purchase of highly dangerous venomous reptiles in Florida. ***
Lots of weird stuff being let loose in Fla. People get bored with them and dump them. I have read of Piranha in the waters and wild monkeys on the loose. along with pythons and various lizards.
If folks thought pythons were bad enough just wait until the Everglades is teaming with Gaboon Vipers and Cobras. Florida will become like Snake Island off of South Merica’s Atlantic coast.
They would probably slither their way into Miami. Ewww.
Drug dealers
You've managed the study idiots enough to catergorize them into sub species?..is there a difference between these idiots and pitbull owners? - both think they are superhuman and nobody would ever be hurt by their pets.
Marlin Perkins (of Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom fame) was actually bitten by one when he was curator of the St. Louis zoo. By his own admission, he was very fortunate to survive.
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