Everglades swamped with invading pythons

news.yahoo. ^ | May 29, | Jim Loney

[GOPJ]

And those things are moving north into other parts of Florida.

[JoeProBono]

[mdmathis6]

Imagine a few komodo dragons getting started down there....ooooooo(shudders)!

[bert]

Back in March I camped at the Collier Seminole Florida State Park. It is adjacent to the Everglades NP. A ranger gave a long and good presentation on the park and wildlife.

He didn’t mention Pythons. After it was over, the crowd gone, I asked him about pythons and did he have them. he whispered yes but we don’t talk about them.

[LouAvul]

Government sponsored bounty. Government issues ammo. End of problem. Guaranteed.

[valkyry1]

komodo dragon & monitor lizard are the same critters, and the article I read says there’s already 2 groups of them established down there.

[bert]

You have apparently been to the Everglades. The vegetation is impenetrable. The area is vast

Guns are not a viable solution

[wildbill]

My exact first thought. Somebody tell Tony Lama and Luchesse.

[hinckley buzzard]

Time to put out some python birth control bait. And castrate the ignorant pukes who set these monsters loose to begin with. Might as well clean up two gene pools at once.

[DesertRhino]

You know what, lets try the free market. Unlimited hunting of them. If you are super serious, pay 500 bucks a Python head. If you had to pay out on all 150,000 snakes. It’d only cost 187 million. Thats chump change today for the govt!

Find a snake every other day, and thats not a bad living.

[shibumi]

Well, there's

...and then there's

...and my favorite

[caper gal 1]

And yet I was in a Pet Smart in Panama City, FL last week and they are STILL selling pythons, of the 12” to 18” variety which, I guess, for snake lovers is still the “cute and fuzzy puppy” stage. I can not believe the state of Florida has not banned their sale yet with all the problems they have caused here for the past 30 years.

[DesertRhino]

No lie,, Florida govt can’t whine if they are selling new ones still.

[rodguy911]

All just part of our lovely third world no visa necessary mentality in South Fla. ENP Park service deserves whatever it gets they are so pathetic and such non managers.
They are also too dumb to start getting rid of them as well.
Like good libs they will talk these snakes to death.

[rodguy911]

UHHH... did anyone mention that we now have 2 million gators in the state as well, one of their fav. food is young kids as well. This state(at least the bottom half) is infested with as many rinos and far left libs as it is with snakes/gators,they are all the same IMHO!

[mdmathis6]

Whoops I thought they were different...thanks for the edumakashun! :}

[ought-six]

“Now that pythons and monitor lizards are established down there we’ll probably never get rid of them unless southern Florida has extended deep freezes, highly unlikely.”

Create a new hunting season with extended bag limits. I’d imagine a 180 grain .30-06 HP to the head would be a good choice for such game. If that won’t do the trick, I never want to come across one.

[Riley]

Instantly, upon reading the title of the article, I began to hear the Liberty Bell March in my mind’s ear.

[Riley]

if you are going to move, consider the bahamas (0% tax British rule) or the isle of man (10-15% tax with a 100k euro limit, British rule)

There's irony for you- Americans fleeing burdensome taxation by moving under British rule.

[G8 Diplomat]

"I caught a congressman!"

(Apologies to pythons)