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As was recently posted, Burmese pythons pose an increasing risk in FL. How great a risk? ... this is of course the worst nightmare. It is this serious.

See related recent thread: VIDEO: Burmese pythons moving north http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2278528/posts?page=47

1 posted on 07/01/2009 10:45:07 AM PDT by cyn
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To: cyn

John Cleese is a child murderer?


2 posted on 07/01/2009 10:46:05 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: cyn

New Video Coming Soon on YouTube!

Pit-bull vs. Python!


3 posted on 07/01/2009 10:47:07 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: cyn

“Snakes! Why did it have to be snakes?!”


4 posted on 07/01/2009 10:47:10 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are a ruled people, serfs to the Federal Oligarchy -- and the Tree of Liberty thirsts)
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To: Joe Brower; JoeProBono

NOTE: NOT A WILD PYTHON — had escaped from home cage.

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20090701_ap_officialsescapedpetpythonstrangledflachild.html

The snake was a family pet, not one of a fast-growing population of nonnative pythons that has been spreading in the wild in southern Florida.


5 posted on 07/01/2009 10:49:17 AM PDT by cyn (http://mountainsteps.blogspot.com)
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more info
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/7/1/child_strangled_by_python.html

“Fish and Wildlife told News 13 that a permit is necessary to own a Burmese python, but no permit was issued to anyone in the house.”

Obviously a time for more Python Control measures. We need Assault Python bans.


6 posted on 07/01/2009 10:50:54 AM PDT by PrinterEagle
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To: cyn

This is really sad, but not much you can do except watch your child more closely. Burmese pythons have taken over the top reptile predator position in south florida, and you people with doggie doors had best watch out.


7 posted on 07/01/2009 10:51:14 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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To: cyn

And where the heck is Leesburg?


8 posted on 07/01/2009 10:55:34 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: cyn

There are no bad pythons, just bad owners.

Hey that’s what AKC says about pit bulls.


10 posted on 07/01/2009 10:56:42 AM PDT by SampleMan (Socialism enslaves you & kills your soul.)
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To: cyn

Who would keep a pet python with a baby in the house?


14 posted on 07/01/2009 10:59:06 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: cyn

The python is one of two snakes in the home — the other is a 6-foot boa constrictor.

Both snakes are alive, Carruthers said.

Two other children also lived there.

http://www.wpbf.com/news/19916569/detail.html


23 posted on 07/01/2009 11:04:40 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: cyn
Some owners have freed pythons into the wild and a population of them has taken hold in the Everglades. One killed an alligator and then exploded when it tried to eat it.

I'd like to see that video on the Discovery Channel.

31 posted on 07/01/2009 11:14:24 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: cyn

39 posted on 07/01/2009 11:36:06 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: cyn

God created pythons, Col. Colt made them equal.

40 posted on 07/01/2009 11:40:25 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: cyn

“It is unknown whether the snake was a pet and how the child came in contact with the animal.”

I would think the reporter would have gathered these answers before writing the article.


51 posted on 07/01/2009 1:00:18 PM PDT by A knight without armor
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To: American72

Ping


57 posted on 07/01/2009 7:36:45 PM PDT by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: cyn

What a heartbreaking and disturbing tragedy.

The only good snake is a dead snake.


60 posted on 07/01/2009 8:55:28 PM PDT by Route797
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