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1st day of Fla. hunt nets nearly 10-foot python
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| 3 hours ago
| BRIAN SKOLOFF
Posted on 07/17/2009 5:27:42 PM PDT by JoeProBono
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A program to eradicate invasive pythons from Florida's Everglades began Friday with a slithering success: Trappers caught a nearly 10-footer within about an hour of setting out, a shock to even the experts.
"It surprised us," said Shawn Heflick, a herpetologist who helped capture the snake Friday. "If you would have told me yesterday I was going to go out there today and that quickly find one, I would have called you a liar."
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TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: python; wildlife
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To: JoeProBono
Nah! That’s just a cop walkin’ his pitbull eradicator!
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posted on
07/17/2009 5:54:31 PM PDT
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Randy Larsen
( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
To: John123
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posted on
07/17/2009 5:54:55 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I can’t tell which snake is slimier!
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posted on
07/17/2009 5:56:59 PM PDT
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Randy Larsen
( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
To: Randy Larsen
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posted on
07/17/2009 5:59:43 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Not a big Brit fan but Salma Hayek’s snake dance in “From Dusk Til Dawn” is by far the sexiest dancing scene I have ever seen...
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posted on
07/17/2009 6:10:30 PM PDT
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John123
(Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
To: John123
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posted on
07/17/2009 6:14:28 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: John123
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posted on
07/17/2009 6:15:44 PM PDT
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Randy Larsen
( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!)
To: John123
The prior photo is definately real .. that gator didn't give up... This gator is winning..
To: MHGinTN
Taste like chicken.......
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posted on
07/17/2009 6:23:15 PM PDT
by
njslim
To: JoeProBono
Statistically speaking it’s a very bad sign that they found a 10 foot python so quickly after beginning the search and even while reporters were accompanying the search party.
To: John123
Yeah, it’s real. There were plenty of stories on it. A state game helicopter saw it, and took photos.
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07/17/2009 7:09:40 PM PDT
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Travis McGee
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To: Neidermeyer
I’m rooting for the gators. (I’m a nativist.)
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07/17/2009 7:10:53 PM PDT
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Travis McGee
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To: JoeProBono
Are they breading albino (yellow) pythons? I see them frequently on TV and in zoos. Even my local zoo has one. I’ve also seen them in a small zoo in Florida.
To: JoeProBono
Problem is we can hunt em on state land but the big federal lands down here will not let them be hunted on for the snake. So the fed lands will be the breeding grounds for a long time.
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07/18/2009 11:57:45 AM PDT
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lucias_clay
(Its times like this I'm glad I'm a whig.)
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