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Posted on 09/17/2009 12:33:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Researchers have warned that two non-native species of python currently slithering free in south Florida could morph into a giant man-eating swamp coil.
The capture of five African rock pythons near an Everglades already teeming with the gentler Burmese pythons has experts worried about “hybrid vigor” – a phenomenon that occurs when interbreeding uncorks volatile recessive genes, passing traits such as aggression onto the offspring, the Christian Science Monitor reported on Wednesday.
The two species have interbred in captivity. While Burmese pythons aren’t known to eat people in their native habitat, the African rock python, unfortunately, has been known to do just that. The rock python “is mean right out of the egg, and they don’t ever tame down,” said Kenneth Krysko, a biologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Whether African rock pythons and Burmese pythons could produce fertile offspring remains a big question. But the looming possibility of “hybrid vigor” between nonnative species means the Everglades are turning into a herpetologist’s version of Dr. Frankenstein’s lab. This summer, Florida began a python bounty hunt after the population of illegally introduced Burmese pythons exploded and their range expanded.
They swallow you AFTER they constrict you. Kind of like being in a car crusher aftergetting whacked by the Paisanos. Except you’re not dead when you go into the crusher.
The upside is you do escape. As python poop.
Welcome to Jurassic Park.
One taste of Obammy and they will.............
Actually I believe that all snakes wee-wee but instead of pooping they barf.
Hmm. not entirely true. You would be mashed and kneaded like bread dough, THEN devoured.
Not much of a chance IMHO...
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The capture of five African rock pythons near an Everglades already teeming with the gentler Burmese pythons has experts worried about "hybrid vigor" -- a phenomenon that occurs when interbreeding uncorks volatile recessive genes, passing traits such as aggression onto the offspring
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I thought hyrbids were the GREEN way to go?
You’re gonna need a bigger mouse.
Caption for the Picture: the snake says “Hey y’all; watch me make like a tree and leave!”
You gonna use it from the inside out?
Note to self: “If you have to enter the Everglades, pack a couple of shotguns loaded with #4 buckshot for close encounters.”
Capture them and deliver C.O.D. to 1600 PA Ave.
Actually, I think that might be able to stop a hybrid right through the radiator...
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