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Hallandale alligator processor turns pythons into leather products
miamiherald ^
| 03.17.10
| DAVID FLESHLER
Posted on 03/17/2010 1:30:20 PM PDT by JoeProBono
For some Burmese pythons captured in the Everglades, the end of the line is a building in a warehouse district of Hallandale Beach.
All American Gator, which turns alligators into meat, belts, shoes and wallets, is the closest thing South Florida has to a python-processing plant. It was here that Josh Zarmati brought two pythons he caught in the Everglades.
Brian Wood, the company's president, was waiting. He has processed three snakes so far and anticipates more from the state-sanctioned python hunt that started last week and runs through April 17 in sections of the Everglades in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.
Wood opened a flat plastic container and pulled out a 7-foot python he caught near a levee. He placed the snake on the cement floor as journalists' cameras clicked, allowing the snake to coil around his arm and bite his Kevlar-coated snake-handling boots.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: jpb; python; snake
Python skinned Josh Zarmati, left, and Brian Wood, owner of All American Gator, prepare to dispatch a 7-foot Burmese python that Zarmati captured
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To: JoeProBono
That...is...awesome!
If he pays a bounty on them, Florida will be rid of it’s slithery problem in two shakes of a python’s tail.
To: JoeProBono
Quick, someone run over to PETA's headquarters and get their exploding heads on tape.
We can then turn them into handbags and whatnot.
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:32:35 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: JoeProBono
"Right! Knock it off!"
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:33:23 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(DNC has decided to change their mascot from the Jackass to the Lemming.)
To: JoeProBono
Yeah baby! When can we buy varnished python heads with fangs bared at tourist traps?
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:36:42 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: a fool in paradise
Well there will certianly be no going to Florida for spring break for us this year! ;-)
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:38:41 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: JoeProBono
Can they solve DC’s snake problem too?
8
posted on
03/17/2010 1:40:06 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
To: JoeProBono
God bless free enterprise.
9
posted on
03/17/2010 1:40:54 PM PDT
by
JustaDumbBlonde
(Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
To: JoeProBono
10
posted on
03/17/2010 1:41:51 PM PDT
by
razorback-bert
( if you're doing an experiment, you should report everything that you think might make it invalid)
To: Travis McGee
i want one of these..
11
posted on
03/17/2010 1:42:16 PM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
To: ShadowAce
12
posted on
03/17/2010 1:45:58 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Kartographer
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posted on
03/17/2010 1:48:06 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: absolootezer0
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posted on
03/17/2010 2:02:05 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Parse every sentence uttered by a politician)
To: absolootezer0
I caan see what you mean. The hat is pretty cool, too.
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posted on
03/17/2010 2:04:35 PM PDT
by
magslinger
(Cry MALAISE! and let slip the dogs of incompetence.)
To: JoeProBono
Organic alligator processor. Via arewelumberjacks.
To: absolootezer0
YEAH! And the hat isn’t bad either! ;-)
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posted on
03/17/2010 2:31:06 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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