[Salvavida]

OK, let me get this straight.

"The tribesmen have removed 13 pythons in just over a week."

"A state-sanctioned hunt netted 106 pythons in one month."

By my math, the "Murica" way is greater than 50% more effective than the Indians To solve the problem, the state needs to get out of the way and sanction the hunting indefinitely until they are all gone. And send the Indians packing.

I can't be the only one that sees this.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

By my math, the "Murica" way is greater than 50% more effective than the Indians To solve the problem, the state needs to get out of the way and sanction the hunting indefinitely until they are all gone. And send the Indians packing.

I can't be the only one that sees this.

From another article I read about this, there are only two Indians who were brought here for their snake catching expertise, and they caught the 13 pythons in a week, as compared to who-knows-how-many people in the state-sanctioned hunt catching 106 in a month. They obviously have some techniques to teach in snake catching - but I doubt we'll ever be rid of pythons in the Everglades again.

[Lonely Bull]

OK, let me get this straight.

"The tribesmen have removed 13 pythons in just over a week."

"A state-sanctioned hunt netted 106 pythons in one month."

By my math, the "Murica" way is greater than 50% more effective than the Indians To solve the problem, the state needs to get out of the way and sanction the hunting indefinitely until they are all gone. And send the Indians packing.

I can't be the only one that sees this.

I noticed the numbers too and couldn't resist trying the same calculation, but the article doesn't give us enough information to make a direct comparison. For example, how large was the "state-sanctioned hunt"?

[plain talk]

"The tribesmen have removed 13 pythons in just over a week." "A state-sanctioned hunt netted 106 pythons in one month."

Two indians captured 13 pythons in a week. 600 state sanctioned hunters captured 106 pythons in a month. These indians know a bit about snakes. Bring in a few hundred indians and we would see some good results.

[Topcatfl]

The state sanctioned hunt had over 1000 registered participants. So these two hunters by themselves may eclipse the result of that effort. I camp in the Everglades park a lot and the damage these animals have done is noticeable. They are taking deer, alligators and all of the raccoons. I saw one swimming in the north of whitewater bay and should have run him over with the boat but wasn’t sure what he was until I found a picture of one. The difference in the way these two hunt reportedly is that they get down in the high weeds along the banks versus the amateurs technique of trying to find them sunning themselves up on a path on a cold day. Their tribe inIndia allegedly hunted the local pythons to extinction, and I hope they can teach the locals how to do it.

[JudgemAll]

Yeah, this looks like a foreign entry antiamerican propaganda program run by government