[Morgana]

snake ping

I found a new pet for you...look at the mouth on that thing!

[EEGator]

No thank you…

[bwest]

125 pounds? A 19-foot python weighs a lot more than that.

[jmacusa]

Back in the 70’s it was popular to have snakes, particularly pythons as pets. Trouble was when the things became too big for the terraiums they were kept in. People, mostly in the Everglades would release the things into a habitat they previously never were native to.

[John S Mosby]

There is still, in FL if recalling correctly—by legislature funded a BOUNTY paid for every python, anaconda, non-native species caught and usually killed. This is a very young professional hunter in the Everglades.

People buy exotic snakes, keep them awhile and then.... turn them loose into the Everglades where they grow to huge size- (way longer than 19 ft—as in normal size in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay vast swamplands their natural habitat)

. No natural enemy in FL- they even kill and try to swallow alligators— usually can’t and die with them in their “neck” (non reversible teeth line the entry— pointing toward the mouth allows them to swallow prey in gradual movement).

Can see these on the dirt roads at night in neighborhoods- they kill dogs, puppies, cats and a huge danger to children.

Good riddance.

$50/head paid by State of Florida, any size- So 400$ days are not out of the ordinary.

[chickenlips]

Old rock stars will be lining up for new boots.

[ro_dreaming]

In Florida, it is legal to catch and kill Burmese pythons which have no natural predators.

Gators don’t eat snakes?

[GOPJ]

The problem with constrictors is they wrap themselves around a person and strangle them to death. The ‘bite’ is nothing compared to that.

[alternatives?]

You really have to trust your partner when going snake hunting.

[dforest]

Yuck, those things terrify me.

[lee martell]

Decapitate, don’t negotiate!

[ConservativeMind]

Pan-fried snake tastes very good.

[blueunicorn6]

Another weapon released within the US.

[Rappini]

That dude could make a lot of neat Cowboy Boots.

[ransomnote]

A friend of mine was a reptile breeder. He said there's a rule of thumb snake handlers use to determine how many men needed to subdue a large snake. I forget the feet/man ratio now but I think it was about 9ft per man.

He said what happens is you wrestle a snake (smaller than this) and it seems like you're doing ok but then you get tired and you relax for a moment to catch your breath. The snake senses it and tightens on you - rinse and repeat.

Incredible. I know in Florida there was some story about one of these going through an upstairs window (so drainpipe or tree access) left open a little, and sadly, killing their toddler. They walked in the room and the snake was fully wrapped around the child. Gah! I would think this man cannot forget this episode and may awaken in the night from vivid dreams.

[Libloather]

[FlyingEagle]

Tastes like chicken.

Will make a dozen pairs of cowboy boots, easy

[Verginius Rufus]

So it's OK to deadname snakes? Shouldn't it be called a Myanmarese python?

Speciesism run amok.