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‘Robo-Bunnies’ Are the Newest Weapon in the Fight Against Invasive Burmese Pythons in Florida
Smithsonian Magazine ^
| 21 July 2025
| Sarah Kuta
Posted on 07/26/2025 12:05:05 PM PDT by NautiNurse
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No mention of up front costs for the study. Robo-bunny pic at source.
To: NautiNurse
Interesting phrase “so they can be euthanized” We always just called it killing snakes or killing vermin.
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:07:14 PM PDT
by
silent majority rising
(When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
To: NautiNurse
I’ve got blueprints to turn the house into an alligator Alcatraz. Not screwin’ around with no pythons.
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:08:24 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: NautiNurse
Or better yet, design them to explode when their outer layer is bitten into to, or digested.
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:09:05 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: silent majority rising
Caught that description too. Must be the style for Smithsonian. Otherwise, “humanely killed” is often used.
To: Libloather
On YOUTUBE they call it.......UNLIVE someone.
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:11:48 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: NautiNurse
“That’s no ordinary rabbit!”
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:16:04 PM PDT
by
Orosius
To: NautiNurse
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:17:39 PM PDT
by
Cold Heart
(BP S GW)
To: PGR88
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:19:31 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: Cold Heart
High tech decoy. I wonder how long the batteries last.
To: PGR88

"I'm just a harmless squirrel, not a plastic explosive or anything..."
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:24:13 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: Orosius
“Look at the BONES, lad!!”
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:24:20 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
To: PGR88
design them to explode when their outer layer is bitten into to, or digested.Your proposed method is not selective for pythons, and definitely increases cost to maintain the supply of robo-bunnies.
To: NautiNurse
Bounty Structure
The bounty system offers financial incentives for python hunters based on the size of the snakes they capture:
Python Size Bounty Amount
Under 4 feet (1.2m) $50
Each additional foot $25
Active python nest $200
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:30:04 PM PDT
by
dljordan
(The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
To: NautiNurse
Typical Leftist government solution.
Declare open season on pythons (and other invasives) everywhere.
Place a bounty high enough to justify full-time work for some hunters and an enjoyable, profitable weekend side-gig for others.
As hunters become effective, kills will drop so increase the bounties enough to keep the same number of hunters out in the great outdoors.
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:30:11 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: NautiNurse
Call the grounds keeper from Caddyshack.
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:31:33 PM PDT
by
HombreSecreto
(The life of a repo man is always intense)
To: NautiNurse
Make em with pop-open knives....
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:33:04 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
To: NautiNurse
I kill them humanely, either with a hoe or a .45 Cal.
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:35:00 PM PDT
by
silent majority rising
(When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
To: NautiNurse

These laser equipped sharks will kill the Everglades pythons. Drop these sharks into the Everglades.
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posted on
07/26/2025 12:37:43 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(There is no limit to human stupidity)
To: NautiNurse
Here’s an idea. Feral cats when turned in to shelters are usually euthanized after a week. Why not neuter them, feed them nothing but python meat for two weeks and then release them in the Everglades. Cats are wily hunters, will get into python nests and will hold their own against python adults.
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