Biologists hunt invasive pythons in Fla. (Snake Alert!)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/17/06 | Todd Lewan - ap

[NormsRevenge]

Wildlife biologist Skip Snow, left, and Brad Dunker of Everglades National Park wrestle with a 15-foot-long Burmese python in this January 2006 file photo released by Everglades National Park. (AP Photo/Everglades National Park, Lori Oberhofer, File)

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Snakes on a plain...

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

They make great boots!

[NormsRevenge]

they come in all kinds of colors too..

[JRios1968]

We need no m(*&^%$&g snakes on this m(*&^%$&g lake!

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Boots? Heck's Bells, man, these'd make great bodysuits!

[Cvengr]

Why bother wrestling them, removing them, hauling them elsewhere, then euthenizing them? Why not just use a 12Ga.?

[ItsForTheChildren]

Well, why aren't these m(*&^%$&g snakes in the m(*&^%$&g planes?

[JRios1968]

They're waiting for a food delivery

[Veto!]

Scary.

In the days before pythons, I lived in Naples. I'd drive over to Miami for shopping, then back across the glades at night with air conditioner on and the sunroof open to enjoy the sounds and earthy aromas of the swamp. Worrying about a python dropping down from a branch would definitely take the fun out of it.

Ms. Veto!

[CottShop]

Next these hunters should go to congress to hunt snakes-

Seriously htough- yeah, invasive species are a huge problem not many people are aware of. http://sacredscoop.com

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

Both snakes were bagged, trucked off to the Everglades Research Center, euthanized and necropsied — meaning their innards were dissected, then meticulously inspected, for the benefit of science.

Good snake.

[Armedanddangerous]

How about a python season in the swamps?..no baG limit.


That would take care of the problem, Id think.

And think of all the cool belts tourists could grab up at local shops.

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

I was thinking the same thing, only 10ga.

[Gamecock]

In February 2004, tourists at the Pa-hay-okee Overlook watched, stunned, as a python wrapped itself around an alligator, which countered by rolling over and grabbing the snake in its mouth and swimming off. And then, last fall, the carcasses of a 13-foot python and a 6-foot gator that had squared off were found later floating in a marsh, the gator's tail and hind legs protruding from the split-open gut of the python.

[meanie monster]

That did happen to us on a boat. I dunno what the hell kinda snake it was either but i jumped outda boat. lol

[EGPWS]

The python hadn't succumbed yet, however. "They defecate on you, on purpose, hoping to make you reconsider what you're doing," Oberhofer says. "It's not pleasant."

In the end, the humans were victorious, if not sweet-smelling: Both snakes were bagged, trucked off to the Everglades Research Center, euthanized and necropsied — meaning their innards were dissected, then meticulously inspected, for the benefit of science.

We need some of these humans to relocate to Washington D.C. for sovereign medicinal purposes

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Do they taste like chicken?

[Rb ver. 2.0]

"Why not just use a 12Ga.?"

They've been around for a long time. My buddies and I ran across a 10 footer someone had shot in a Miami swamp 30 years ago.

[Veto!]

OMG, it's raining snakes. EeeeeeUuuuu.