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Posted on 02/21/2008 6:07:18 PM PST by EveningStar
In addition to everything else to worry about, now comes the Burmese python.
The giant snakes are slithering from Florida toward the Bay Area, very slowly to be sure, but inexorably. And they can strangle and eat an entire alligator...
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
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Some people have the strangest taste in pets. I have a cat, call me old-fashioned.
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Cartman from that SP episode in the Rain forest would take care of any damn snake!
The natural enemies of the python are lions, tigers and other large cats. There are few free-roaming African lions and tigers between Florida and San Francisco, the geological survey said.
No kidding.LOL
More gems from the article...........
“Beavers would be a very tasty treat for them,” Rodda said. “No beaver would be safe from a python.”
When its once again safe to bend over to pick up change in SF, then we can start worrying about these more remote dangers.
Seen this? Python and Pet related.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973731/posts
Beavers would be a very tasty treat...
Nope! Not going there...
The U.S. Geological Survey released a map Wednesday showing that the Bay Area has comfortable climatic conditions for the python. It also said the reptile, which prefers to swallow its prey in one gulp, is “highly adaptable to new environments” and cannot be stopped.
The snakes weigh up to 250 pounds and slither at a rate of 20 miles per month, according to USGS zoologist Gordon Rodda. They are not staying put. In fact, one of them has already slithered about 100 miles toward San Francisco.
“We have not yet identified something that would stop their spreading to the Bay Area,” Rodda said.
If pet pythons were introduced into the wild in California by irresponsible pet owners, as happened in Florida, they could become established here even faster, without need of a cross-country journey.
Could we put some of these in D.C.?
“Small Florida deer have been turning up inside the digestive tracts of Everglades pythons, which has alarmed deer lovers and also the deer.”
Whatever the author of this article is on,I want some
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The snake’s cross-country crawl would be made easier by the large population of beavers along the way, Rodda said.
“Beavers would be a very tasty treat for them,” Rodda said. “No beaver would be safe from a python.”
BTW, who won?
The python or the alligator?
A beaver could bite thru that snakes backbone like snapping a twig.. Beav's are not defenseless.. Bears knock them silly first.. Snakes cant do that..
LOL!
You forgot the sarcasm tag big time!
What a silly article. None of the snakes have even made it out of Florida yet, that they’ve been able to tell.
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