First, Kill All The Burmese Pythons

National Review Online - The Corner ^ | January 31, 2012 | Jonah Goldberg

[C19fan]

As you may have heard, invasive Burmese pythons have nearly wiped out populations of white tail deer, raccoons and other mammals in the Florida everglades. Now I am not an absolutist when it comes invasive species. I like wild horses and tumbleweeds, for instance. But I am biased against giant frick’n snakes that can eat small children and large dogs illegally sneaking into our country. That’s just me. (Oh and my one word response to the objection that there are no reports of feral Burmese pythons eating children: “Yet.”).

[C19fan]

I do not live in Florida so is there ANY discussion about putting a bounty on these pythons?

[EternalVigilance]

Yeah. And nuke them from orbit, just to be sure.

[ZULU]

BOUNTY??

Start a shoe and purse and luggage business and clean up.

[Tijeras_Slim]

http://thetegu.com/showthread.php?7743-Everglades-Federal-Python-Bounty

[Red Badger]

All we have to do is make it fasionable to wear Burmese Python hats, jackets, pants, handbags, wallets, etc.
And eat Burmese Python burgers...........
The Rednecks will take care of the problem.....

[rellimpank]

—and Johah wouldn’t like tumbleweeds if he had them growing in his otherwise desert decor lawn in southern Nevada-—

[Peter from Rutland]

Same goes for Starlings. Invasive species.

[moovova]

"But I am biased against giant frick’n snakes that can eat small children and large dogs illegally sneaking into our country."

So now we have to worry about small children and large dogs illegally sneaking into our country?

[rellimpank]

—was yesterday and someone pointed out the incident of some other “bounty” situation where , upon application of the bounty , someone was discovered growing the object of same in a back yard——

[Above My Pay Grade]

I think the bounty idea is an excellent one. My only concern would be that people might start breeding them, only to kill them for the bounty. If they can find a way around that, put a price on their head and the pythons will be quickly eradicated.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Sounds like a great opportunity to start a new handbag and shoe line?

[The_Victor]

All we have to do is make it fasionable to wear Burmese Python hats, jackets, pants, handbags, wallets, etc.
And eat Burmese Python burgers...........
The Rednecks will take care of the problem.....

Or we could just transplant some Cajuns to the Everglades. Then the only issue is, "Are they edible?" and "fashionable" becomes irrelevant.

[Vigilanteman]

Exactly. And as an added bonus, we might even attract more redneck voters to move into Florida to counter the votes of the snowbirds from New England, New York and New Jersey.

[Red Badger]

Well, that’s an idea! The Cajun’s and Haitians can communicate very well together!...............

[Red Badger]

Went camping in the Everglades in my younger years. Not any more.................

[Dr. Ursus]

Florida-the state that never stops giving.

[Iron Munro]

I do not live in Florida so is there ANY discussion about putting a bounty on these pythons?

If they actually killed the snakes the money for government funded studies would dry up.

So the answer is no - no bounty.

But there are already calls for more studies.

[Cboldt]

Just be sure to not harm any Monty Pythons.

[drypowder]

tastes like chicken

[Never on my watch]

If the pythons developed a taste for tender, aged, blue-haired social security meat, the state would be solidly right wing.