Posted on 09/16/2009 6:41:32 AM PDT by Leg Olam
Already squeezed by the invasion of the giant Burmese python, Florida now faces what one scientist calls one of the U.S. state's "worst nightmares. Africa's largest snake—the ill-tempered, 20-foot-long (6.1-meter-long) African rock python—is colonizing the U.S. state, new discoveries suggest.
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‘We hunted carrier pigeons to extinction’
Um... not to be picky but I think you ment ‘Passenger’ pidgeon. They would kill whole flocks with nets. Unfortunately pythons do not come in flocks are tough to kill and have a nasty bite. At least they can’t fly on their own. We do that for them by bringing the damn things here.
So, your inferring that “good-ole-boys” can’t tell a 5ft Water Moccasin from a 20ft python?
I say put a $1,000 bounty on water moccasin’s or cotton mouths, whatever you call them, they are the meanest nastiest snakes alive.
His parents are nuts!!!!
simple enough if the gummint wants to actually deal with this......year-round unrestricted any-method-allowed open season on them with a bounty paid for any and all constrictor snakes.
that snake looks very well and recently fed in both pics.....let it go a week or two without feeding it with whatever they feed it and the kid will disappear.
Bounties do work to some degree.I recall a bounty on wild dogs in Georgia some years ago,late 60's IIRC.
A buddy of mine at the short-lived NAS Albany,GA would go out and shoot lots of wild dogs and bring a bunch of them in for cash...he said you always had to remember to take the collars off some of them though!
That'll fix everything....
Too late. Disney beat you to it.
“We hunted carrier pigeons to extinction, “
Flying Pythons? WE’RE DOOMED!
Need to kill all of them no compassionate trapping just shoot on sight.
Unfortunately I am not good at cutting and pasting articles. But if you google “giant python Indonesia” you will come across the story of a 49 foot 983 pound python in captivity in Indonesia. You can also see images of this giant snake as well as a videotape.
I stand corrected. Passenger pigeons it is. In any case, paying people to hunt these things would control and perhaps eradicate the problem.
I looked that up. In that case i’d switch to a 12 gauge automatic with the plug taken out, use deer slugs and make sure I brought along a fried similarly armed.
You’ll want to make sure your friend has a machete in case one of those beasts gets a wrap on you. Even brain dead he can squeeze the life out of you.
LOL!!!!!!
Ping.
“I say put a $1,000 bounty on water moccasin’s or cotton mouths, whatever you call them, they are the meanest nastiest snakes alive.”
Very timely post. Right now, we’re having a real bad time in our, South of Atlanta, Ga, neighborhood with them. And now, DNR is charging residents to come and get them out. I’ve got two shed skins in my storage outbuilding, right now.
I’m afraid to let the dogs run.
Or simply solve the problem by mandating open season on pythons and boas. Then take out full page ads in all newspapers in Louisiana. The ads just need two things, notice of the open season and an assortment of python recipes.
put out some chicken necks and keep your eye on them. Moment you see them show up for dinner, shoot them. When I lived in Louisiana, I killed as many cotton mouths that I had bullets for. They are the meanest nastiest snake alive!
The dogs will probably know about them and stay clear.
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