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punisher440 -> Glad I'm not in Florida (8/14/2012 5:24:51 AM)
http://news.yahoo.com/holy-herpetology-burmese-python-found-record-87-eggs-193035561.html A double record-setting Burmese python has been found in the Florida Everglades. At 17 feet, 7 inches (5.3 meters) in length, it is the largest snake of its kind found in the state and it was carrying a record 87 eggs. Scientists say the finding highlights how dangerously comfortable the invasive species has become in its new home. "This thing is monstrous, it's about a foot wide," said Kenneth Krysko, of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. "It means these snakes are surviving a long time in the wild, there's nothing stopping them and the native wildlife are in trouble." read more on the above link. I've had snakes as pets before...but a 17' 7" python is a bit too much.People shouldn't buy these larger snakes as pets if they aren't able to handle them.A snake this size has few predators,man and an alligator being the only 2 I can think of.

kalikshama -> RE: Glad I'm not in Florida (8/14/2012 5:34:40 AM)
I'm glad I'm not in FL anymore either. I prefer nanny state Massachusetts, where we have a bottle bill, annual car inspections, gay marriage, and Romney Care. Elizabeth Warren 2012!

SubTrucker85 -> RE: Glad I'm not in Florida (8/14/2012 11:07:01 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kalikshama Elizabeth Warren 2012! Face palm

GreedyTop -> RE: Glad I'm not in Florida (8/14/2012 11:16:28 AM)
since Pythons/boas and many other "exotic species' (not just snakes, but quite a few other animals) have been dumped into Florida's ecosystem, this story doesn't shock me at all. What shocks me is the GASPS and HORROR!!! reactions that arise when a story like this is broadcast. IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO CARE FOR AN EXOTIC WHEN IT GROWS UP, FFS, DO NOT GET IT AS A BABY!!!! I think that folks who disregard the above statement should be spayed/neuterd, and sent off to a roadside zoo.

punisher440 -> RE: Glad I'm not in Florida (8/14/2012 12:06:03 PM)
I agree with you Greedy about not owning exotics if you can't care for them.A few years ago,some idiot turned loose a bunch of emus near a local National Wildlife Refuge because the value of the emus dropped so much they were not worth the cost of feeding them.I was a bit surprised to have a group come running by me one morning right before daylight while bow hunting.Made me question if my morning Mountain Dew had been spiked with something.

Rule -> RE: Glad I'm not in Florida (8/14/2012 12:35:10 PM)
I would like to see anyone who buys or imports an exotic animal or plant be put to death - and his or her relatives as well.

Winterapple -> RE: Glad I'm not in Florida (8/14/2012 2:50:16 PM)
FR There have been several stories coming from Florida and a few other places regarding pythons. A toddler girl was killed by one while her parents slept when the snake escaped it's tank. Not difficult as the crackhead dad had just thrown some tarp over it. Another story was a very large snake had taken up residence under a womans house and the wildlife people were called to get it out it was massive. There need to be laws against private people owning and importing exotic animals. This happened because idiots have loosened snakes into the wild. The pythons have found the environment in the Everglades very agreeable. They are now messing with the ecosystem. They are eating up the crocodiles. They are also moving up from the Everglades and it's predicted they could throughout the southeastern US. It's idiocy for people to have exotic animals be they pythons or tigers or whatever. Remember the guy from Ohio with the tigers who let them loose before he committed suicide? People were killed and the animals were killed.

Delilya -> RE: Glad I'm not in Florida (8/14/2012 3:10:09 PM)
Why did they kill it? You shouldn't kill a living creature just because you want a look inside. The article says it was "captured", that equals alive in my book.

hlen5 -> RE: Glad I'm not in Florida (8/14/2012 3:30:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreedyTop IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO CARE FOR AN EXOTIC WHEN IT GROWS UP, FFS, DO NOT GET IT AS A BABY!!!! I think that folks who disregard the above statement should be spayed/neuterd, and sent off to a roadside zoo. Definitely worth repeating!! And funny!!

Yachtie -> RE: Glad I'm not in Florida (8/14/2012 3:42:58 PM)
Now I'm thinking it's a bit of urban legend, but reminds me of alligators in the NYC sewers. (Even kudzu. Takes over everything.) Some creatures are best left alone.

hardcybermaster -> RE: Glad I'm not in Florida (8/14/2012 4:29:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Delilya Why did they kill it? You shouldn't kill a living creature just because you want a look inside. The article says it was "captured", that equals alive in my book. this story actually made it over here too, and those were my thoughts exactly. Put it in a zoo, don't kill it

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