ecoworldly.com — "If you are standing in front of a large snake right now don't panic..." So says the greeting message for the Florida Keys' python hotline, 888-IVE-GOT1. Over the years enough pet Burmese pythons in south Florida have been released into the wild that one NPS scientist has estimtated now there could be as many as 30,000 of them in the Everglades.
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eco57Apr 1, 2009
Time to initiate an annual Florida Burmese Python Roundup!<a class="user" href="http://www.rattlesnakeroundup.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.rattlesnakeroundup.net</a>
altair27Apr 1, 2009
But the rest of the nation will be safe.... UNLESS they make their way onto a plane!!
synthetithespisApr 1, 2009
They'll just end up murdering them. Less pythons in this world is a sadder world, imo.
masterpainApr 1, 2009
I use to live in Fl & Burmese Pythons got real popular there. People would breed them & sell them for real cheap & when people stopped buying them they would just give them away. The problem is these snakes can get 20 long & most people do not want a snake that big. It is also expensive to feed a snake that big, rats don't do it they need rabbits and other large prey. So a bunch of assh**es just let them lose and they breed in the wild have have real big egg clutches. So at least some snakes surviving to adulthood will also breed. Anacondas are not very popular getting so big that only zoo's and dedicated snake handlers can keep. So they are not released in the wild where they could breed.
redcolumbineApr 1, 2009
Fools buying them as pets then deciding they don't want them and dumping them in the swamp.
Closed AccountApr 1, 2009
Better than having Snakes on a Plane.
soupdawg30Apr 2, 2009
The reason is they are hungry.
south_floridaNov 19, 2010
Yikes