http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/01/18/florida-declares-open-season-on-pythons-in-annual-challenge.html?intcmp=latestnews
I'm really going to miss Terry Gilliam's quirky sense of humor.
Thunder.Gerbil wrote:
he's pretty old now anyways... π
Kill them all!
Burner02 wrote:
"Notoriously elusive and not native to North America, pythons have no natural predators in Florida and strangle and eat everything. The population of Burmese pythons, which are native to India and other parts of Asia, likely developed from pets released into the wild, either intentionally or in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Sight surveys in Everglades National Park have shown a drastic reduction in the stateβs small mammal populations.
βYou know, rabbits, coons, deer, bobcat, panthers, bear,β said Bergeron. βThatβs what the snake eats. And being an invasive snake, they can get 20 feet long and weigh 200 pounds."
so, what are their natural predators..?? we should release a bunch of those into da everglades.... π
:-k
DrafterX wrote:
Rednecks.
I think that's kind of the plan.
Great idea. Fark with the enviornment even more!
[sarcasm]
or was that a whacking stick..?? π€
what'll we do with the Rednecks when they're done..?? π
Who cares? It's Florida.
As long as they stay off the beaches and the pools. Ponds are good for them. [sarcasm]