Gators and now.....Pythons?

[Pappy!]

We have been used to having to put up with Alligators down here but................

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/07/watch-florida-woman-shoots-massive-python-to-save-her-goats/

[Gavin_Sons]

They all need killed.

[GiG]

They all need killed.

All Florida women?
I can think of one for sure 

[JimmyG]

So, is there a bounty on the pythons? ???
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[..]

So, is there a bounty on the pythons? ???
???

Years ago the bleeding hearts didn't want the poor ickle snakes harmed.

Then it took the government years to realize they needed to do a study on the effect of the snakes.


By which time it was - TA DA - too late.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=florida+python+bounty&t=ffab&ia=web

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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/invasion-of-the-giant-pythons-video-full-episode/5565/

http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Python-Documentary-Debuts-295084581.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/us/the-burmese-python-snake-thats-eating-florida.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJcvdWkgNt0

[flsix]

We find them on the farm once in a while. Largest so far was a little over 8 feet.
Over in Cape Coral they are now dealing with Nile Monitor lizards in the canals.
Fun stuff

[DirtyDan]

How about the snails ?

Carry disease eat stucco shells will blow out a tire

I predict they will NEVER rid the Everglades of pythons

Dan

[Alpha Dog]

How about the snails ?

Carry disease eat stucco shells will blow out a tire

I predict they will NEVER rid the Everglades of pythons

Dan

I had heard a few years ago the Florida Python has the potential to spread up into Georgia and even Tennessee.  I hope they get rid of them all, but I bet you are correct.

[flsix]

Dan, you are right. The pythons are here to stay. There's just too much acreage in the glades for them to hide.

[Gavin_Sons]

http://pythonchallenge.org/

[JimmyG]

Seems to me that a bounty year round would encourage more captures and could actually give some folks income.  Nothing wrong with annual snake rodeos, but why not a pay per snake program?

[flsix]

We can't understand why the hunt is held in the cold months when the snakes are laying low.

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We can't understand why the hunt is held in the cold months when the snakes are laying low.

Was that a decision made by a government agency?  

[flsix]

That would explain the backwards approach.

[old2soon]

That would explain the backwards approach.

If it's being done right it AIN'T being done by Any gubmint!  RIDE SAFE.

[TallRider]

Don't  forget  the iguanas,  there's a 3 ft one running around the back of the house I'm  working on here in the cape. There is a bounty on them to . They are over running gasparila  island in Boca Grand. Not as dangerous as the monitor or python. 

[Crackerborn]

Question for those in the Sunshine State since I only return to visit a few times a year. Can you find any native wildlife other than the 'gators? I left 20 years ago and invasive species were already outnumbering the local flora and fauna then.

[flsix]

Lots of bears and mosquitoes.

[Alpha Dog]

Lots of bears and mosquitoes.

And of course the skunk ape which is more than a match for any gator, python, or overgrown lizard.

[flsix]