Burmese python news.

[Mac-7]

The follow-up study will be how the Everglades lost all of their wildlife. Prolly a hundred million in taxpayer dollars to conclude it was the pythons.

Or in Liberish it means brainless lib animal lovers

 

[Woodznutz]

Juvenile pythons are virtually impossible to detect, yet they are wreaking havoc on the rodent population, which is an important link in the food chain for many Everglade predators. They also outnumber large snakes many times over.

 

[MarathonMike]

Or in Liberish it means brainless lib animal lovers

Yeah they are animal lovers until their pet poodle is just a bulge in the belly of an 18 foot snake.

 

[Mac-7]

Yeah they are animal lovers until their pet poodle is just a bulge in the belly of an 18 foot snake.

Probably so

Most of the obstructionists to sensible python control live nowhere near the places they are located

But even proximity to the problem does on sober up some people

Watch the video on Iguana hunters in Miami and other coastal cities and you will see the usual suspects railing against animal cruelity

https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=iguana+hunting+with+air+rifle

 

[MarathonMike]

Juvenile pythons are virtually impossible to detect, yet they are wreaking havoc on the rodent population, which is an important link in the food chain for many Everglade predators. They also outnumber large snakes many times over.

20 bucks per Python egg. Nip them in the bud.

 

[Cassandro]

LOL by the time the "scientific community" can agree on a safe biocontrol technique, the pythons will have wiped out the Everglades wildlife and will be moving into suburban Florida.

How about using mongooses?

 

[dblack]

They're going to study them to death. This is what happens when scientists get involved in simple problems.

Comprehensive Review of Burmese Python Science Released

A USGS-led publication offers a new look at the constrictor that has invaded southern Florida

www.usgs.gov

******* scientists!

 

[Woodznutz]

******* scientists!

Scientists know everything needed to virtually eradicate the pythons, but no one is asking, and they aren't talking.

 

[justoffal]

Too much mercury in the meat. Besides, we gotta eat up those Asian carp first.

Ahhhhh..... Similar problem to tuna....
The high volume consumers concentrate the Mercury in their body....

 

[justoffal]

Ahhhhh..... Similar problem to tuna....
The high volume consumers concentrate the Mercury in their body....

A pair of snake boots sells for about $2,500 bucks...

The Burmese python is one of the species that is large enough to cut enough leather from one caucus for a pair of boots...

I don't see what the problem is here.
Unleashed capitalism into the swamps and watch the problem vanish.

I'm sick and tired of coddling species that we are romantically attached to for no reason at all as if we would perish upon their disappearance.

Hi on my list of undesirables;

Large bear species
Polar bears in particular

Alligators

Crocodiles

Komodo dragons

Lions

Tiger's

Sharks


If the world was suddenly rid of 100% of each one of these mentioned above there would be almost no impact on the ecosystem except for a great increase in the safety of everybody on the planet.

 

[MarathonMike]

How about using mongooses?

Way too small, they can handle snakes around 3 or 4 feet long.

 

[justoffal]

Way too small, they can handle snakes around 3 or 4 feet long.

I've seen them take out some pretty big cobras

 

[MarathonMike]

I've seen them take out some pretty big cobras

They might do OK against baby pythons 5 or 6 feet long.

 

[justoffal]

Allowing the snakes to get really big is good for the snake hunting sport and tourism.

Boots!

 

[Crepitus]

They're going to study them to death. This is what happens when scientists get involved in simple problems.

Comprehensive Review of Burmese Python Science Released

A USGS-led publication offers a new look at the constrictor that has invaded southern Florida

www.usgs.gov

I didn't even know they could read, much less publish their own reports.

 

[justoffal]

Too much mercury in the meat. Besides, we gotta eat up those Asian carp first.

Why is it that anything with the surname Asian means trouble?

 

[Woodznutz]

Why is it that anything with the surname Asian means trouble?

The Asian/Silver carp represents a great food or fertilizer resource. They are high protein, top water feeders (no 'mudline' like bottom feeding carp), easy to harvest (they just jump out of the water when disturbed).

Human Footprint | We Brought This Fish To America. Now We Can't Get Rid Of It

Expose Asian carp for disrupting native fish species and shrinking their populations.

www.pbs.org

 

[justoffal]

The Asian carp represents a great food or fertilizer resource. They are high protein, top water feeders (no 'mudline' like bottom feeding carp), easy to harvest (they just jump out of the water when disturbed).

Intriguing

 

[Woodznutz]

Intriguing

I added a video to that post.
What seems to be happening is more study and making catching this fish a sport, no serious effort to reduce their numbers, just like the Burmese python. SNAFU.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

A pair of snake boots sells for about $2,500 bucks...

The Burmese python is one of the species that is large enough to cut enough leather from one caucus for a pair of boots...

I don't see what the problem is here.
Unleashed capitalism into the swamps and watch the problem vanish.

I'm sick and tired of coddling species that we are romantically attached to for no reason at all as if we would perish upon their disappearance.

Hi on my list of undesirables;

Large bear species
Polar bears in particular

Alligators

Crocodiles

Komodo dragons

Lions

Tiger's

Sharks


If the world was suddenly rid of 100% of each one of these mentioned above there would be almost no impact on the ecosystem except for a great increase in the safety of everybody on the planet.

The Democrat and Republican caucuses are huge! You could use them instead of snakes.