Posted on 01/12/2013 4:07:33 PM PST by george76
In Louisiana we call that a "lifestyle choice."
I agree, but a decent bounty could get expensive for Fl with the numbers of them.
Bella, however, is agreeable as long as you let her ride shotgun.
Crocs are a lot tougher than Burms.
That number is bogus.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/24/us-usa-pythons-everglades-idUSTRE81N24120120224
“PETA is not happy”
Oh, that’s novel.
They’re only happy when they’re killing old ladies’ dogs.
Another invasive species down here in Florida is the Lionfish. They are eating the other fish species on the coral reefs. Fortunately they taste very good and everyone here is encourage to spearfish them. No limits of any kind.
” The only good snake is a dead snake.”
And I’m supposed to feel bad for not being scared of them?
Fat chance.
I don’t like the thought of dead ‘hunters’.
They need to be red to match my vest.
[wish I could afford ‘em]
If I spot a snake a good distance from me, they don’t bother me. It is when I almost step on one before I see it that they startle the heck out of me.
I’ve always wondered how you aim for the center of mass on a snake.
No limits, but don't try to handle them. Nasty little buggers with venom that can kill kids and make adults very sick.
Ironic update:
With all those hunters, they found a juvenile red rat snake.
*One*.
One snake.
That was not a Burm.
The last lines of the report are the giveaway.
Freezing weather = dead Burms.
“Nobody needs a snake that big.”
“Nobody needs that many bullets.”
Think about it.
That photo’s been debunked forever but I really enjoy this guy’s pithy take on it:
1. Pythons are constrictors and this one certainly constricted such a large animal before attempting to swallow it. Therefore the alligator was dead and couldn’t have clawed its way anywhere. Alligators are practically clawless anyway.
2. The python’s head had been chopped off.
3. The simple expanation of this story is thus:
a. Python constricts and swallows Alligator, just as Anacondas do to Caiman everyday in South America.
b. Redneck fisherman sees python in water, easy to club and kill because of the alligator in its belly.
c. Redneck fishman cuts python’s head off for souvenier, naturally cuts open snake’s belly to see what it had swallowed. Curiosity satisfied, redneck throws headless python with protruding alligator back into water.
d. Photographer sees dead python and photographs. Ignorant press concoct ridiculous story about python swallowing live alligator and exploding.
e. mystery solved, end of story Bigger mystery: why are people believing something so stupid?
:)
Well, yeah...LOL
What in the heck is that a picture of please?
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