Posted on 01/30/2012 2:12:24 PM PST by fso301
For the first time, scientists have put numbers to the toll Burmese pythons have had on native wildlife in the Everglades.
But one word can sum it up: carnage.
In the decade since the giant constrictors started showing up in significant numbers, mammals once among the most common in Everglades National Park have declined dramatically, according to a study published online Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
The study, based on night field surveys conducted over 10 years, found three animals had all but disappeared. Opossum sightings fell 98.9 percent. Raccoons — once so abundant park managers warned visitors to safeguard food from roaming groups of the wily thieves — dropped 99.3 percent. Marsh rabbits, brown bunnies frequently seen foraging along roads in the pre-python past, didn’t appear at all. Observations of bobcats, foxes and deer all also fell precipitously.
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I agree. They need to move in there with a fleet of Remington 870’s and KayBar fighting knives and have at it.
Heeeeere kitty, kitty, kitty....
on the vermin there, them pesky democRATS, eh?
I’m sure they taste like chicken!
The python is of course part of blessed Gaia whereas the factory is a human caused blemish upon the magnificent perfection of Gaia.
The factory you mention should of course be immediately shut down, demolished and the site returned to a natural state.
As for the python, much more funding is needed to study the situation. Perhaps nothing should be done since this may be an inevitable consequence of global warming anyway.
Sell the hides, and “Python Sauce Picante” would probably catch on in trendy restaurants. I’ve had “Alligator Sauce Picante” and I’m convinced that the “Sauce Picante” makes about anything pallatable.
I’ve had “Alligator Sauce Picante” and I’m convinced that the “Sauce Picante” makes about anything pallatable.Obamacare Sauce Picante.
I believe in your solution. Put it into the hands of the people and get government out of the way.
Formula for Epic Succeed.
Danggit man...beat me to it.
Rattlesnake tastes great. Not sure about python.
I drive over 3-4 possums/racoons every mornings here in S. FL. Lots of buzzards around too; not to mention tatooed people.
Well, Vig, it is the alloys of platinum and iridium in my positronic brain... 
that allowed me to post before you, don't ya know!
Balderdash! Bendy does not have one of my positronic brains, but I... 
did help him drink his brain into its present state--
Either way, Issac, you... 
done good-- BTW we are drinking on your tab!
I drive over 3-4 possums/racoons every mornings here in S. FL. Lots of buzzards around too; not to mention tatooed people.
“it didn’t look much different from the extensive marshes and hammocks we were familiar with in South Louisiana.”
Arre there pythons in South Louisiana too? A few years back we drove over that big long bridge between LA and TX on Rt ten, just before getting on it, I had to stop, one of those stops where a guy walks into the edge of the woods for a minute or two, and could have sworn I saw a big snake, but wasn’t sure, it was that fast.
” put a bounty on these critters and let the good ol’ boys down thataway take care of business from there.”
Make it $25 a pop or better yet two bucks a foot and I will be there for the winter.
Killem all!
If I’d have walked into the woods and saw a big snake the need to take a leak would have quickly subsided. But, I wouldn’t go into the woods anywhere in Louisianna.
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