“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.
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.
Judging by the abundance of nutria, I'd say no although, we moved to Rhode Island a few years ago.