Huge pythons wiping out mammals in Everglades

[LickingGravity]

Large numbers of mammals living in Florida's Everglades are being wiped out by massive pythons, a phenomenon scientists fear could disrupt the food chain and upset the ecosystem, says a new study.
The finding is based on the fact that roadside sightings of mammals such as raccoons, opossums, bobcats are down significantly in areas where pythons and other large constrictor snakes live, according to the study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The snakes are not native to the Everglades and many are likely dumped there by people who bought them as pets but turned them loose after they grew too big to keep at home.
It's believed others escaped from pet shops during hurricane Andrew in1992 and have been reproducing

I see a grade c movie plot being hatched as we speak.

 

[Jesus Quintana]

"Huge pythons wiping out mammals in Everglades"

Tell Hulk Hogan to stop swimming in the Everglades.

 

[treefort]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/31/sci-pythons-everglades.html

 

[jumpingjackflash]

I watched a special on this the other night. It's amazing how large these snakes are growing.

 

[Wanker]

https://www.sci-tech-today.com/news...Everglades-/story.xhtml?story_id=133007GJ16P3

 

[Blackmore]

Why buy them in the first place?.



A burgeoning population of huge pythons -- many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big --

 

[Butch]

Where is my lunch.

 

[McGuinty]

Why buy them in the first place?.



A burgeoning population of huge pythons -- many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big --

What kind of people buy them as pets :search:

 

[Jesus Quintana]

I see a grade c movie plot being hatched as we speak.

"Snakes in the 'glades"?
I'm tired of these muthafuckin snakes in the muthafuckin glades?

 

[tboy]

I watched a special on this the other night. It's amazing how large these snakes are growing.

I watched one on...discovery channel (?) and it wasn't only pet shops, it was private owners who couldn't handle the snakes when they get so large. Plus they are breeding rapidly too because they don't have any natural predators.

They also said it is only a matter of time before a child gets killed. They have already killed pets.

 

[tboy]

Why buy them in the first place?.



A burgeoning population of huge pythons -- many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big --

I had a corn snake and was looking at a boa.....bright yellow. But they only got to be about 5 feet long. They are really good pets. They don't require a lot of maintenance, they don't bark or make noise, they are docile, make great conversation pieces when escorts come over (one always asked me to wait until I booked her so she could watch it feed).

My corn snake used to come to the glass of the aquarium whenever I got home from work. When I got changed I'd bring him out and he'd curl around my neck and go to sleep. (body warmth). When he was small I used to put him in my shirt pocket when I went out shopping. One time he crawled out of my pocket and down my shirt sleeve. I was having a snack at McDonald's and he poked his head out. A little girl in the next table saw him and her eyes went as big as saucers and started poking mommy mommy look. SHe'd look and not see anything. This happened a couple of times and then I finally pulled him out and took him over so she could say hello. She wasn't afraid (he was orange and pink) and petted him......kids loved him.....