Adult deer found inside python in Everglades

I think any contrictor or poisounous snake like a cobra should be killed on site down there. They don't belong and should be eradicated. Actually catching the poisinous snakes and keeping them for antivenom would probably be the smarter thing to do.

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

I think any contrictor or poisounous snake like a cobra should be killed on site down there. They don't belong and should be eradicated. Actually catching the poisinous snakes and keeping them for antivenom would probably be the smarter thing to do.

We have this event here in Oklahoma called "The Rattle Snake Festival". One of them is a very small town just outside of where I live. Never been there before but they have snakes and shit and also they cook up a ton of snake.

OU wrote:

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

I think any contrictor or poisounous snake like a cobra should be killed on site down there. They don't belong and should be eradicated. Actually catching the poisinous snakes and keeping them for antivenom would probably be the smarter thing to do.

We have this event here in Oklahoma called "The Rattle Snake Festival". One of them is a very small town just outside of where I live. Never been there before but they have snakes and shit and also they cook up a ton of snake.

never tried snake but im open to it. i've tried gator and frog legs and loved em both so i assume snake would taste just as good

Would anybody like to learn about ecology?

GDPofDRC wrote:

Would anybody like to learn about ecology?

No.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Would anybody like to learn about ecology?

I never had Ecoli.

Ludo wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

Would anybody like to learn about ecology?

I never had Ecoli.

OMG look at that poor little kid getting mauled by that dangerous Kitteh. The owners should string that cat up and beat it with a sock full of rocks and catch it on fire while it is still breathing. Such vicious animals cannot be tolerated.

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

Ludo wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

Would anybody like to learn about ecology?

I never had Ecoli.

OMG look at that poor little kid getting mauled by that dangerous Kitteh. The owners should string that cat up and beat it with a sock full of rocks and catch it on fire while it is still breathing. Such vicious animals cannot be tolerated.

Give me an address to the person that laid a finger on that kitty and I will scalp them. Old Indian trick I picked up.

OU wrote:

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

Ludo wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

Would anybody like to learn about ecology?

I never had Ecoli.

OMG look at that poor little kid getting mauled by that dangerous Kitteh. The owners should string that cat up and beat it with a sock full of rocks and catch it on fire while it is still breathing. Such vicious animals cannot be tolerated.

Give me an address to the person that laid a finger on that kitty and I will scalp them. Old Indian trick I picked up.

Come at me bro!

KingsOwn19 wrote:

but in that case, maybe Tim would agree that perhaps the Python deserved a second chance

I may argue that point.

GDPofDRC wrote:

Would anybody like to learn about ecology?

Ecology knowledge isn't necessary, anything that is big enough to hurt a kid needs to be killed

Looking like i was wrong about these Pythons in the everglades, turns out they are fucking shit up over there big time. Though i'm still right that they are not a danger to humans so Tim's "what if it was a guyyy or worse..a little chilld..im a parent!!" defense is still whack.

IT SOUNDED like a joke when the news first broke in 2000: giant Burmese pythons were invading the Everglades. But scientists have measured the impact of the arrival of this voracious species and the news is troubling.

In areas where the pythons have established themselves, rabbits and foxes can no longer be found. Sightings of raccoons are down 99 per cent, opossums 98.9 per cent and white-tailed deer 94 per cent, according to a paper published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

''What if the stock market had declined that much? Think of the adjectives you'd use for that,'' said Gordon Rodda, an invasive-species specialist with the US Geological Survey, who published research in 2008 showing Burmese pythons could expand across the southern United States.
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''Pythons are wreaking havoc on one of America's most beautiful, treasured and naturally bountiful ecosystems,'' the USGS Director, Marcia McNutt, said.

Burmese pythons are native to south-east Asia, but accidental and deliberate release of snakes kept as pets in Florida have allowed them to find a new home there. They can grow up to 5 metres and weigh up to 68 kilograms. The first reports of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades began in the 1980s; a breeding population was confirmed there in 2000.

Since then, the numbers of pythons sighted and captured in the Everglades have risen dramatically. According to Linda Friar of the Everglades National Park, personnel have captured or killed 1825 pythons since 2000. Now researchers have shown that just as python populations established themselves, the native mammals of the regions began to decline - severely.

People who worked in the Everglades knew they were seeing fewer mammals, but only the hard numbers made it clear just how devastating the decline is.

''These were once very common animals in the Everglades and now they're gone,'' Michael Dorcas, a professor of biology at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, and lead author on the paper, said.

The pythons aren't a danger to humans. The only known python attacks on humans in Florida have involved snakes kept as pets. Now coyotes and Florida panthers are believed to be affected, as well as birds and alligators.

Although scientists can't say conclusively the decline in mammals is a result of python activity, there's good anecdotal evidence. ''Last October, we found a 15-foot snake with an 80-pound doe inside it,'' Professor Dorcas said.

The researchers base their findings on systematic night road surveys done in the Everglades that counted live and road-killed animals.

These snakes are ''notoriously hard to find and very secretive'', Professor Dorcas said. Because much of south Florida is a wilderness, the possibility of exterminating or suppressing them doesn't seem promising. ''It's an ecological mess, and exactly what's going to happen down the road remains to be seen,'' he said.

On January 23, the US Fish and Wildlife Service started the paperwork to ban the importation and interstate transportation of Burmese pythons, northern and southern African pythons and yellow anaconda because they threaten the Everglades and other sensitive ecosystems

Come get some

To kings article, I just heard something on the news about how the python is wiping out all the mammal life in the everglades. Bobcats, rabbits, possibly panthers. Pythons and gators vying for top of the food chain status, or something along those lines.

Obviously not a native species to the environment. People just let them loose when they get too big.

According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics, deer are responsible for or involved in around 1 million collisions with automobiles each year, killing 200 Americans, causing more than 10,000 injuries and $1 billion in vehicle damage.

yup, that's why they hunt em. population control

OU wrote:

According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics, deer are responsible for or involved in around 1 million collisions with automobiles each year, killing 200 Americans, causing more than 10,000 injuries and $1 billion in vehicle damage.

That's a nationwide stat and not a stat from that area of Florida you misleading rat! fuck ur snakes!

killerofchicken wrote:

yup, that's why they hunt em. population control

BOOM MUHFUCKA!

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

OU wrote:

According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics, deer are responsible for or involved in around 1 million collisions with automobiles each year, killing 200 Americans, causing more than 10,000 injuries and $1 billion in vehicle damage.

That's a nationwide stat and not a stat from that area of Florida you misleading rat! fuck ur snakes!

Point is, all animals have to die. They are in the way. Feel me?

killerofchicken wrote:

yup, that's why they hunt em. population control

To be fair to Kings though, he didnt know that Pythons were in the tens of thousands in the Everglades where they don't belong and were wiping out all the wildlife.

OU wrote:

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

OU wrote:

According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics, deer are responsible for or involved in around 1 million collisions with automobiles each year, killing 200 Americans, causing more than 10,000 injuries and $1 billion in vehicle damage.

That's a nationwide stat and not a stat from that area of Florida you misleading rat! fuck ur snakes!

Point is, all animals have to die. They are in the way. Feel me?

i FEEL YA DAWG, JUST SAYING THAT STAT IS NATIONWIDE AND MOST THOSE DEER ACCIDENTS HAPPEN ON A HWY ON MY WAY TO WORK. OOPS CAPS

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

OU wrote:

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

OU wrote:

According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics, deer are responsible for or involved in around 1 million collisions with automobiles each year, killing 200 Americans, causing more than 10,000 injuries and $1 billion in vehicle damage.

That's a nationwide stat and not a stat from that area of Florida you misleading rat! fuck ur snakes!

Point is, all animals have to die. They are in the way. Feel me?

i FEEL YA DAWG, JUST SAYING THAT STAT IS NATIONWIDE AND MOST THOSE DEER ACCIDENTS HAPPEN ON A HWY ON MY WAY TO WORK. OOPS CAPS

This reminds me of a PC game I played when I was younger.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

Looking like i was wrong about these Pythons in the everglades, turns out they are fucking shit up over there big time. Though i'm still right that they are not a danger to humans so Tim's "what if it was a guyyy or worse..a little chilld..im a parent!!" defense is still whack.

IT SOUNDED like a joke when the news first broke in 2000: giant Burmese pythons were invading the Everglades. But scientists have measured the impact of the arrival of this voracious species and the news is troubling.

In areas where the pythons have established themselves, rabbits and foxes can no longer be found. Sightings of raccoons are down 99 per cent, opossums 98.9 per cent and white-tailed deer 94 per cent, according to a paper published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

''What if the stock market had declined that much? Think of the adjectives you'd use for that,'' said Gordon Rodda, an invasive-species specialist with the US Geological Survey, who published research in 2008 showing Burmese pythons could expand across the southern United States.
Advertisement: Story continues below

''Pythons are wreaking havoc on one of America's most beautiful, treasured and naturally bountiful ecosystems,'' the USGS Director, Marcia McNutt, said.

Burmese pythons are native to south-east Asia, but accidental and deliberate release of snakes kept as pets in Florida have allowed them to find a new home there. They can grow up to 5 metres and weigh up to 68 kilograms. The first reports of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades began in the 1980s; a breeding population was confirmed there in 2000.

Since then, the numbers of pythons sighted and captured in the Everglades have risen dramatically. According to Linda Friar of the Everglades National Park, personnel have captured or killed 1825 pythons since 2000. Now researchers have shown that just as python populations established themselves, the native mammals of the regions began to decline - severely.

People who worked in the Everglades knew they were seeing fewer mammals, but only the hard numbers made it clear just how devastating the decline is.

''These were once very common animals in the Everglades and now they're gone,'' Michael Dorcas, a professor of biology at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, and lead author on the paper, said.

The pythons aren't a danger to humans. The only known python attacks on humans in Florida have involved snakes kept as pets. Now coyotes and Florida panthers are believed to be affected, as well as birds and alligators.

Although scientists can't say conclusively the decline in mammals is a result of python activity, there's good anecdotal evidence. ''Last October, we found a 15-foot snake with an 80-pound doe inside it,'' Professor Dorcas said.

The researchers base their findings on systematic night road surveys done in the Everglades that counted live and road-killed animals.

These snakes are ''notoriously hard to find and very secretive'', Professor Dorcas said. Because much of south Florida is a wilderness, the possibility of exterminating or suppressing them doesn't seem promising. ''It's an ecological mess, and exactly what's going to happen down the road remains to be seen,'' he said.

On January 23, the US Fish and Wildlife Service started the paperwork to ban the importation and interstate transportation of Burmese pythons, northern and southern African pythons and yellow anaconda because they threaten the Everglades and other sensitive ecosystems

What will they eat when all the other shit is gone Kings???? Not as whack as u may think to believe they will start eating children if all the deer, foxes and rabbits are gone.

Maybe if this was a shitty sci-fi horror movie

bobbitt15 wrote:

Maybe if this was a shitty sci-fi horror movie

I can already see it..."Pythons of the Everglades" starring Lou Diamond Phillips.

Hungry pythons ate all the wildlife in the Everglades now they head to mainland to feast on innocent children. Of course, these arent just any ordinary Pythons. They are a heavily evolved snake that are now much larger, vicious, and intelligent than ever before. They have developed a pack mentality and all plan to come to Florida towns to feast on people. We later find out that they can open doors as well