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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Florida: I’m Tired of These Mother***kin’ Snakes In This Mother***kin’ State "
i just can't seem to find anything to post that isn't republican's fault, i tried...
the part in italics is, well,
make sure you click the Whacking Day link towards the end...
http://abovethelaw.com/2012/12/florida-im-tired-of-these-motherfkin-snakes-in-this-motherfkin-state/
"The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the 2013 Python Challenge beginning in January."
"In addition to Burmese Pythons, there are other python species that have been imported and dumped into the Everglades. And this is even worse news.
If the two python species mate, they may spawn a hybrid species, as has happened in captivity. And because of a biological phenomenon called hybrid vigor, theres an off chance the resulting snakes could be hardier, more powerful predatorsassuming theyre not sterile, as many hybrids areUSGSs [Robert] Reed said.
Some Florida Republicans begged their Congressional colleagues to institute a ban on the import and collection of these species. But the rest of the Republicans on the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs killed the bill earlier this month.
The subcommittee was lobbied by the United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK), arguing that theres no reason to believe a ban would stop all snake attacks and therefore no reason to even try. They also denied that snakes were even responsible for the decline in wild mammals.
Rep. Steve Southerland (also of Florida
but nowhere near the Everglades) declared the bill, open season on business. Its open season on enterprise, on freedom. Does this political response sound familiar?"
edit: forgot this:
http://www.khou.com/video/featured-videos/17-foot-python-slithers-into-Florida-picnic-area-185055071.html
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)hay rick
(7,621 posts)link:
Undismayed
(76 posts)They are exotic animals, there is a high risk of injury with snakes. No one needs a snake.
farminator3000
(2,117 posts)HOO boy!
Undismayed
(76 posts)It's ok to cause millions of damage to an ecosystem because of someones desire to own a Burmese python? The truth is that only zoos are qualified to own these animals. A private owner cannot be trusted with an animal that could cause literally millions in damage if it escapes. These things grow to over 15 feet long and 250 pounds. People have been killed by such snakes. Why do you need such a dangerous animal?
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)out the local birds?
Undismayed
(76 posts)Especially large exotic animals like big cats, bears and such. These animals are often kept in deplorable conditions and used as objects of amusement.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)And you just banned animal agriculture too.
Undismayed
(76 posts)Exceptions are made for domesticated animals.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)The former are also much more dangerous to humans.
Undismayed
(76 posts)Here's a video of these people hunting hogs from a helicopter using machine guns.
farminator3000
(2,117 posts)invasive species are terrible, i don't think any animals should be imported really at all.
just zoos!
DrewFlorida
(1,096 posts)they could shoot the snakes. I'm sure the NRA would back up my idea!
farminator3000
(2,117 posts)After completing an online training course and attending an open house about pythons and other invasive species, competitors will proceed to hunt their prey in four wildlife management areas in southern Florida: Francis S. Taylor, Holey Land, Rotenberger and Big Cypress.
As per the rules outlined on pythonchallenge.org, participants must kill the pythons in a humane manner that results in immediate loss of consciousness and destruction of the brain. The contests site does indeed offer euthanasia recommendations, and suggests shooting the snake in the head with a captive bolt or decapitating it with a machete.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/12/11/the-2013-python-challenge-florida-wants-you-to-hunt-its-snakes/
doubt it about the NRA- you have to take a SAFETY COURSE....AND.....no BULLETS! (captive bolt?)
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Undismayed
(76 posts)the environment if it were to escape. We can't allow some people to entertain such a "hobby" if it could pose a serious risk to other people or the environment. Want a corn snake? Fine. All boas, pythons etc need to be banned however.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)jorno67
(1,986 posts)Undismayed
(76 posts)is a good invasive snake!
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Undismayed
(76 posts)It's a reference to LaPierre's statement on the recent shooting.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)farminator3000
(2,117 posts)that show is pretty damn funny- its lucille bluth doing one of the voices
hay rick
(7,621 posts)for that long it's pretty skinny...
farminator3000
(2,117 posts)line from Archer, actually!
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)to study the snakes ............
Hekate
(90,708 posts)farminator3000
(2,117 posts)DBoon
(22,366 posts)nt
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)so it would be like a family reunion
farminator3000
(2,117 posts)i had an idea- put chips in the rats, snakes eat rats, track snake...eat snake? they're eating nutria in louisiana...
but at least remove snake...
l
GaYellowDawg
(4,447 posts)The problem isn't the snakes. It's irresponsible snake owners. The snakes don't let themselves go, people do. If snakes are outlawed, only outlaws will have snakes. And if a few kids are killed by snakes, then that's the price that society, unfortunately, has to pay for our freedom to own snakes. Frankly, I think the whole problem is mental illness. Only someone with a mental illness would let great big snakes loose into the wild. Responsible snake owners don't do that. They keep their snakes locked up. So the real problem here is mental illness. I suggest that, for our children's safety, armed snake wranglers with even bigger snakes be present at each school. If those mammals had owned bigger snakes, they wouldn't have disappeared. Studies show that the more snakes there are in a society, the fewer mammal deaths. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but it's true.
farminator3000
(2,117 posts)you DIDN"T!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)tavalon
(27,985 posts)Screw the strange Hitler movie, I think we've found our next internet meme.
The original was fucked so up, it was meant to be a meme!
DrewFlorida
(1,096 posts)DissidentVoice
(813 posts)Some time ago, a cable TV technician in Florida was bitten by a green mamba, native to Africa, closely related to cobras.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2009-08-21/news/0908200456_1_green-mamba-ernie-jillson-venom-response-unit
I remember hearing on Discovery, NatGeo or some similar channel where Hurricane Andrew released a lot of these formerly-captive snakes into the wilds of Florida. Since most of them come from subtropical climates, Florida is "ideal" for them to spawn.
One herpetologist on the TV show said he had collected shed snakeskin from an Indian Cobra.
http://voices.yahoo.com/exotic-pets-getting-wilder-florida-everglades-5981774.html
Living in the frozen Great Lakes does have its advantages.
farminator3000
(2,117 posts)did they catch that mamba?
and why the hell did they have anti-venin for an african snake? zookeepers, i guess?
farminator3000
(2,117 posts)just remember- NOT A RATTLESNAKE!! it hisses instead of rattles...
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/photo.php?id=393540&cpage=0&size=big
http://voices.yahoo.com/the-deadly-gaboon-viper-africa-10-unusual-facts-774185.html?cat=58
in PENNSYLVANIA?!?!?
hoo boy. i have a new-found appreciation for snow myself!!!
DrewFlorida
(1,096 posts)farminator3000
(2,117 posts)DirkGently
(12,151 posts)... so just relax and go to ssssssleeep, tasty little warm-blooded man creaturesss.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Ranger, there's a python trying to get into my tent! Family discover 17ft snake on Everglades camping trip
A holidaying family stumbled upon a huge 17-foot Burmese python as they picnicked in the Everglades.
The collosal snake, one of the mostly deadly in the world which kills by asphyxiating its victims and swallows dead prey whole, was shot by the Park ranger after it emerged from the bushes.
A video shows the dead snake seeming to go on forever as it is dragged into the open. Those watching comment that they believe it was pregnant - with one adding: 'We really wanted to get it before it laid all its eggs'.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2254187/Ranger-theres-python-trying-tent-Family-discover-17ft-snake-Everglades-camping-trip.html