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I am a Floridian and these snakes have become a HUGE problem anywhere near swampland. They should be banned as pets and erradicated
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No. Opening up so much land to hunters is over kill.
39 votes
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Yes. The snakes are disturbing wildlife, are a threat to humans, and trapping them has not worked in the past.
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I don't know.
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Yes. The snakes are disturbing wildlife, are a threat to humans, and trapping them has not worked in the past.
The Everglades are an endangered place that needs protection, ignorant people keep putting their cast off exotic pets there.
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Yes. The snakes are disturbing wildlife, are a threat to humans, and trapping them has not worked in the past.
We are human. We like to hunt. It is in our DNA. We should reduce the Alligator population a bit as well.
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Yes. The snakes are disturbing wildlife, are a threat to humans, and trapping them has not worked in the past.
This is a non-native species that is wrecking havoc on the native species you dont have to kill them one way or another, they need to go!
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Yes. The snakes are disturbing wildlife, are a threat to humans, and trapping them has not worked in the past.
duh! what kind of libiot opposes control or removal of a destructive invasive species? The sam kind of libiots releasing them!
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Yes. The snakes are disturbing wildlife, are a threat to humans, and trapping them has not worked in the past.
Yes. They are not a natural species for the area, and so far, doing nothing about them has allowed them to disturb the environment.
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{"commentId":8217628,"authorDomain":"isaac-1"}
Absolutely. Invasive species means they DON'T BELONG HERE!!!
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#1 - Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:38 PM EDT{"commentId":8219309,"authorDomain":"tojam3"}
yes and anything else that might be illegal
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#2 - Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:15 PM EDT{"commentId":8221922,"authorDomain":"yellowdogs96073"}
Get rid of them...they are non native & kill the local wildlife (and will kill pets & people if they get the chance).
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#3 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:13 AM EDT{"commentId":8237376,"authorDomain":"azul-the-defiler"}
Dogs are non native species, they kill 31 people a year. Horses are a non native species they kill over 20 people a year.
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{"commentId":8250625,"authorDomain":"koffeecup"}
idiot
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{"commentId":8291933,"authorDomain":"fyrewytch"}
While its true dogs, cats, and horses are non native species... its not like we allow them to be feral for long. They are mostly rounded up and rehabilitiated, or eventually put to sleep. While I am a strong supporter for all things herpatological and keep many snakes myself. Since so many people don't take the care it requires to keep the snakes and release them because they didn't do research on how big they get or how long they live, something needs to be done.
Sadly the only way to handle societies ills with animals is often to eliminate them. While I am sad to see any animal harmed, the everglades are a fragile ecosystem and the snakes are throwing it out of balance. And when a non fully grown burmese python can kill a fully grown alligator, the snakes have to be dealt with.
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{"commentId":8221927,"authorDomain":"wp17bd"}
The only thing they can is cause harm.
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#4 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:13 AM EDT{"commentId":8222050,"authorDomain":"yunkerm"}
Ignorant people keep dumping their overgrown and unwanted pets to an already endangered eco system, kill them and prosecute the idiots if they can catch them.
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#5 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:40 AM EDT{"commentId":8222151,"authorDomain":"old-inspector"}
People cause way more damage to the everglades than snakes
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#6 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:03 AM EDT{"commentId":8224246,"authorDomain":"ghark00"}
I agree! Kill those things! And prosecute the idiots who release them.
This is America and we have the freedom to have any pet we want. It is just over my head as to why anyone would want a snake for a pet!! OMG!!!
I say kill the pythons. And if you 'mistakenly' kill a cotton mouth or rattle snake of copperhead, oh well, good for you!!!
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#7 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:08 AM EDT{"commentId":8230772,"authorDomain":"arrw5"}
Yes, those snakes should be removed. By any means. I lived in Tampa for 20 years and believe me, there are already too many other snakes. Pythons are not native to Florida.
I also agree with Gayle, venemous snakes should also be wiped out. What the heck are they here for in the first place!
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#8 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:10 PM EDT{"commentId":8244573,"authorDomain":"izdemon"}
I also agree with Gayle, venemous snakes should also be wiped out. What the heck are they here for in the first place!
That is an ignorant comment by an uneducated person.
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{"commentId":8525852,"authorDomain":"arrw5"}
I also agree with Gayle, venemous snakes should also be wiped out. What the heck are they here for in the first place!
That is an ignorant comment by an uneducated person.
uneducated but highly intelligent. jackass!
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{"commentId":8237067,"authorDomain":"azul-the-defiler"}
How are these snakes MORE dangerous than Alligators? Or Rattlesnakes? OR Water Moccasins? OR Cottonmouths? OR American Crocodiles? These snakes eat once every 1 to 2 months, 1 thing, they are not threatening ANYTHING. Dogs and horses kill 51 Americans a year THEY are a problem, not to mention Bees OMG! People are idiots.
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#9 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:35 PM EDT{"commentId":8291973,"authorDomain":"fyrewytch"}
The snakes are more dangerous because the snakes are actually used to hunting things BIGGER then alligators in the wild. So its programmed into them "look for something bigger" so they actually do look at humans as potential meals. Plus.. they'll eat any of the animals you just listed there.
They can and will eat children, pets, and even the alligators themselves (which are an endangered species while the snakes themselves are not)
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{"commentId":8244766,"authorDomain":"izdemon"}
I'm all for getting rid of as non native species but lets get the facts straight. These snakes do not kill and eat humans. Do some research and see how many true confirmed cases there is worldwide of a pythin killing and consuming a human. I'm not talking about those stupid, fake chain emails that we have all seen that depict a python that is claimed to have eaten a human. I mean actual confirmed cases. Even a 20 foot snake is not big enough to swallow an average sized adult human.
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#10 - Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:35 AM EDT{"commentId":8263622,"authorDomain":"ridehd"}
I have a pet Python, and it has neved bit a single person. And there are very few confirmed cases of Pythons killing a person. True, they do bite when scared, but you are much more likely to get bit by your neighbor's dog, than a pet Python. They are very scared of people. How many times do you see escaped dogs killing children, but no one wants to start killing stray dogs, they say it's wrong. I agree that they do not belong in the wild, and people should be punished for releasing a pet they can not handle, but to make it seem that pythons are maneating, aggresive creatures is very wrong. Dogs, Cats, and Alligators are much more likey to be the cause of a dead pet, or a child getting hurt. Do your own research and don't believe everything you read in some article.
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#11 - Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:31 AM EDT{"commentId":8289834,"authorDomain":"jetracy5"}
First of all these non native animals should never have been imported to this country in the first place, anyone who wants a snake or pirana, or a giant spider in their home has a few screws loose anyway, these vermon should be banned from import and the ones who do import or sell them locked up for good as well as the ones who buy them, hell yes they should have a open season on the damn things, and the poster who said they couldn't eat a human adult , do you think they could eat a newborn child?? IDIOTS
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#12 - Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:21 AM EDT{"commentId":8292005,"authorDomain":"fyrewytch"}
Well if you truly believed that you wouldn't have been "imported" to this country either. You're not native (I assume), nor are any of the animals we brought into the states. Its not the animals being imported that's the problem. Its the dumbasses who don't research or care enough about the animal that just release it because they can't handle it.
These are the same kinds of people who abandon their puppies and kittens on country roads to either die from cold or starvation, or to be picked off by the cars and predators. Its people that's the problem.
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{"commentId":8366221,"authorDomain":"adtn"}
I hate the idea of ANY animal dying just because some stupid human dumped it into an environment where acting on its natural instinct to survive makes it a detriment. BUT...we are talking about an invasive species that has reached an estimated population of 100,000 + and is thriving. While human attacks may be few and far between virtually every animal in the Everglades is potential prey for these pythons including endangered Florida Panthers, Wood Storks and Alligators. The idea of actually "eradicating" the pythons is not realistic.
We have to allow hunting in order to control the population and give other indigenous species a chance at survival.
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#13 - Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:06 PM EDT{"commentId":10405841,"authorDomain":"old-inspector"}
Humans are an invasive species.
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you bet kill em