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[Freeza Under The Shower]

well, the common house fly was originally native only to Africa, so eh...

unless you start eating snake steak, they're not going anywhere.

 

[Valhelm]

I live in the Miami area and go to the Everglades every couple of months. These things are everywhere. They've actually displaced the American Alligator as apex predator in the area, so only the less warm winters can stop them from breeding.

It's not uncommon to see one each time you go to the wetlands, usually on the side of the road. The longest I've seen was about ten feet and dead, stretched across the highway.

 

[Salvadora]

well, the common house fly was originally native only to Africa, so eh....

I wish it would fuck off back to Africa.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

....The journal's acronym... is... PNAS?

Came to post that. PeNAS got published.

 

[MasterOfPastures]

*25 dollars for every python skin delivered to the US wildlife agency.
*Use the skins to make an assortment of apparel and accessories.
*Turn it into a state-owned corporation and revitalize the garment industry in FL.

 

[Tek]

Instead of the zombies in Florida eating dogs...they should totally hit the everglades to eat some of these...

 

[LOCK]

Yeah, get rid of them if they are non native.

Just make a tv show, like Swamp People.

 

[freenudemacusers]

*25 dollars for every python skin delivered to the US wildlife agency.
*Use the skins to make an assortment of apparel and accessories.
*Turn it into a state-owned corporation and revitalize the garment industry in FL.

Python mousepads!

 

[Goldrush]

Was there ever a documented success story of training a native species to be an effective predator of an invasive species?

 

[Candeldandel]

That photo is fucking fascinating.

Seriously. I would have expected more blood... but it looks strangely clean.

 

[UraMallas]

Seriously. I would have expected more blood... but it looks strangely clean.

I would think they drain as much blood as they can before a dissection.

 

[MG310]

Send Ice Cube and Jon Voight. They have experience in these matters.

 

[TheTowel]

Send Ice Cube and Jon Voight. They have experience in these matters.

We can have a Jon Voight day!

 

[Lizardus]

That thing is eating bobcats and alligators?

Amazing.

 

[CrushDance]

I'm a little disturbed that they captured the snake again and killed it while it was pregnant. Just seems a little "inhumane" if that's the right word. Would have rather liked to see it thrown in a zoo at least or something. Don't misunderstand here, this information is absolutely fascinating and the pictures are hard to believe. But I just don't agree with the killing unless it was attacking people or what have you.

/hippie

 

[MasterOfPastures]

Python mousepads!

Python underwear:
"Is that a python, or are you just happy to see me?"

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

I'm a little disturbed that they captured the snake again and killed it while it was pregnant. Just seems a little "inhumane" if that's the right word. Would have rather liked to see it thrown in a zoo at least or something. Don't misunderstand here, this information is absolutely fascinating and the pictures are hard to believe. But I just don't agree with the killing unless it was attacking people or what have you.

/hippie

It would be 87 more snakes to ruin that ecosystem. Plus the species is in no way endangered.






I'M FROM MIAMI AND I SAY KILL 'EM ALL.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

We just need to introduce a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.

 

[·feist·]

Or, release a few of these and grab some popcorn.

http://news.yahoo.com/giant-crocodile-captured-alive-philippines-134625838.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZw9wNdYxHA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKRboJ1Y6Bs

 

[MasterOfPastures]

I'M FROM MIAMI AND I SAY KILL 'EM ALL.

Hey, shoot down a python pond, you gotta lot dead snakes.

 

[torta_smasher]

Wow
That picture really left me speechless for a sec
Some animals are just fascinating

 

[jooey]

whoa, a white trash snake

 

[Ace Harding]

Wow
That picture really left me speechless for a sec
Some animals are just fascinating

Here, I'll blow your mind: snakes have two dicks. Most birds have zero.

Do not google image search "ostrich penis" by the way.

 

[Dr Prob]

These snakes may be just what bobcats and alligators need in order to step up their game.

It's a dance.

 

[Henchmen21]

well, the common house fly was originally native only to Africa, so eh...

unless you start eating snake steak, they're not going anywhere.

This. I don't get the whole "but it's not native!"... So?! Many of the species that exist now weren't originally native. That's how evolution works. Earth history is replete with species migrating from one area to another. Keeping them where they are now is just causing stagnation. Besides, millions of years from now, when the continents form another super continent all the different species that exist then will move around.

 

[y2dvd]

That 2nd image with all those eggs is something else.

 

[def sim]

This. I don't get the whole "but it's not native!"... So?! Many of the species that exist now weren't originally native. That's how evolution works. Earth history is replete with species migrating from one area to another. Keeping them where they are now is just causing stagnation. Besides, millions of years from now, when the continents form another super continent all the different species that exist then will move around.

Huh?

Human intervention caused this and the pythons will destroy the ecosystem. There's a proper reason to fix this, your examples don't apply here.

 

[Suikoguy]

This. I don't get the whole "but it's not native!"... So?! Many of the species that exist now weren't originally native. That's how evolution works. Earth history is replete with species migrating from one area to another. Keeping them where they are now is just causing stagnation. Besides, millions of years from now, when the continents form another super continent all the different species that exist then will move around.

It's not exactly that simple. Once in a lifetime (100 years) events can sometimes cause one species to move locations, for example a strong storm could pickup debris and move it to another land mass. This causes a gene fork. Yes, the results to local life be devastating, but it can also do nothing. However, this was precipitated because humans wanted to own pythons. Pythons, being native to Africa and Asia, are not going to naturally migrate, even under once in a lifetime conditions.

 

[Sadsic]

The Mrs upon seeing this thread

this is what id imagine the skin tone of those future chinese people from that one south park would look like

 

[HoodWinked]

The Mrs upon seeing this thread

would

 

[Little Green Yoda]

Now they're holding a hunting contest for pythons in an attempt to control their population.

Miami (CNN) -- Burmese pythons have been threatening Florida's ecosystem for years, so the state is turning to the public for help in the form of a hunting contest to cull the population.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the 2013 Python Challenge beginning in January.

"We are hoping to gauge from the python challenge the effectiveness of using an incentive-based model as a tool to address this problem," says Florida Wildlife Commission spokeswoman Carli Segelson.

A grand prize of $1,500 will be awarded to the person who kills the most pythons, and $1,000 will go to the person who bags the longest one. According to the rules, road kill will not be eligible.

Participants will pay a $25 registration fee and complete an online training course. The training focuses on safety while hunting pythons.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/us/florida-python-hunt/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

 

[scar tissue]

I'm sure it'll be fine in Burma.

I believe burms are endangered in their home range (killed for leather mainly)

I'd still wipe it out of Florida if possible, but at this point damage control is the most you can do. FL is fucked.

It would be 87 more snakes to ruin that ecosystem. Plus the species is in no way endangered.

Oviparity, how does it work?

They could've put mom in a zoo and destroyed the eggs after they were laid, they have a long incubation phase.

Breaks my heart that these beautiful snakes are now pests, thanks to the stupid assholes who released them.

 

[electroshockwave]

Now they're holding a hunting contest for pythons in an attempt to control their population.


http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/us/florida-python-hunt/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

people ruining shit. always and forever. (or for however long we're around) sad all around. Bobcats and Mountain Lions are in enough trouble from rednecks as it is in Florida and now to deal with this..... fuck people.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

I'd eat em all! Snake meat tastes good.

 

[zoukka]

What say you Gaf? do you think if it's possible to do something about a single species that could seriously endanger it's surronding ecosystem should it be done? I'm not sure how I feel about wiping out a species is a good idea, but if there was a way to control the population I don't think i'd be opposed.

Oh boy.

 

[Servizio]

 

[Vilam]

Ugh, purge these things off the fucking earth. No animal bothers me more than snakes.

 

[linkboy]

Ugh, purge these things off the fucking earth. No animal bothers me more than snakes.

Snakes play a vital role in their ecosystems (this doesn't apply to the pythons in Florida), without them, rats, mice and other rodents would run even more rampant then they already do.

If any animal needs to be wiped off the Earth, its the mosquito, complete waste of DNA.

 

[Clydefrog]

wow, crazy picture!

that snake is just an egg machine

 

[Neuromancer]

We need these things back in the new XCOM, come on Firaxis

 

[speculawyer]

Of course there is something quite ironic about humans complaining about invasive species killing off the native flora & fauna.

 

[Perkel]

i don't get why killing animals is considered protecting animals.

Survival of the fittest. That's how nature works.

 

[Oppo]

That thing must have sounded like a billiards hall while it was moving around. Fuck.

 

[Concept17]

i don't get why killing animals is considered protecting animals.

Survival of the fittest. That's how nature works.

Because one species can wipe out another due to over-population?

 

[MoonLightWave]

Survival of the fittest. That's how nature works.

Humans are the fittest, hence we can choose do this.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Hunting season in Florida coming soon...

But really, fuck the owners of these things for ever introducing them into the ecosystem.

 

[Ace Harding]

Florida is fucked. We should build a giant fence that keeps the snakes

Spoiler

and people

confined to the state.

 

[El'Kharn]

How to get rid of them? easy. Put a bounty on them and turn it into an industry. You can make all kinds of stuff with snake skin. When people know you can make money out of it human greed takes over.

 

[Forever]

If any animal needs to be wiped off the Earth, its the mosquito, complete waste of DNA.

The mosquito is an essential part of the diet of a lot of other stuff we don't want dead.

Cockroaches on the other hand...