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In reply to the discussion: Florida's Python Challenge [View all]RebelOne
(30,947 posts)36. Wouldn't bother me. I like snakes.
I had two pet boa constrictors loose in my house. I could never find them. They only came out when they were hungry.
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it's macabre, but idiots releasing those snakes into the wild are fucking up the ecosystem there...
dionysus
Dec 2012
#1
This isn't eradicating a species. It's readicating members of a species that are misplaced into an
flamin lib
Dec 2012
#37
That story was also on one of the reality shows that dealt with FL animal control officers. n/t
woodsprite
Dec 2012
#23
Would you rather have an excise tax on bird feed and pet food to raise revenue
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#20
Sometimes animals need to be killed. And think of all the cool boots that will be made.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#6
I lived for two years in a house with two large Burmese pythons. They were cool to have around.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#39
Florida needs to create a gene-altered mosquito that attack and kills pythons
Brother Buzz
Dec 2012
#13
I am all for this. This is an invasive species that is destroying the native wildlife.
okwmember
Dec 2012
#33
Better idea, drop the fee and pay a $100 bounty on every python brought in dead.
MadHound
Dec 2012
#40
The snakes don't belong in the Glades or Florida. I am ok with the bounties. nt
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#45