Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Deer Season versus Python Season
Beginning on Monday, Florida is having their very first Python Hunting Season in the Everglades. I believe the season lasts a week or ten days. I wouldn't want our avid sportsmen to miss the opportunity to slosh through alligator infested waters in search of giant snakes! Hssssssst.
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Wasn't it a python that tried to eat the alligator?
Although it goes without saying that I HATE SNAKES, these snakes especially need to be destroyed. The havoc they can cause in the everglades is unbelievable.
Beejay - are you going down to watch any of it?
It is my understanding that pythons are not a native species to Florida. They were released there by pet owners whom couldn't take care of them. Because of the climate, they've flourished and therefore have become a bit of a problem.
Kind of like the Asian carp wouldn't you say Drew? Isn't it amazing what people will do without thinking of the consequences. This is a species that could really hurt the Great Lakes, as well as people. Those things are nasty.
"I wouldn't want our avid sportsmen to miss the opportunity to slosh through alligator infested waters in search of giant snakes!"
First, everyone has to get drunk.
Oh, sure, Mary, I would, but somehow I don't think this is a spectator sport.
Exactly Mary! The wrong species at the wrong place can upset the natural balance of things.
I have been told this 'season' will last about a month.
Yes, pythons are endangering the delicate balance in the Everglades as well as ME!!!! I'm upset by the very idea of one of those babies showing up in my yard!
Are they good eating?
Taste like chicken, rabbit or snake...not sure which.
Is there any taste difference? Getting drunk would not change my mine about sloshing through those waters. I'm with DA. I don't like spiders and snakes!
Have you seen how those Asian Carp fly out of the water? Not only would it ruin fishing, boating would be affected. Getting sideswiped by a huge carp might take the fun out of it.
Grind the pythons up and make brats out of them.
Unfortunately, I believe that the Asian carp will be here soon. Like the emerald ash borer.
I consider myself lucky to have grown up at a time when elms lined my neighborhood streets, forming a graceful canopy. And Lake M. teemed with perch. I could walk from home to North Pier and catch dinner.
Thank God, no anacondas though!
Ah, don't know how to tell you this, Drew, but rumor has it some have been sighted in the Everglades.
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