African Python Snakes

[Homicidalheathen]

Nat Geo<---------best link

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,555380,00.html

http://www.physorg.com/news172743431.html

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=204142

[pomba gira]

Invasive species= huge problem, esp. in Florida & other places where the climate allows more exotics to survive. Sucks 'cos in the end, the whole exotics community is going to suffer due to the actions of these irresponsible owners who get an animal, can't deal with it, and just dump it somewhere. They tried to get bill going this summer that would have done huge damage to the pet industry... no question we need better laws/enforcement and more education on invasive species... but this one just wasn't the answer for a whole slew of reasons.

And irresponsible pet stores that sell challenging animals to just anyone without giving adequate information... it really steams me every time I see iguanas being marketed as appropriate for first-time lizard owners. I still wonder what became of the nile monitor they had at the Pet Supplies Plus on Livernoise... odds are it got dumped on Belle Isle when it hit 2' and the nasty temperament really kicked in.

[cptdeath]

i live down here. I raised burmese pythons before. most are nice and easy to handle. there is a serious lack of edjucation among those so called experts. there are easy simple ways to catch these snakes without hurting yourself or the snake. i think the burmese population is a good thing. they are wonderful animals that add a great deal of diversity to the enviroment. there are rare pythons (burmese) said to reach 60 feet and eat cattle or three or four villagers in burma. there have been sightings of rock pythons seen from the air over a hundred feet long. such a serpent would live deep in the earth. hightened sense of touch allows it to feel every footstep of every animal for miles under the earth. a population here is imposable to eradicate. there are wild places and wild things elements of the wild. having a good understanding of burmese pythons i would say that for every 1 cought there is ten still out there. they have a large range, they are like most snakes canables. if you own a pet snake maybee you noticed it stops eating in the winter months. 1 so it can breed and 2 because there may not be enough heat for it to digest its food so this is breeding season. beyond that they will eat each other before the over populate. i think there a welcomed addition here. rock pythons are mean though.