Food anyone?

[mollysmom]

Patooey?

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[Kaykaykay]

I've eaten rattlesnake, but never tried python.

How about a nibble of this one:

Scientists examine record python found in Florida in effort to stop snakes' spread - CNN.com

 

[Kaykaykay]

Oh my, that looks so real! I don't think I'd even like to go near it! :O

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It looks like a rubber snake to me, but that's not appetizing, either, lol.

 

[khanhhoang595]

many words here lol

 

[Hayles66]

I saw that Kay. It appears people let go their pet pythons and they are really loving the Everglades. I feel sorry for their declining mammal population.

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[mollysmom]

I saw that Kay. It appears people let go their pet pythons and they are really loving the Everglades. I feel sorry for their declining mammal population.

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Agreed. It's bad all the way around. Now a "pet" has to fend for itself and the balance is upset as it becomes an unwelcomed addition to the food chain.

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[stranding]

I saw that Kay. It appears people let go their pet pythons and they are really loving the Everglades. I feel sorry for their declining mammal population.

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This news of the pythons in the Everglades makes me shiver:-(

Reminds me of when some minks escaped from captivity here & started to decimate the local animals & fish. Otters couldn't possibly compete so they disappeared completely, after being in decline for years.

More recently there have been programmes for drastic cleaning up of waterways, providing lots of new bank-side habitats & new laws for keeping everything unpolluted. Concurrently with that there has been a widespread initiative of capturing the minks which has been very successful, thank goodness.

The Thames here (20 miles west of Oxford) is now sparkling clean, full of wildlife & there are LOTS of otters. And the little water rat is coming back too (Ratty of Wind in the Willows).

 

[Amy Rose The Hedgehog]

This news of the pythons in the Everglades makes me shiver:-(

Reminds me of when some minks escaped from captivity here & started to decimate the local animals & fish. Otters couldn't possibly compete so they disappeared completely, after being in decline for years.

More recently there have been programmes for drastic cleaning up of waterways, providing lots of new bank-side habitats & new laws for keeping everything unpolluted. Concurrently with that there has been a widespread initiative of capturing the minks which has been very successful, thank goodness.

The Thames here (20 miles west of Oxford) is now sparkling clean, full of wildlife & there are LOTS of otters. And the little water rat is coming back too (Ratty of Wind in the Willows).

I feel bad for animals sometimes I love them so much!!
I hope they will relocate the minks

 

[stranding]

I feel bad for animals sometimes I love them so much!!
I hope they will relocate the minks

They probably escaped (or were let free illegally) originally from a mink farm, being bred for their fur. If the folk doing the trapping did any "relocating" it might have been to the local furriers...but we met up with some of the men involved in the job, who gave us the impression that a humane end was the best way.

Minks are ruthless killers of other wildlife. When they suddenly arrive in a strange, vulnerable place which previously had been supporting its' own particular mix of flora & fauna, they can devastate an area pretty quickly. The native animals would have had no defences, no chance.

Just like the pythons in the Everglades at the moment, I imagine.

 

[Kaykaykay]

They probably escaped (or were let free illegally) originally from a mink farm, being bred for their fur. If the folk doing the trapping did any "relocating" it might have been to the local furriers...but we met up with some of the men involved in the job, who gave us the impression that a humane end was the best way.

Minks are ruthless killers of other wildlife. When they suddenly arrive in a strange, vulnerable place which previously had been supporting its' own particular mix of flora & fauna, they can devastate an area pretty quickly. The native animals would have had no defences, no chance.

Just like the pythons in the Everglades at the moment, I imagine.

Invasive species usually are a big prob because they lack natural predators. If we started eating them (back to food), we might help eradicate them, lol.

 

[scifan57]

Invasive species usually are a big prob because they lack natural predators. If we started eating them (back to food), we might help eradicate them, lol.

Python steak,anyone.

 

[Kaykaykay]

Python steak,anyone.

Python McNuggets. Fry anything and Americans will eat it, lol.

 

[scifan57]

Python McNuggets. Fry anything and Americans will eat it, lol.

How about a McPython burger.

 

[Amy Rose The Hedgehog]

This makes me sad...

 

[mollysmom]

Python McNuggets. Fry anything and Americans will eat it, lol.

Kay! Thanks for the laugh! Lol....you could also grill or bake

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