everglades invasive giant

[Paleosuchus]

A trip to the Everglades last year lead me to find 9 burmese pythons. I had taken countless photographs of them and misfortune struck me as i stepped on the disc i loaded them too. Well after searching i was able to find one photograph that i had tagged as a favorite. This individual was very rich in color and the nicest we caught that night. Just thought i would share it.


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Thanks for looking
-Jason

[bistrobob85]

It really sucks that these snakes get to breed in the wild... Whats next, water dragons basking next to iguanas in mexico?!?

[dave68]

Hey Bistro probably won't be uncommon in Florida in a few years.

Dave

[kcpets]

It's to bad that such actions of ignorant people and pet stores effect us all. Watch after bistros fortold Invasion of water dragons will come nile monitors and other "cheaper" spp. of monitors.

[Paleosuchus]

Not sure about water dragons here. But green and brown basilisks aswell as various monitor species are very common. Well, i should say common in local areas. But there are scattered populations everywhere.

[Asian Jon]

It's very unfortunate burmese pythons end up being 'dumped' in the everglades by people who find they don't make such great pets after all. It's even more unfortunate that they have become established there and are breeding threatening the native everglades wildlife. In reality, animal 'invasives' occur everywhere. For example the starling, the red fox and the red-eared slider just to name a few. All over the world animals are showing up where they are not wanted

[JimmyDavid]

Sign of the times!

I think that most of those alien species are released pets, but let's not forget that some can be EVADED pets. Since that danger is a real and present one, it makes all of us that dare to keep species that don't belong in our area, guilty as well.

Since i, somehow, don't imagine any of us giving up on keeping exotics for the sake of that, let's cut the hipocrisy.

[lostwithin]

Just because people keep exotics does not mean they are hypocrites at all there is nothing wrong with keeping exotics there is something wrong with people releasing these animals into the wild. They are 2 completely different things. As for you saying evasive pets I assume you mean the odd escapees and that is just as irresponsible as letting them go.

Devon

[Paleosuchus]

JimmyDavid- not even a quarter of the population of burmese pythons are realised pets. Aswell as many others. Obviously thats how they have come to be in the first place but they are now breeding, and doing it well. Established they have become and i do not see how we will ever get rid of them or others completely, we simply won't and in some cases its Impossible. Look at brown anoles, try getting rid of all of those. lol

TO say we are guilty aswell is Asinine. Speak for yourself man. I sure as hell don't realise my hatchling ball pythons. Big difference in the people that realise these animals and most of us on here.

-Jason

[paulsreef]

Oscars are apparently a popular game fish in florida. But they are effecting the bass populations because of their aggressiveness.