Burmese have all but taken over the everglades.
If they'd eat more, they'd be the new apex predator.
The way they breed, it may not be long.
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Burmese have all but taken over the everglades.
If they'd eat more, they'd be the new apex predator.
The way they breed, it may not be long.
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I raised 200 chickens a year, (as well as the cattle) they were enough for my family as well and extended family every year. (We all went in on feed, and split the chickens up once we slaughtered them, but they were on my farm) every year, I lost about a third of those chickens to snakes, foxes, and coyote (although I free ranged them). I had no choice but to factor in the loss into the cost of raising chickens.. now certainly if I hadn't free ranged I wouldn't have lost quite so many, but the job of killing a snake in the chicken house was at the least a bi-weekly occurrence..
And yes, we now know for a fact that coyotes will breed with wolves definitively, but years ago we didn't realise that.. I had certainly never imagined!
Coyote + wolf = new breed of predator
As far as not knowing, we all know what we experience and learn.. now you know something new.. but a python has the same potential to cross breed that a wolf does given the right situation, for real.
As far as the alligator legend, I haven't a clue either!
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As far as the alligator legend, I haven't a clue either!
Me either.
Though knowing some snakes like to grab the mouth or narrow part of the head or face before they wrap...
And how easy it is to keep a gators mouth closed...
And that the striking distance and speed of the python is superior to the gator.
I would assume some of those pythons have eaten gator.
But one big enough to tear the snake in two?
That's definitely suspect IMO.
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Just my opinion...and probably not a real popular one at that....BUT...
All snakes should have a bullseye on their backs because they're all poisonous. Some of the larger worms too. God passed up a good opportunity to make it easier on me.
All snakes should have a bullseye on their backs because they're all poisonous. Some of the larger worms too. God passed up a good opportunity to make it easier on me.
My husband is the same way.. lol.. I don't like killing snakes unless I have to, (as they are good for the ecosystem) but my husband will kill any he sees ..
Heck he's so bad about snakes when I wanted to try a different church we had to avoid all churches with names that seemed reminiscent of a possible snake handling church.. hahaha..
We would drive by and I'd say, what about this church and he would say the name and say no, they probably do snake handling.. hahaha.. we never did try another church because of it.
I don't like killing snakes either. I prefer running away screaming like a little girl. But, when that's not an option, it becomes a 'me or it' situation.
I'm okay with that.
Being a reptile guy, taking into consideration other people's feelings is just part of the deal.
As long as you don't try to take my pets from me, I won't impose them on you.
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My son, when he was younger, always had snakes, or lizards in his room, then he got married. No more snakes or lizards.
Hey, I got a Therion with a snakeskin back, so I'm doing my part here.
Hahaha.. those are cool looking! Now you need a serpent mini to go with it and you will be good as gold!
I just built the serpent mini someone gave me this morning and wow.. just wow.. no wonder the kids love these things! They are awesome and no learning curve at all!
Thank you! I've been meaning to try it, but there are so many out there I want to try, I sometimes forget what each one's characteristics are.
AH Snakes! IMO there's definitely good ones and bad ones (that just have to go one way or another)!
Good ones = The Black Indigo family that lived in my back yard...inside and behind the outdoor A/C unit; the rat snakes sometimes seen in my pastures; the Ball Python named "Monty" that 1 of my students used to bring to class for Science and I'd have him wrapped around my waist while teaching for much of the day; the harmless little grass snakes
Bad ones = The 5'4" diamondback rattler in my Mom's backyard a few years ago; the coral snake caught slithering into my barn about 6 months ago; the pythons ravenously eating many of the birds and small & medium-sized rodents and mammals in the Everglades; the water mocassins we have in many of our lakes where we like to swim, waterski, and fish.
The good ones are welcome on my property anytime. The bad ones though...nope, sorry for your fate.
Good ones = The Black Indigo family that lived in my back yard...inside and behind the outdoor A/C unit; the rat snakes sometimes seen in my pastures; the Ball Python named "Monty" that 1 of my students used to bring to class for Science and I'd have him wrapped around my waist while teaching for much of the day; the harmless little grass snakes
Bad ones = The 5'4" diamondback rattler in my Mom's backyard a few years ago; the coral snake caught slithering into my barn about 6 months ago; the pythons ravenously eating many of the birds and small & medium-sized rodents and mammals in the Everglades; the water mocassins we have in many of our lakes where we like to swim, waterski, and fish.
The good ones are welcome on my property anytime. The bad ones though...nope, sorry for your fate.
Yep snakes are tobacco products.
Mostly because they entice children to vape.
Because "science".
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