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08-05-2013, 08:25 PM
14-foot python discovered in Florida shed eating cat skull - CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57597039/14-foot-python-discovered-in-florida-shed-eating-cat-skull/)
Reassure me that there are no Burmese Pythons in THE VILLAGES toolsheds....
Are sheds even allowed???
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The following comments was posted below this story:
""Burmese Pythons have become enough well established in southern Florida that they have become self-sustaining populations.
Wildlife officials in the Everglades region believe their numbers are growing and are having a destructive impact on native critters. There is an apocryphal story going the rounds of the remains of a seven foot alligator being cut out of the stomach of one of these animals. I can't verify that, but Burmese Pythons can grow to 25 feet and 19 foot specimens have been found in Florida. It could be true.....
So how this state of affairs come about? The release of exotic pets by their owners is certainly part of the picture.
I believe the biggest driver of the population explosion of Pythons in the state came from the laying-to-waste of many reptile houses and pet stores all over the south Florida during Hurricane Andrew's romp through the region. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of snakes were released into the wild and, it seems, the Burmese Python was one of the species that survived and established.....""
Reassure me that there are no Burmese Pythons in THE VILLAGES toolsheds....
Are sheds even allowed???
Click hyperlink above to read the story.....
The following comments was posted below this story:
""Burmese Pythons have become enough well established in southern Florida that they have become self-sustaining populations.
Wildlife officials in the Everglades region believe their numbers are growing and are having a destructive impact on native critters. There is an apocryphal story going the rounds of the remains of a seven foot alligator being cut out of the stomach of one of these animals. I can't verify that, but Burmese Pythons can grow to 25 feet and 19 foot specimens have been found in Florida. It could be true.....
So how this state of affairs come about? The release of exotic pets by their owners is certainly part of the picture.
I believe the biggest driver of the population explosion of Pythons in the state came from the laying-to-waste of many reptile houses and pet stores all over the south Florida during Hurricane Andrew's romp through the region. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of snakes were released into the wild and, it seems, the Burmese Python was one of the species that survived and established.....""