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The illegals invasion nobody talks about, when will biden step up and address this?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by LosPollosHermanos, Mar 13, 2024.

  1. LosPollosHermanos

    LosPollosHermanos Houston only fan
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    These things are breeding like crazy and pretty soon it wont just be the everglades, it will be all of our country. When is biden going to address this issue?

    What if your kids or pets are playing and there is a 50 foot python around the corner?


    500 pounds of pure snake: Massive python nest snagged in Southwest Florida

    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY
    Wed, March 13, 2024 at 11:41 AM CDT·2 min read
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    Wildlife experts in Southwest Florida recently snagged 500 pounds of Burmese pythons - including one more than 16 feet long, after finding a nest of the snakes not far from the city of Naples.

    The Collier County catch came this month during National Invasive Species Awareness Week, according to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, and marked what the Miami Herald called a reported record for the environmental advocacy organization that has worked for a decade to remove the invasive snakes from the region.

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    The Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced wildlife experts in March 2024, caught 500 pounds of Burmese pythons, including one more than 16 feet long, after finding a nest of the snakes in Collier County during National Invasive Species Awareness Week.
    The group caught 11 pythons weighing a total of 500 pounds, according to its Facebook page.

    “For 10 years, we’ve been catching and putting them (Burmese pythons) down humanely," conservatory spokesperson Ian Bartoszek wrote in the post. "You can’t put them in zoos and send them back to Southeast Asia. Invasive species management doesn’t end with rainbows and kittens. These are remarkable creatures, here through no fault of their own. They are impressive animals, good at what they do.”

    A snake stuffed into his pants: Man who stuffed three Burmese pythons in his pants sentenced in smuggling attempt

    The snakes are non-native, invasive and cause ecological disturbance
    The Sunshine State, the group said, is home to thousands of non-native species of plants and animals.

    "When these introduced species reproduce in the wild and cause economic, social, or ecological disturbance, they reach invasive status," the group wrote.

    Burmese pythons are invasive and destructive
    The Burmese python's impact in South Florida is well documented − so much the state holds an annual hunt for the non-native species in that region.

    There the snakes thrive and eat everything, but nothing eats them leading the United States Geological Survey to don the pythons one of the most concerning invasive species in that region − especially Everglades National Park.

    According to the federal agency, since 1997, the pythons have been the cause of drastic declines in raccoon, opossum and bobcat populations.

    "The mammals that have declined most significantly have been regularly found in the stomachs of Burmese pythons removed from Everglades National Park and elsewhere in Florida," the science bureau posted on its webpage.

    Wildlife enthusiasts rejoice: Florida woman captures Everglades alligator
     
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    Need them to take out the Florida men first, then we will do a controlled release of lions and harpy eagles to take out the pythons.
     
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    Send in the army.
     
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    Hate to be the bearer of bad news...but **** 'em

    (and there's no such thing as a 50' python)
     
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    Of course Brandon isn’t doing anything about them because woke love snakes and Democrats want them for voters!

    This is the future that Demonrats want for America!
     
  8. LosPollosHermanos

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    Because they eat the people before ever being discovered

    Reticulated have discovered measuring high 30s and that’s just what we’ve found .

    anacondas have invaded the Everglades too, and they are massive af
     
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    Thanks Obama.
     
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    Maybe not a python, but there are even bigger Anacondas. There’s a fascinating documentary about them starring Jon Voight.
     
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    There are no 50' pythons or anacondas.

    Sorry.
     
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    Nope, just wrong.
     
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