- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
How does Florida get rid of a plague of pythons?
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:00 am
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:00 am
The yearly python hunting contest clearly won't do the trick.
My idea given the feeding and hunting habits of pythons is that they must be attacked with a massive live bait program using mice, rats and rabbits with a Tylenol collar. Tylenol is lethal to pythons and they aren't carrion eaters, but lurking hunters.
The male pythons could probably be trapped and killed with a female sex hormone, but those females lay dozens of eggs at a time.
My idea given the feeding and hunting habits of pythons is that they must be attacked with a massive live bait program using mice, rats and rabbits with a Tylenol collar. Tylenol is lethal to pythons and they aren't carrion eaters, but lurking hunters.
The male pythons could probably be trapped and killed with a female sex hormone, but those females lay dozens of eggs at a time.
This post was edited on 6/18/23 at 12:53 am
46
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:04 am to Auburn1968
But why?!
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:07 am to Auburn1968
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:08 am to Auburn1968
Anyone tried them in a sauce piquant? 
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:12 am to Auburn1968
The idiots in Gov are messing around and just like the Nutria will get worse. Just like the “nutria tail” program, their restrictions make it almost worthless.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:13 am to Auburn1968
I bet if you brought in some crocodiles, they would eat them all.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:14 am to Auburn1968
Is tylenol also lethal to the other 100 native species that eats rodents in Florida?
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:22 am to Auburn1968
What Florida needs, but won't get, is about 2 weeks a year of well below freezing weather to stem the python population.
Realistically, they have to take off the kid gloves and allow folks to go out with guns and kill as many as they can find.
Current regulations say you have to catch the python live, by hand and dispatch it later. That alone will eliminate a lot of people from even trying to catch pythons.
Realistically, they have to take off the kid gloves and allow folks to go out with guns and kill as many as they can find.
Current regulations say you have to catch the python live, by hand and dispatch it later. That alone will eliminate a lot of people from even trying to catch pythons.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:30 am to Auburn1968
Tell a Cajun they make the best gumbo, and they are putting a limit on them; problem solved!
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:38 am to Auburn1968
Guam is dropping thousands of mice embryos with a Tylenol portion to attack brown tree snakes. Brown tree snakes are eating all of the birds and anything else they can catch dead or alive. The program drops thousands of mice embryos with Tylenol via small parachutes that are intended to get stuck in trees where brown tree snakes live.
Interior Announces $4.1 Million to Fight the Brown Tree Snake on Guam
https://www.doi.gov/oia/press/Interior-Announces-%244.1-Million-to-Fight-the-Brown-Tree-Snake-on-Guam
Interior Announces $4.1 Million to Fight the Brown Tree Snake on Guam
https://www.doi.gov/oia/press/Interior-Announces-%244.1-Million-to-Fight-the-Brown-Tree-Snake-on-Guam
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:42 am to Auburn1968
Just release a bunch of pit bulls into the Everglades.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:49 am to Auburn1968
How have invasive pythons impacted Florida ecosystems?
Non-native Burmese pythons have established a breeding population in South Florida and are one of the most concerning invasive species in Everglades National Park. Pythons compete with native wildlife for food, which includes mammals, birds, and other reptiles. Severe mammal declines in Everglades National Park have been linked to Burmese pythons.
The most severe declines in native species have occurred in the remote southernmost regions of Everglades National Park, where pythons have been established the longest. In a 2012 study, populations of raccoons had dropped 99.3 percent, opossums 98.9 percent, and bobcats 87.5 percent since 1997. Marsh rabbits, cottontail rabbits, and foxes effectively disappeared.
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. Raccoons and opossums often forage for food near the water’s edge, which is a habitat frequented by pythons in search of prey.
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-have-invasive-pythons-impacted-florida-ecosystems
Non-native Burmese pythons have established a breeding population in South Florida and are one of the most concerning invasive species in Everglades National Park. Pythons compete with native wildlife for food, which includes mammals, birds, and other reptiles. Severe mammal declines in Everglades National Park have been linked to Burmese pythons.
The most severe declines in native species have occurred in the remote southernmost regions of Everglades National Park, where pythons have been established the longest. In a 2012 study, populations of raccoons had dropped 99.3 percent, opossums 98.9 percent, and bobcats 87.5 percent since 1997. Marsh rabbits, cottontail rabbits, and foxes effectively disappeared.
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. Raccoons and opossums often forage for food near the water’s edge, which is a habitat frequented by pythons in search of prey.
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-have-invasive-pythons-impacted-florida-ecosystems
Posted on 6/18/23 at 2:01 am to Auburn1968
If the Cajuns get hungry, just let us in for a couple of days. Problem solved.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 4:41 am to Auburn1968
First you make a roux………..
Posted on 6/18/23 at 6:58 am to Auburn1968
They don’t. Florida belongs to the pythons now. They reproduce un-exponetially (logarithmic growth) than we can kill them. It’s simple math.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 7:51 am to Auburn1968
It should be open season year round so we can keep Troy Landry and Pickle here taking them out.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 8:10 am to Auburn1968
Louisiana tried to ranch hippos, maybe something that eats pythons?
Posted on 6/18/23 at 8:26 am to Auburn1968
Up the bounty
This post was edited on 6/18/23 at 8:28 am
Posted on 6/18/23 at 9:10 am to Auburn1968
Google says Tigers are their natural predators..could make South Florida interesting
Page 1 of 3
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News