Florida's Big Problem: Snakes in the Grass are Big as Phone Poles

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donnie	to whom this may find good way set feeding ground for them snake it"ll work	1/30/2012
jaylene T	thank u for your information. i will be more careful if i see a python on the lose. now that i know all this about bermese pythons. thank u very much.	1/16/2012
resa	dame thats a big SNAKE hu	8/2/2011
Sherry Myers	I Think Florida's Game & Wildlife are doing the right thing There needs tobe tougher laws For snake owners	6/19/2011
ghostshadow	This just in a new law, all the overcrowed prisons and jails with creatures who have comitted muders that are not in self defense are going to be put into an area with scorpions, if they survive that , then we will just let sparky take over, that should do it , think of the money we will be saving.	6/12/2011
DAVE B	SNAKES GET A BAD RAP,THEY ARE BORN THE WAY THEY ARE.. PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM NOT THE SNAKES.	6/12/2011
hunter	that aint nuthin compared to a phone pole	6/9/2011
booboo	This is important please dont release them into the wild whatchout people for those snakes they are very unsafe for you and for your family	6/2/2011
jason	I think that they should start making snake pits with rat mouse whatever atracted to scent inside so that snakes fall in and cant get out	4/29/2011
Perplexed Pat	Let's see... a month ago at customs I had to throw out a perfectly good sealed bag of healthy red peppers bought at Costco when I was entering into the US from Canada because there MIGHT be a bug in the sanatized, sealed bag. But bring a python or foreign speicies of spider or other exotic animal into the US for the pet trade, oh, that's ok. Where's the common sense anymore!?	12/16/2010
Jane Shupe	I have a snake and have looked on every web site for Fl snakes and can't find it. How can I find out what it is.?	11/18/2010
Curtisha Moore	Florida needs to move some where else with those got dam snakes cause im tired of my little cousin scared about getting bitten by pleny of the snakes girl boom!	10/18/2010
Bill	People can eat this snake...	8/4/2010
SISTER WALKER	KILL THEM ON SITE & THE PROBLEM WILL SOON BE UNDER CONTROL BUT I ALSO THINK IT WAS CRUEL FOR THEM PEOPLE WHO RELEASED THEM N2 THE WILD SHOULD BE DEALT WIT. MAYBE U CAN SEND THEM OUT 2 CATCH THEIR SNAKE MY DAUGHTERS BROUGHT A BALL PYTHON HOME & I'M NOT A SNAKE LOVER BUT I DO LOVE ALL ANIMALS SO I TAKE CARE OF HIM. 2 MANY ZOOS OUT THERE 2 JUST LET THEM GO FREE. THAT'S HOW THEY TAKE OVER.	4/20/2010
courtney	i really like snakes	4/19/2010
Anne	this story totally makes me sick to my stomach, and someone better do something about the problem NOW! before no one will be safe in Florida! i say just shoot to kill them every day till they are completley gone. I watched a show last night where these snakes have killed children in florida and adults, and one actually swallowed a 6 1/2 foot alligator! omg! ewwwwwwwwwwwwww	3/19/2010
Christopher	It is a good story about this big snake and the picture of this snake are fine	3/2/2010
raven	GOOD JOB...WE AND I MAYBE THE WHOLE UNTIED STATES JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOIN SUCH A BRAVE JOB BY CATCHING THAT SNAKE IF IT WAS ME I WOULD HAVE NEVER STOP tO GET IT YOU ARE A HERO NOW ALL I WANT tO SAY NOW IS Catch them damn snakes!	2/28/2010
ibelovensnakes	There animals i have 2 pet ball pythons (yes they may only get 5ft long.) and for the other snakes such as (burmese pythons), (boa constrictors) they need to be loved and if this bill does take our snakes away i will no longer call this the land of the free. i will call it the land of crap!	1/9/2010
susan brown	I think that we need federal legislation to prevent and prohibit the release of exotic species into the wild. I worked as a social worker in child protective services and would find 8 foot pythons in flimsy cages with small children younger than 5 years. This appeared to be very dangerous. People who buy a 12" snake in Pets Mart than later becomes a 12 foot long monster are releasing them into the wild. WE need state and federal fines imposed on these deviants when they are caught. This is scary. A 400 pound python can be very dangerous and hard to caputre or where do you place it...how many pythons can a zoo handle?	10/31/2009
Gary M	They should put up a "Wanted Dead or Alive" poster at the Golden Gate Park entrance with a small reward on the African Clawed Frog. How many young boys wouldn't love to catch frogs and make money doing it?	9/19/2009
hunter	the spirit of python	7/14/2009
S.	If it is becoming a problem, owning them should become illegal from now on. If they can't be responsible owners of these creatures they shouldn't be able to have them in the first place. Ban them altogether, that would be the best way to manage this. Allowing them to be legal has just gotten out of control. These snake owners are not responsible at all. There are other snakes they could own, these are not necessary to have as pets, not when the safety of humans and other animals is at stake.	4/1/2009
Hector Martinez	The problem for the residents off the State of Florida is clear, legislate or face a crisis of great proportions, the Burmese piton can grow to 32 ft long and can easily kill a person,as as they reproduce they will start spilling over to neighboring areas and the existing neighborhoods throughout. posing an unnecessary threat to the residents in the adjacent communities .	12/26/2008
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We could have a creature like the present ones that could handle the ‘Bad Guys’ the ones that are killers, Rapists, Stealers, destroyers of good persons/humans: All my Amber Alert/Safety/Security and 15 defense systems are to Stop ‘Bad Guys’ and Terrorists But our Penitentiaries are overflowing, our jails are full, we need a place we can send these horrible persons where it won’t cost American Citizens one cent, where they can be dropped off and left. We are paying for them to do what: A place to live Food Work out equipment so they can get stronger What is this costing each person/city/County/State/Government Please contact Steven Spielberg, I want the thank him for giving me a secret project I’ve been sitting on ever since his movie was released, then my vision showed me, there could be a real Jurassic Park……. 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But NOT without your help! My Medical group will be responsible for all $ going to Medical R&D, they will watch and ensure the $ goes to the proper departments and the $ is paying to help find the Genes that are killing us. We will assign a special Medical/Account team to each Medical R&D we provide millions too, our staff will supply the $$ has required from our special account escrow account to ensure the funding goes where it is suppose to go... PS: We will also support anyone attempting to create a new Dinosaur. My hopes and prays are for the following: A Jurassic Island really does exist some day soon. We will use special security planes and ships, and take 90% of the bad guys from our penitentiaries and drop them off at this island, then they can find out just who is the toughest, meanest and if they can't handle the island being eaten by hungry dinosaurs', then they can attempt to swim away and provide a great lunch for the sharks that will be surrounding this island! If I really did have a magic wand, the above would occur overnight. I have been asked hundreds of times in my life the following questions and tested by the Military for my IQ four times because of this: "Mr. Anderson, do you have/own a magic wand?" "Mr. Anderson, can you walk on water?" "Mr. Anderson, do you have a vision?" If/when we meet; you can consider you own questions and wonderment Have been the USA's Top C4ISR/Tempest Engineer from 1983 to 2006, have been sent on hundreds of jobs to resolve what no one else could and I never failed, this included being sent to locations that our Military deny exists...the stories I could tell! 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Bianca. age 16	snakes have as much of a right to live where ever they want as much as you do.stop trying to make them addapt to environments that aren't there own!	5/29/2008
skyler king	we need to stop importing Burmese pythons, so that we can save the American alligator and the endangered American crocodile.	5/9/2008
a rod	snitches get stitches	5/2/2008
derek jeter	i love a rod	5/2/2008
tom brady	you like snakes in your rear end lester	5/2/2008
samkelo	how do people survive in a such a place like that	5/1/2008
dukerston	hello my name is dukerston and I recently came here from duchland and i just saw one of these snakes and it nearly bit my bottom off	4/16/2008
bubble	o i hat her how many tardys do i have	4/15/2008
adri	im jk.. u have a 66 in ms.cardenas.	4/15/2008
buhbble	which class do i have a 66 in	4/15/2008
??????	fine then sofia just left cause when i went to the restroom she was leaving.	4/15/2008
adri	ya whatever cuz i kept looking too see if u were der and u werent	4/15/2008
?????	ha ha that is funny i have been sitting here for 5 minutes	4/15/2008
adri	sabrina stop going poo po and hurry da heck up. :) haha jk	4/15/2008
fabian	To just get rid of the animals by giving them over to hunters and fishermen isn't right, that's unjust. Not to mention that people are the ones that they are in the United States in the first place. I can understand lil pets and lil snakes but whats the point of having snake that can eat you? and if you bought the snake can't you sell a larger one.. unless they will eat people they are unfamiliar with. But that's besides the point if the snakes were originally brought here and the people who are just letting them go into the wild because they are lazy should be the ones at fault. Have them as a pet but don;t release them into the wild cuz you are too lazy to do the right thing. This all goes without saying that America is America because of all the nationalities and freedom we have so why doesn't that apply to other animals if we are animals and it applie to us?	4/15/2008
adri	haha ok i will just chill.. lol :)	4/15/2008
?????	give me one please :(	4/15/2008
adri	nothing just here eating hotcheeros.	4/15/2008
adri	sabrina	4/15/2008
cuttie	holly crap that is a big snake	4/10/2008
Police Man Bob	Bowl Carp! I think that guy pulled it out of his butt. And if he did, he has a big o' ass.	4/9/2008
mike honcho	hey tom wat the h e double hockey sticks is up? i heart you my n word	4/9/2008
Trish	I think snakes are sooo stupid. I would never move to Florida	4/8/2008
kiara	this is a good web site hope you can get good pic next time like you did with the other oictures	3/25/2008
michelle hayes	the snakes down there are huge i dont think i would be messing with them	3/19/2008
angle	that is cool	3/17/2008
kristen	that is a big snake	3/14/2008
Fanny	Wanna touch my snake?	3/12/2008
whoa	whoa baby!!	3/12/2008
TaKeN:11-12-07	I LOVE AUSTIN F/A/H	3/4/2008
123	To just get rid of the animals by giving them over to hunters and fishermen isn't right, that's unjust. Not to mention that people are the ones that they are in the United States in the first place. I can understand lil pets and lil snakes but whats the point of having snake that can eat you? and if you bought the snake can't you sell a larger one.. unless they will eat people they are unfamiliar with. But that's besides the point if the snakes were originally brought here and the people who are just letting them go into the wild because they are lazy should be the ones at fault. Have them as a pet but don;t release them into the wild cuz you are too lazy to do the right thing. This all goes without saying that America is America because of all the nationalities and freedom we have so why doesn't that apply to other animals if we are animals and it applie to us?	3/4/2008
Brianna	Wow! That is so cool! Gossip is every where! I'm new.	2/29/2008
MONICA	go clean ur hair.. I DONT EVEN KNOW Y U THINK IM UR FRIEND CUZ IM NOT...I DONT WANT BIGS DATS Y.	2/27/2008
brandi	amanda needs to stop talking s h i t about my homegurlz leeann britney breeanna and all dem cause im going to kick ur a s s . lil bug gurl. clean ur hair.	2/27/2008
Paul	Well, this is just another human idiocy. Why raise a dangerous animal like a python as a pet? Some people who did it already paid with their lives.	2/25/2008
k	are there anacondas??	2/15/2008
sierra	dame thats a big snake jesus	2/12/2008
Stef	Who's mandy gurl????	2/5/2008
Stef	I'm lulu, my real name is stefani.	2/5/2008
MaNdY_GuRl	nothin just here	2/5/2008
ana	sabrina why do u want to no if i tell u... u would go tell her	2/5/2008
sabrina+s.o.s	hey amanda wat are doin	2/5/2008
sabrina	Frances likes to party	2/5/2008
sabrina	ana who were you goin to boxx........	2/5/2008
?!?	who cares i dont even no jonny	2/5/2008
sabrina	hey so wat r u goin to do this weekend	2/5/2008
ana	I was talking to matthew and Ipunched him and she got mad and puched me i was going to box her but she walked away	2/5/2008
MaNdY_gUrL	Hey AnNa wutz up or down me not much just that yesturday i broke up with johnny cuz he moved skools and i am not goin to see him and how do i know if he is cheetin on me and my x johnray wants to get back with me but i might get with johhny	2/5/2008
BonnieSkerk	YUCK! Cant imagine these snakes. We like dogs at LittleDogBoutique	1/17/2008
ajay	Its Good	1/13/2008
snickers	me 2 man we r going to leave in 4 minutes	12/19/2007
The Smart One	Wow, invasive species are really a problem! I hadn't realized that pythons were such a problem in Florida. Pet owners should know better than to buy pets and then just release them into the wild once they get tired of them. It's irresponsible! I'm glad things are being done to try to aleviate the snake problem!	12/10/2007
alla wakbah	u can put a bomb in a snake, and put it on a plane and blow it up	12/3/2007
Al-hazak	i think snakes do not exist and all these pictures are posted to spread the belief of darwinism and combat the one true religion. Allah wok-bok!	12/3/2007
hjkgf	i love ritchie at harlandale	11/4/2007
lea and raul	hey wats up everybody is sabrina esparza on here	10/24/2007
B.B	hi frank. I understand that you're a girl, but you need to find a guy to love. OK?	10/19/2007
sos	iloveyou	10/17/2007
When you think	ha ha ha sabrina luvs richY	10/15/2007
haha	When you think of Florida you probably think of alligators, flamingos, and maybe snakes—but snakes as big as telephone poles? And the non-indigenous snakes taking over Florida aren’t the only invaders.	10/15/2007
HEY SEXY	HA HA HA	10/15/2007
martie	were did you find that snake at	10/11/2007
marsy	i know i told hem that J/K	10/9/2007
amiris	i love......	10/9/2007
assina	i love jesse cardenas!	10/9/2007
anissa	i love......	10/9/2007
Thomas	and I am just playing with you ADRI and your my best friend	10/1/2007
sabrina	hey what are you going to do this weekend	10/1/2007
sabrina	hey waz up cuz do you have a stratner	10/1/2007
DAPM	Very interesting!	8/22/2007
Nataly	snakes freak me out	7/30/2007
alex	yo	7/13/2007
alex	this is amazing miks we are at school so who are you	7/13/2007
MIKS	aLEX IM SCARED , IM GOING OFF IT , OMG CHRIS JUST SCARED ME LOADS	7/13/2007
alex	love you 2	7/13/2007
miks	alex this is so fun	7/13/2007
Barb Powell	I nearly had a heart attack when I opened this news. I can't believe I'm saying this...but...I'm glad I don't live in Florida.	7/10/2007
miks x	Hahha this is hilarious x	7/10/2007
hotstuff	i think it's fantasctic keep up the good work	6/5/2007
alex jenner	i think this is cool man how do you mack it so interesting	6/1/2007
hj	uiy	5/14/2007
d-von	i think that all these snakes are vicious and should be extermanated	5/13/2007
whtiney brown	I think andacondas should stop eating because they blow up or have to be killed.	5/10/2007
JORDAN TOEKER	I H8 SNAKES,KAITAIA .NZ	5/9/2007
SLMN	w.o.w	5/3/2007
sylvia	thats one big snake	5/1/2007
liam	hi i think that snakes are nice and kind creature i also keep snakes i have a royal python and plz could you email me news and pics please here is my email adress born-2-b-stupid@hotmail.co.uk thankyou frm liam :)	4/27/2007
stpeph	hey thats a really cool thing to know!!! thanks now i can go to school and know alot about snakes Im me at xdani c714x	4/2/2007
herb	this is soooo cool my kid loves it	3/26/2007
susan	good day and God bless you greatings inthe name of God my name is susan i just read thrugh your profiles which prompt me to engage a large amount of donation you and your company please email me with this confidential email susan_batch4@uk2.net so that i can give you the information best regard susan batch susanbatch4@yahoo.co.uk	3/17/2007
Archie Roderick	I think that you should take them to the Everglades and release them because what there Would they run into. OH and you could moniter them and they could grow	3/16/2007
Dr Pill	oh, snakes..rriigghhhttt..thats what you could call em, i mean a little childish ill say...	3/14/2007
kill-ig	year!cool! kill-ig	3/12/2007
ross	yh i like ur but.t jamie its well beastly and u smell like a bomb from iraque	3/1/2007
jamie	no way u stink u dirty hobo go away ..im wif my rossi 4eva init babe	3/1/2007
paul	i have problems	3/1/2007
danny	jamie i will pluck your hair for you only if you suc.k me off	3/1/2007
harry	i love sticky my wand in and out of my bumbum	3/1/2007
Harry potter	hows hagrid	3/1/2007
harry	oh sorry my sir names potter	3/1/2007
jamie	dont worry huni ill come round ur l8r last time u pluked em u lost the tweezer in me jungle ar.se but ill c u l8r	3/1/2007
Jamie	wheres rossini today he was ment to be plucking my arse hair	3/1/2007
NET	were the bikches at man i need sum ho luvin	2/28/2007
howard junior	snakes are tottaly awsome dudes i mean come on who dosnt want snakes. i do definatly man. i have one up my as.s rite now hell yeah you son of a guns	2/28/2007
bargirl757	Wow! That is so cool!	2/16/2007
Big Gay Owl	scott is a fool	2/2/2007
Big Al	holy s15t, dude, that's one sheesh kebab of a snake! THINK OF THE MEAT!	2/2/2007
deathgirl	Sweet i love snake's their totaly freeky	1/31/2007
AJ	Snake v. Alligator: That is just crazy that snake would even consider it. Evolution will adjust the population.	1/12/2007
derik	i like snakes	1/5/2007
sarah	i love snakes and they be big but	12/23/2006
GOP	LOP	12/22/2006
DANNY	IT IS BIG	12/22/2006
Aj	To just get rid of the animals by giving them over to hunters and fishermen isn't right, that's unjust. Not to mention that people are the ones that they are in the United States in the first place. I can understand lil pets and lil snakes but whats the point of having snake that can eat you? and if you bought the snake can't you sell a larger one.. unless they will eat people they are unfamiliar with. But that's besides the point if the snakes were originally brought here and the people who are just letting them go into the wild because they are lazy should be the ones at fault. Have them as a pet but don;t release them into the wild cuz you are too lazy to do the right thing. This all goes without saying that America is America because of all the nationalities and freedom we have so why doesn't that apply to other animals if we are animals and it applie to us?	10/11/2006
Matthew	My God I cant believe it, recently I found something similar on fundook.	10/5/2006
scott	ill them. Give hunters and fishermen the right to kill these non native animals. Possibly offer a rewrd on the animals pelts skins or whatever so there is an incintive. Get rid of the before our ecosystems are taken over.	8/3/2006

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