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

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.
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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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END OF BUSINESS PLAN GROUP – 9 Have a total of 13
6/6/2008
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
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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
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