One, eat the buggers. At 12ft, that's a lot of slow moving meat.
Two, get the crackers to er, wrassle them (sp?) to the death, a whole new sport
which has considerable merit whoever wins.
The feral water buffalo problem in our Northern Territory was pretty much
solved by shooting them and exporting the meat to Asia. It assigned value to a
pest which both established an industry and cleared out the wild ones at zero
cost.
Possums (Brushtail) are a protected species in Aus. but a bloody pest in New
Zealand (hey Brian?). I gave my wife a teddy bear for Christmas, made in NZ out
of dark possum fur. If the NooZoolanders could be persuaded to eat them (not
bad actually) then the problem would be half solved.
tastes like rabbit. :-)
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 20/01/2011, at 12:01 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Burmese pythons do get large enough to be a threat to humans, especially
> small children. According to Wiki, they average 3.7 meters (12 ft)
> long, but may get as large as 5.8 meters (19 ft) and 200 pounds.
> Unfortunately, they have a habit of leaving the Everglades and showing
> up in suburban yards. They're more likely to grab some tasty dog or cat
> but that does not endear them to the animal's owners. The largest
> problem though is that they out-compete many of the native Everglades
> residents and tend to eat the native's food sources as well as some of
> the native competitors. It has taken quite a while but there are now
> limited hunts allowed which seem primarily designed to determine the
> extent of the problem. If you are a biologist or herpetologist you'll
> likely be issued a limited license. Ordinary Florida Crackers will have
> a tougher time getting a hunting license... for now anyhow. I think the
> rules are likely to be considerably loosened in the future.
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