Cant remember the name of it, they hunt the pythons and catch them, the 3 guys with licenses. Anyways, I guess most of them get put down. Seems they could store an awful lot of pythons in a small place until they could be adopted out and breeders could hold back for a while, then again I guess they make their money that way. Haven't put much thought in it yet, just saw the show for the first time, but I would think with usark and such they could build something, of course then you got food and such. IDK just thinkin out loud.
FLorida python show
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Its the same as dog and cat populations out there. People are just going to keep breeding and sell snakes. Even will all the ones that are for adoption. Its sad to see animals get put down for a reason like over breeding. Everyone likes a young snake but 8+ feet and they don't know what to do anymore and just let it out.
Are they using the snakes for anything after they put them down? I haven't seen the show.
Are they using the snakes for anything after they put them down? I haven't seen the show.
Shawn Heflick is the other of the 3 and is a good friend of mine as well. They do what they can to adopt out the snakes they catch, or put them towards research in some other way but there simply are not enough homes out there. They do research some though.... there was one they found once that was almost dead... chilled from winter and had a massive wounds from something that had just been chewing on it while it was unable to move. I know shawn took that one himself to see how it would heal and if it would even make a come back, as far as I know, it did. although it was kept in the lab so no saying if it would have been the same outcome if it was left out in the elements.
It is definitely a good show to be out there and we need more like it, just unfortunate that it's on a channel a lot of people don't get..... Even when i had cable I never had nat geo wild =/
It is definitely a good show to be out there and we need more like it, just unfortunate that it's on a channel a lot of people don't get..... Even when i had cable I never had nat geo wild =/
Yeah I just got cable again for the first time in a long time, its one of the few channels I watch. Well I wish them well.
It's a very interesting and educational show. They do a good job at giving factual information without trying to sway your opinion...
As mentioned, they do not simply put down the animals they capture. They take them in, nurse them to health and distribute the healthy ones wherever possible/practical.
They have verified that it is impossible for breeding populations to establish themselves anywhere except South Florida. They established a cut off point well below the middle of Florida that gets too cold for them to survive... and verified that other warm climates in the US (Texas, Arizona, etc) are too dry and lack other environmental qualities necessary for a healthy breeding population to establish.
As mentioned, they do not simply put down the animals they capture. They take them in, nurse them to health and distribute the healthy ones wherever possible/practical.
They have verified that it is impossible for breeding populations to establish themselves anywhere except South Florida. They established a cut off point well below the middle of Florida that gets too cold for them to survive... and verified that other warm climates in the US (Texas, Arizona, etc) are too dry and lack other environmental qualities necessary for a healthy breeding population to establish.