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Longest-ever documented Burmese python captured in South Florida (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Ginjutsu@lemmy.world to c/wtf@lemmy.world

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[–] dessimbelackis@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because it’s an invasive species decimating native wildlife

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just catch them all and put them on a plane back to Burma. What could go wrong?

[–] Meho_Nohome@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Snakes on a plane? I wonder what that would be like.

[–] flipht@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

This. It got that big by eating the wildlife that is supposed to be there.

These are people's escaped pets. Not only are they fucking up the ecosystem, they are cross breeding with other snakes and creating aggressive hybrids.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/snakes-florida-hybrid-pythons-super-breed-threat-danger

This will only get worse as the average temperature increases.