Exotic pet guy

Not sure what city, but somewhere in the US is a man who likes to walk around town with a giant 20 foot snake on a leash. At least it's not a ferret...

WTF? Guy 'Walks' Snake

Largest python on record found in Florida

A 17.5 foot python, the largest one on record in Florida, was captured in the Florida Everglades this week. It  had 87 eggs in it ready to be born. Mostly peoples' discarded pets, the reptiles are not native to Florida, but have flourished there. Scientists originally predicted the freezing winter of 2010 would eradicate the snakes. Obviously, they were wrong. The pythons have eaten most of the fox, bobcats, and opossums in the Everglades. Way to go Exotic Pet Guy...
Monster Python With 87 Eggs Found in Everglades

They're back

It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. Three foot long Ghambian rats, previously believed to have been exterminated in 2003, are being spotted again in Florida. The rats began multiplying after a breeder from Key West released 6 or 7 of them into the wild in 2000. Seemed like a good idea at the time...

"We thought we had them whipped as of 2009," Scott FWC's exotic species coordinator. "In the early part of 2011, a resident e-mailed me and said he saw one of the rats. We were skeptical but went back and talked to people and [saw] there were rats that we missed."

Hardin says they've caught 20 since then through peanut butter and cantaloupe-laced traps in Grassy Key residents' backyards, reports KeyNet.

The rats rapidly destroy crops, could contain the monkey pox virus, and do bite, according to scientists. However, there is no reason to be alarmed, as the rats will most likely be eaten by the non-native Burmese Pythons living in the Everglades (who were released by their owners).

Gambian Pouch Rats Population Rises Again In Florida Keys


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Snakes on a car

"We was drivin to get some moonshine before the big NASCAR race and all of a sudden the snake appeared out of nowhere. We almost got into a wreck! After I choked on my Newport 100s, I was fixin to go get my shotgun..."

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Steel City Snake

Wow. This is why you read this blog. Check out the size of the water snake (pictured below) Lackawanna Police encountered today at Smokes Creek in the Crack City while looking for an abandoned car. They couldn't find the car and determined that the snake probably ate it whole...



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Exotic pet guy

Here's a story from Milwaukee about a man bitten by one of the 36 snakes he had living in his house...

Monday night, St. Francis police seized dozens of reptiles from the home in St. Francis this 22-year-old shares with his grandparents. He had a total of 36 snakes in various containers in his bedroom. Sixteen of them were venomous.

It's hard to believe. This guy doesn't look anything like the type of guy you would expect to have 36 snakes crawling around his grandparents' home...

Snake Bite Victim: "I Love Those Snakes." | Newsradio 620 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Talk, S

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Florida snakes multiplying

Scientists predicted an extremely cold winter would kill off all the non-native Burmese pythons that have made the Florida Everglades their new home thanks to exotic pet guy. Oops. From the Sun-Sentinel...

Record freezes and a fearsome drought have failed to kill off the Burmese pythons that have colonized the Everglades Six of the non-native, constricting snakes were found last week in sections of the Everglades in which they had not turned up before, including an area north of Alligator Alley. This further dashed hopes by scientists that the past winter's cold weather could kill off the snakes, which are native to the warmer climate of southern Asia.

First the Florida pythons, then the New York City alligators under the sewers. What's next? If scientists really want to get rid of the snakes, forget St. Patrick or the pied piper. They need to contact this guy immediately...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-python-everglades-notdead-20110326,0,1761461.story

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