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breeding people raised red released
That raised a red flag: Do we have a problem? Have people released enough pythons that they're breeding here?
commitment grow low pay people per realizing snakes three
People pay as low as $20 per hatchling not realizing how big they grow. In just two to three years, these snakes can grow to be at least 9 feet, so it's a significant commitment
literally number
It could be literally thousands. It could be a number I don't want to know. It could be scary.
former naturally occur pets
They are pets or descendants of former pets. They don't occur naturally here.
python stomach surrounded
The stomach of the python still surrounded the head, shoulders, and forelimbs of the alligator.
alligator apparently dead hole limbs tail
I say apparently because the tail and hind limbs of the dead alligator were protruding from a hole in the mid-body of the dead python.
hunt known
They aren't known to hunt people, but they are known to kill people.
anyone feet seven snake
By the end of the year, they're seven feet long. By the end of two years, they're 10 feet long. And that's more snake than anyone can handle.
bird breaks declined hang insults native restore straw throwing trying
In their native land, pythons hang around wading bird rookeries. Our wading bird populations have declined because of insults we've done to their environment, and here we're throwing another insult at them. We're trying to restore their populations, but this could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
animals competing
We are concerned. They are competing with other animals for food, space, burrows, crevices and rocks.