>>Hmmmm, seems to me you are not following the simple logic. Your lionfish analogy is flawed. The pythons are not wiping out other snakes, they are TAKING THE PLACE of animals that WE HUMANS wiped out. The indigo snake example that Upscale used is excellent. Or are you going to claim, without evidence, that humans wiping out species like indigo snakes and other top predators don't have any effect on the ecosystem???

Jeez, you really do seem to be obsessed with accusing people of making claims they haven't made...

Let's see...pythons are predators invading the Everglades. Lionfish are predators invading the Caribbean and Atlantic seaboard. Pythons were probably released in part because of hurricane damage. Lionfish were probably released in part because of hurricane damage. Pythons eat the native animals. Lionfish eat the native animals. Large predators have been removed from the Everglades. Large predators have been removed from the Caribbean.

No, you're absolutely right. There's no parallel at all. Really....LOL!
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (TBA)
0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (TBA)
2.7 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

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