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...burms are cool.
I figured I'd contribute something more than debate so here are some pics. Hope you enjoy.
A burm in situ crossing the road in ENP. Photo by Jason Folt.
![](http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v134/63/44/77203249/n77203249_30896259_5604.jpg)
One of our former telemetered snakes that we needed to recapture in order to change the transmitters before the batteries died.
![](http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs055.snc3/14240_543649675303_77203249_32188895_7133633_n.jpg)
Python spotted from helicopter. See it?
![](http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs006.snc1/2821_533923396843_77203249_31778804_3263755_n.jpg)
From a different angle and cropped. See it now?
![](http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs006.snc1/2821_533923531573_77203249_31778831_987592_n.jpg)
When we landed and walked into the tree island we found it retreating down this hole:
![](http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs006.snc1/2821_533923436763_77203249_31778812_5984288_n.jpg)
But we got there just in time to capture/remove it...
![](http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs006.snc1/2821_533923451733_77203249_31778815_4972593_n.jpg)
Nesting python. In situ.
![](http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs032.snc1/4310_534733673043_77203249_31810701_4476807_n.jpg)
A better shot...
![](http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs032.snc1/4310_534733678033_77203249_31810702_4195588_n.jpg)
After shooting a scene catching pythons from the PBS/BBC shows...
![](http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2624/63/44/77203249/n77203249_31692048_6087743.jpg)
And here's a boa from the FL population. I think they're pretty nice looking.
![](http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v342/63/44/77203249/n77203249_31462631_7123.jpg)
And a younger one:
![](http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v342/63/44/77203249/n77203249_31462536_584.jpg)
Under a building on a tree island in the everglades...
![](http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v51/63/44/77203249/n77203249_30376897_601.jpg)
...we found this:
![](http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v51/63/44/77203249/n77203249_30376899_1381.jpg)
Python eggs:
![](http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v51/63/44/77203249/n77203249_30376903_2944.jpg)
And here's another non-burm, but a close relative (in situ, dead):
![](http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs378.snc3/24212_550200397603_77203249_32385633_1686292_n.jpg)
And after being extracted:
![](http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs438.ash1/24212_550200542313_77203249_32385643_6831434_n.jpg)
Would have been a nice-looking animal:
![](http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs438.ash1/24212_550200697003_77203249_32385650_5649369_n.jpg)
And another Python species. This one was found in Broward county, FL:
![](http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs378.snc3/24212_550200706983_77203249_32385652_7667718_n.jpg)
Anyway, hope you enjoyed the pics.
Mike
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Something we can all agree upon... - Mike_Rochford, Sat Mar 13 17:55:22 2010
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