I remember when they were catching a few Texas puma to introduce to the everglades as geneticly the closest related species.The florda is now the texorda puma.It is no longer pure.Texas puma are a small breed around 100 pounds.I saw a dakota puma that was 265 pounds and it is a different animal,tho it looks the same.The fact that every place I collected snakes when I was a kid is now a houseing district and those genes are long gone bothers me.Change is at hand.The planet earth is a changing biome and will continue to do so.I know where there populations of non native animals that I will never tell the location of.People make to much out of this.Florida is a tropical sub tropical habitat that is changing from man more than any animal could ever do.We have wild snow monkeys in texas,the valley is full of parrots that migrated north after large forest fires in mexico.These are tourist attractions now exploited by man.There is no effort to distroy these animals.At one time there was a group that decided to rid us of the monkeys but they are now a state treasure illegal to harm.We have black buck, auadad fallow deer and many other hoofed stock wild in the state emus and pheasant as well.All are now animals of the state.The list of animals that spread out is amazeing all from man.Every city in texas now has a population of mediterainian geckos .The fact is the world changes and if an animal is doing well we should consider it as a viable population to be exploited for good.The burm is an example of a success story by darwin evolution.Norman stated that what the majority want is to develop the glades.How much true natural habitat is left in florida is there a place that has no introduced species.Norman was raised in florida,Tom calls it his home state .I would be willing to bet that it is not the same place that it was even 20 years ago.The pbs special Tom helped on about burms had the real answer.The burms are good for tourisum .I rambled a bit but I think this is what is called a slide of hand.Look over here while I work on my true agenda over there.For some reason the herp hobby is being attacked on all fronts and as well from behind.With all the hubub I can not help but think that we are not the true agenda just part of a master plan to control us and our lives.I may be wrong but we will see in a couple of more years when keeping a snake of any kind is a felony .This is truly scarieng me as I am sure that this is a diversion tactic .
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Archie Bottoms

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