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RE: Regarding Burms in the Everglades...

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Posted by: brd at Thu Feb 21 13:01:16 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by brd ]  
   

On Aug. 24, 1992 Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida. To this date it is probably still the most powerful hurricane to ever hit the U.S. Homestead was wiped out and the surrounding areas were just demolished. There was a lot of pets that escaped from their homes and cages at that time. People were brought in to catch some of these but for some reason snakes were not high on the capture list. Lions, tigers, and other big harmful animals were tops on the list. The Everglades has an established colony of Burms for sure. I can say for sure there has been enough caught to reach a triple digit figure and I could be wrong but I believe it is more then 200 to date. Hatched eggs and unhatched eggs have been found. In my opinion they will never be able to get rid of the burms because the Everglades is the type of area where people just can't go. It's wooded, marshey, wet lands that is a huge area, we are talking a few hundred square miles. So I believe they are there and they will be there tomorrow. It's my opinion that most of them came from the hurricane. I don't believe people from all over drive down there just to release a snake. Blaming irresponsible pet owners is what the state is doing because it is what's easiest for them. They don't have to answer any questions about anything. All they have to do is point there finger and it's a done deal. Google Hurricane Andrew for more info. I live in Florida and they just changed the laws on several of the big snakes. Florida has the kind of climate where just about anything would live and thrive regardless of what it is. So in reality no one is going to be able to prove that a hurricane released all of this wild life especially since the state is blaming bad pet owners. It's kind of like when you were a kid and you would ask your parents "why", and they would say, "because I said so". In this case the state said something so that's the way it is. It's by no means fare but they have the "power". Here's a few links.



http://www.sptimes.com/2002/webspecials02/andrew/

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/08/23/hurricane.andrew/index.html

http://water.usgs.gov/nwsum/WSP2425/andrew.html



check out you tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TduvuKna_-o



Just my opinion.

Brian

   

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