Even if this was an actual military experiment which is plausible because it has "project X" written all over it. My trouble with buying this whole thing is that burmese pythons cannot handle cold temperatures or dry air both of which occur here even in the everglades in the winter time. Temperatures even in the everglades do occasionally drop below freezing and in spite of what the tourists may tell you about fl. humidity it does get rather dry in the winter and in fact where I live in North central fl it is relatively dry year round. Not exactly conducive to burmese pythons spreading north. In fact the temps for yesterday and today right here would stop a burm dead in it's tracks Right now the outside temp is at 32f yesterdays high was 56f for Orlando and although I didn't actually check I can tell you it didn't get that warm at my house (I would estimate about 52f to 54f here.) And it will once again be only in the mid to upper 50's today as well. In fact I'll make you an offer do you have a Burmese python you want to kill??? Bring it to my house next winter and keep it in an outdoor cage. I will garauntee you it will die before the end of winter. It is going to take a lot of "Global warming " before burms can even breed and live in south fl. (something I totally think is a load of crap.)much less spread north. As for the everglades pop. of burms. I think they are a combination of snakes dumped by their owners not only from here but from states in the northeast that have laws against keeping burms but are in close proximity to states who do not have such laws. Once the snake you bought in pottstown is too big to hide in your NYC apartment... well...it's time for a trip to uncle joe's condo in boca and side trip to the glades. People may think I am crazy for that but burms were not really on the radar for being out there until coincidentally several states in the northeast with N.Y. in particular passed such laws. Before that it was only an occasional find of a burm and all you really heard about was Iguanas, brown basilsks and a few other species that were turned loose or escaped from importers. btw on a final note of all this if burms a going to move north how come iguanas have not they are much more cold tolerant than burms(first hand experience I keep mine outdoors just about year round with supplemental heat.) and they get turned loose or escape in much greater numbers.

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