1,000? Are you serious? Everglades National Park consists of 1.5 million acres of land. Are you saying there is only one python for every 1,500 acres? Anyone who has herped on the ONE road going through the park knows that pythons are pretty easy to find. The guy who says he's never seen one on the Tamiami Trail (the park's northern boundary) must be driving with his eyes closed if he drives it regularly and has never seen a python. Pythons make most of their large movements in the warmer months when they are primarily nocturnal. That's why people don't see many of them. They're easy to find in the colder months but they don't make as many large moves during that time. You have to know where to find them. I don't even drive Tamiami very often and I've seen several on that road. Joe Wasilewski even took a film crew out there recently and caught one while they were with him. Pythons are extremely cryptic when they're out in the glades. I've been standing on them before without being able to see them.



Mike

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