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TOM_CRUTCHFIELD
at Thu Dec 31 07:01:03 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by TOM_CRUTCHFIELD ]
As far as how long they've been here I'm a 6th generation Floridian and have been field collecting since the early 60's and I NEVER saw a wild exotic snake [python] unil 2002 on hiway 29 just north of Alligator Alley. My snakehunting buddies included ALL the famous ones like Art Bass, Attila Beck, etc. This morning in fact Larry Robertson is coming over and we're hopefully going to take pics of some EDB'S living close to the house. He used to own Wonderland for Pets and we're repeating for fun today what we used to do 30 years ago. All exotic snakes I ever found until recently were in downtown Miami like near the old Pet Farm or near Tropifauna on 36th St. NONE of us to my knowledge ever found pythons living in the wild areas we used to frequent continually. If any were here they must have been well hidden because these guys were the BEST field collectors on the planet.... ----- Tom Crutchfield
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