The term that he used was "baseless" which I believe is correct. I live in south Florida and to my knowledge , there have been 0 attacks from a non captive python on people in Florida ever, so baseless is accurate. I have two small children and their risk of being hit by lightning, stung by an insect, bitten by a stray dog, bitten by a raccoon, bitten by a shark or even hit by a falling coconut is much greater than being attacked by a wild python.I also am against non native invasives, but feral cats, coyotes, Bufo Toads are doing much more damage to our local eco systems than Pythons. Nelson is just a consumate politician grandstanding for what he deems an easy victory.

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• FL - JYohe, Fri Jan 18 14:09:05 2013
• RE: FL - Steve_Markevich, Fri Jan 18 19:10:35 2013
• RE: FL - Buzzardball, Fri Jan 18 21:29:44 2013
• "senseless fear"??? - geckoejon, Sat Jan 19 08:51:56 2013
• RE: "senseless fear"??? - Daleporcher, Sat Jan 19 10:22:14 2013
• RE: "senseless fear"??? - geckoejon, Sat Jan 19 11:29:01 2013
• expanding... - geckoejon, Sat Jan 19 11:44:49 2013
• RE: expanding... - ghireptiles, Sat Jan 19 21:26:29 2013
• RE: expanding...or fear-mongering? - Steve_Markevich, Sat Jan 19 21:54:37 2013
• Nobody drives to the everglades... - ghireptiles, Sat Jan 19 21:20:11 2013
• RE: Nobody drives to the everglades... - geckoejon, Mon Jan 21 05:08:00 2013
• RE: Nobody drives to the everglades... - Buzzardball, Mon Jan 21 07:35:49 2013
• RE: Nobody drives to the everglades... - joshhutto, Tue Jan 22 09:39:28 2013
• He's so full of crap it's amazing - ghireptiles, Sat Jan 19 21:20:38 2013
• RE: FL - LibertyReptiles, Sun Jan 20 12:13:56 2013