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http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/05/16/giant-python-florida.html

haha what a nice looking burm in the picture not!! pity even discovery channel cant even get the info right!!!

I wish we (those of us that could actually give TRUE facts) reply to these crazy and often stupid "scientists". The sensationalism that they provide is so unfounded it's rediculous. Considering how fast the burmese python can swim, I expect to see breeding populations of them in my area of Port Charlotte, florida within the next month (and that's if they take their time to swim the 100 miles north), and southern Georgia by the end of the summer. WATCH OUT NORTH AMERICA, THE BURMESE ARE COMMING FOR YOUR CHILDREN!!!!!
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Josh & Krysty Hutto
J&K Reptiles

Various Ball Pythons, boas, dogs, cats, fish, an amel tiger retic female, a couple sulcatas and a few other odds and ends.

a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrier as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!

I'm looking forward to herping in the Everglades and Keys next month. I'll let you know if I see hoards of Burmese coming out of the swamp and slithering up I-95 toward GA, the Carolinas, and VA, HA!

Great! Another rocket scientist - turned snake expert.

Boneheaded science at it's finest.

The only kind of white coat these scientists deserve to wear is the one with long sleeves that fasten in the back.

HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

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I'm sorry but the burms would not and could not ever live in Ga. Not even south Ga.
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Education is Everything.......

Well I have "heard" of all the ones that they are catching and "getting rid of" but I haven't seen any on my trips (although it has only been 2 LOL) I know that the rules say that you aren't allowed to take anything especially animals from the state park ,and have been told this even applies to the ones that aren't supposed to be there in the first place,but let me tell you what.The next time I am driving through there (should be in the next couple of weeks) and I see a Burm ANYWHERE in there and looks even half way handle-able(?) it is going in the car with me and coming home.I will tell a STRAIGHT FACED lie to anyone who questions me about finding one whether they are a scared stiff bystander or approach me wearing a badge.They are constantly in the papers and on the news down here about how they are getting out of hand and they want them eradicated from the park but won't let you take one alive,they are however paying small bounties for people who bring in dead ones if they can accurately document where it was caught in the park.Well I say they can't have it both ways....and 30,000 living in the glades?? Are they kidding? I don't honestly think there are that many in the wild in Asia where they are from are there? Where do they come up with these numbers??
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0.1.0 Burmese Python 12'
1.0.0 Burmese Python 5.5'
1.0.0 Granite Burmese Python 5.5'
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1.0.0 Reticulated Python 7.5'
1.0.0 BCI 7.5'
0.1.0 BCI 5'