NatGeo will be airing a disturbing show called Python wars on feb 9. check out some of the clips here http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4817/Overview#tab-Videos/07713_00
It's never a good thing when the sinister sounding hollywood "snake" noise is added to the audio track....
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" Python Wars" on NatGeo
albinorosy
Jan 27, 2010 10:06 AM
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kthulhu
Jan 27, 2010 12:59 PM
Ugh as soon as I saw them interview Reed, I knew there was no way this was going to be a fair representation of the situation in the glades. I love how they claim the burms are going to wipe out all of the native wildlife when I bet they will not even mention some of the other more damaging invasives down there like cats, nutria etc. And oh yea, lets not go into why many of the natives down there are threatened and endangered in the first play...because we build condos and malls on their habitats!!!
tcdrover
Jan 27, 2010 01:41 PM
Actually, the government subsidized sugar industry is one of the
main culprits in environmental damages to the everglades.
Marine toads were imported and let loose to combat pests, and the
fertilizer runoff has polluted most of the water.
It's not safe to eat freshwater fish no thanks to Uncle Sam and
his buddies that spend millions lobbying the government every
year on behalf of sugar companies.
One of the main concerns with pythons is the danger that they
might pose to the Florida panther food supply.
What they do not mention is that these are already extremely
endangered due to loss of habitat, the poisoning of their food
supply by fertilizer runoff, and a severely diminished gene pool.
