I watched it last night. It was probably one of the most ridiculous loads of crap I have ever watched. They talked about the possibility of different species hybridizing to produce "super snakes" and even suggested that pythons and cobras could hybridize!!! They mentioned that there are King Cobras in South Florida as well, even though their was only one instance of an escaped King being found in S. Florida. They of course showed the USGS map and even stated that "killer pythons" would be able to migrate and thrive all of the way up to New York City's Central Park and that the sewers and subways are ideal environments for them. There was of course alot of hype about pythons being a danger to the public, pets, wildlife, etc and what python propaganda piece would be complete without bringing up the Sumpeter Co. girl's death by the "deadly rampaging python that broke out of its cage to strangle her"?

Pretty much the only good parts of the show were toward the end when the one guy said that venomous and pythons could not possibly hybridize and when they mentioned Hurricane Andrew as a factor for the snake's release.

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• Contact info for the people on that show - Ravenspirit, Fri Jan 29 19:02:05 2010
• the quote about 40 degrees - Jonathan_Brady, Thu Jan 28 19:48:33 2010
• Bummer...np - jsschrei, Sat Jan 30 02:27:43 2010