April 13, 2006

CAN'T YOU GET THEM TO EAT CATS?:

Fla.'s Newest Problem: Burmese Pythons (ANDREA FANTA, 4/12/06, Associated Press)

Florida's newest problem is roughly the circumference of a telephone pole. It has no toes. It snacks on rabbits. It's the Burmese python. And in South Florida, the problem is growing in number and in feet.

"Last year, we caught 95 pythons," said Skip Snow, a biologist with Florida Everglades National Park. That's not counting the 13-footer that exploded after trying to eat an alligator, or two others that got loose and ate a Siamese cat and a turkey.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 13, 2006 5:15 PM
Comments

Shouldn't we solve the yappy dog problem first?

Posted by: David Cohen at April 13, 2006 5:37 PM

Don't let the best be the enemy of the good.

Posted by: oj at April 13, 2006 5:48 PM

That's not counting the 13-footer that exploded after trying to eat an alligator.

Don't you just hate it when that happens?

Posted by: Peter B at April 13, 2006 7:19 PM

"yappy dog"

Techinical term is "doglet".

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at April 13, 2006 8:11 PM
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