"Python Wars" on National Geographic

[ER12]

Did anyone catch this?

They talked about how all of the irresponsible pet owners were driving down one main park road to release their burms. They never even once cited the occurrence of Hurricane Andrew. At least MonsterQuest did that. NatGeo placed all of the blame on keepers and pet owners for the python's introduction even despite the complete lack of evidence for this. They showed Rodda's USGS map, saying pythons could spread from San Francisco to Washington D.C. There was an interesting bit with a controlled experiment on hatchling burms in a USGS lab to see whether they can "survive" in salt and brackish water for extended periods of time, as a way to see whether the burms could swim out and survive among the FL Keys. One of the USGS "scientists" even said "we know so little about them that we are not even sure if they drink". They were also showing setting out baited traps in the Everglades to try to catch the pythons. It is funny how they speculated that there were 10's of thousands in the everglades, but all they caught were rats, toads, a cottonmouth, and ONE python. :lol:

They had a part with the burms in the outdoor enclosure in SC, and when fall/winter came around, they were showing the pythons climbing up to the tops of the trees in the pen and I quote from the show "Are they attempting to thermoregulate, or ARE THEY ADAPTING?" they even said that the pythons can survive freezing temperatures "just fine". Obviously, Florida's recent freeze was "conveniently" left out. I Wonder why. They also bought up the Burm/Afrock hybridizing but again conveniently left out the fact that the offspring would likely be sterile.

There was really only a 5 second blurb about us being "upset about the legislation". That was it. It was really nothing more than a pathetic half hearted attempt at trying to make their program look "fair and balanced". The show was pretty much what I expected it to be: complete Burm crap.

[Rogerbean101]

Did anyone catch this?

They talked about how all of the irresponsible pet owners were driving down one main park road to release their burms. They never even once cited the occurrence of Hurricane Andrew. At least MonsterQuest did that. NatGeo placed all of the blame on keepers and pet owners for the python's introduction even despite the complete lack of evidence for this. They showed Rodda's USGS map, saying pythons could spread from San Francisco to Washington D.C. There was an interesting bit with a controlled experiment on hatchling burms in a USGS lab to see whether they can "survive" in salt and brackish water for extended periods of time, as a way to see whether the burms could swim out and survive among the FL Keys. One of the USGS "scientists" even said "we know so little about them that we are not even sure if they drink". They were also showing setting out baited traps in the Everglades to try to catch the pythons. It is funny how they speculated that there were 10's of thousands in the everglades, but all they caught were rats, toads, a cottonmouth, and ONE python. :lol:

They had a part with the burms in the outdoor enclosure in SC, and when fall/winter came around, they were showing the pythons climbing up to the tops of the trees in the pen and I quote from the show "Are they attempting to thermoregulate, or ARE THEY ADAPTING?" they even said that the pythons can survive freezing temperatures "just fine". Obviously, Florida's recent freeze was "conveniently" left out. I Wonder why. They also bought up the Burm/Afrock hybridizing but again conveniently left out the fact that the offspring would likely be sterile.

There was really only a 5 second blurb about us being "upset about the legislation". That was it. It was really nothing more than a pathetic half hearted attempt at trying to make their program look "fair and balanced". The show was pretty much what I expected it to be: complete Burm crap.

i seen da commercial yesterday! its airing tonight at 10 looking forward to seeing it lol

[Oroborous]

It's a load of crap...I can't even watch it, makes me so angry...

[jsschrei]

I only saw the last 20 minutes (I seem to only be able to catch the last 20 minutes of these aweful shows). What I saw was very disheartening. Again very one sided, played up the USGS report and, like mentioned above, only a short sentence about breeders and owners being upset, and that sentence was basically cut off to go to commercial.

I hate the media.

[2kdime]

Isnt this a re-run?

I knew it would be bad from the get go just by the title of it.

ergo I didnt watch a single minute of it.

No need in upping the ratings of a station if they're broadcasting crap

[Animals As Leaders]

Isnt this a re-run?

I knew it would be bad from the get go just by the title of it.

ergo I didnt watch a single minute of it.

No need in upping the ratings of a station if they're broadcasting crap

true...

I just hated how they made them out to seem like monsters...Of course everyone is going to want to ban them when they are made out to be monsters!! Not for anything though, I'm sure there are a lot of irresponsible pet owners are letting them go and is one of the main reasons why there are so many. I personally think it IS way too easy to acquire these animals, and aren't an animal that should just be given to anyone. I think lisences and other things should have to be implemented in order to keep these GIANT species. First I don't think its fair to the animal to just be released in an unknown environment just because the stupid keeper realized the size issue AFTER the fact, and second I don't think its fair that people have to live in fear of these snakes running ramped in there town. I'm not saying these animals should be illegal, but I do think there needs to be some kind of regulation...Once you get the license there should be that a yearly check up of the animal to make sure it is still in your possession, and that you didn't dump it or ILLEGALY sell it to someone without a proper license. Thats my two cents on that...