Fuel to the fire!

Apparently there is a green mamba loose in florida. It bit a cable worker. So get ready to fight some new venomous laws.



http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward...1615.story

Sorry I should of posted this in the herp broadcast section.

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Originally Posted by Denial

Sorry I should of posted this in the herp broadcast section.

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Done. Now I have to go read the story!

No story?

here you go waltah sorry about the dead link

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/bro...,1431615.story

I just heard about it from the local reptile store. Goodbye to Hots now. Nobody made that big a deal about the Pygmy rattlers, but since everyone's on a roll now...

The story said Hollywood, not Florida... Either way, thats craptacular.

Edit: Hollywood Beach, Florida... gotcha.

I swear it seems like since hr 669 came about there has been an increase in people dumping these animals. I wish people would just turn them in. It was near an apartment building and that could of easily been a child.

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Originally Posted by Hulihzack

The story said Hollywood, not Florida... Either way, thats craptacular.

Edit: Hollywood Beach, Florida... gotcha.

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Hollywood, FL

Oh great..
Here we go with another fight to win for most venomous species of snakes if not maybe even all. I hope this won't get too out of hand like it did with the python ban..

Why don't they just ban people from florida. They're really what's causing all this, not the animals.

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Originally Posted by MuzeBallPythons

I just heard about it from the local reptile store. Goodbye to Hots now. Nobody made that big a deal about the Pygmy rattlers, but since everyone's on a roll now...

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Im not sure what happened with pygmy rattlers. But they probably didnt make to big a deal of that becuase I believe they are native to florida.

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Originally Posted by tbowman

Why don't they just ban people from florida. They're really what's causing all this, not the animals.

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Because that would actually fix some problems.

The situation for herpers in Florida is all kinds of ridonkulous. I'm glad that cable worker got prompt treatment for the bite, and I hope the experience doesn't cause him ill will towards reptiles.

Although, that is a beautiful mamba photo at the bottom of the article there :D

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warning residents that a "poisonous" snake was on the loose.

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I hate to say it but we might as well give up if the news cant even get it right! and if the news cant get it right nor will the uneducated people who will support the ban! :tears::mad:

sorry for the double post but in one paragraph it says poisonous and the other says venomous? wow!

Im finding it hard to believe he was bitten by a green mamba when the hospital released him after only an hour and one vial of av.

Personally I didn't think the article was all that bad, despite the poisonous/venomous mixups. At least they got some proper info on the snake itself and didn't drama up the article with those gushing descriptions I see sometimes. Kept things pretty straight forward.


But then I made the mistake of clicking on the comments.... ugh..... :mad: