Burms spread the swine flu....

[RebelYell83]

if i read it properly,it said LIKE the swine flu,and never said burms spread it?,the only direct named disease linked with animal,was monkeypox,which oddly,,was true,i wish i could blow holes in that article,but,,,,,,

not saying the article is good for us,but they didnt falsy claim anything,it is common knowledge that wild animals can hold diseases when transported,do you think the ball pythons we got ch for 8 bucks from the person here,went through a very check and disease screen before being here and is still that cheap?..i'll get flamed for this,,,but oh well..i read what i read

[blackcrystal22]

There's no such thing as 'Swine Flu'.

[Chu'Wuti]

and watch out if you go to the Everglades--one of those "30,000" burms might get YOU! 30,000???? PUH-LEEZE! arrrghghg

[rebeccabecca]

My mom told me that the "swine" flue can be passed on to my dogs so she just has to have my Am.cockerspanial LOL.

[Oroborous]

Great!
This is just what our hobby needs right now.

[RebelYell83]

There's no such thing as 'Swine Flu'.

know whats kind of ironic,we had this monster disease in the us twice before,once in the 70's and once in the 80's and they said it could be spread by pigs,but if we had it before,why isnt there a vaccine?

[RebelYell83]

and watch out if you go to the Everglades--one of those "30,000" burms might get YOU! 30,000???? PUH-LEEZE! arrrghghg

breeding since the early 90's,a large female can lay 100 eggs,if 40 survive,say her first breeding was in 97,thats be,12 x 40,480 from one girl,i would imagine by now there is a couple thousand breeding females down there,i wouldnt say 30,000 is an unreasonably high estimate,it could actually be a low estimate to be honest.i know one person who goes down there for 10-12 hours and catches atleast 7-8,must re release them as being in the park though,but then a big name breeder who i know,has said hes been down there with fish and game and all thier scientific snake finding tools,and not found one.so the exact number is hard to tell........

[Mettle]

The article is full of flaws. South East Asia, swine flu, etc etc. It's just not making any sense. Then a picture of the snake?

Maybe if they were also smuggling human cargo...

What a load of bs. Great. Another angry email for me to write. This is getting old!

[RebelYell83]

if i read it right,theyy just used the swine as an example,,but to be honest,southest asia can be a hot bed of diseases,,i think this was bad timing on the article,,but i dont see lies in it

[hud556]

I cant believe they would come to this conclusion