Bill Nelson is our US Senator from here in Florida.

I emailed him and placed particular emphasis on not including boa constrictor on that list of 9 snakes.

Nelson refuses to budge. He says boa constrictor has an established population south of Miami.

Nelson also says that the reason they are banning the big 9 is not just because of their size; more specifically, it is because of the big 9's particular impact on the local ecosystem.

Nelson is fooling no one here. This isn't about the ecosystem. Nelson just doesn't like big snakes.