catching and keeping burmese in south florida?

[Denial]

Good luck finding them. The cold front killed off most of them. The media hype is far different then reality

[chasingtime]

Good luck finding them. The cold front killed off most of them. The media hype is far different then reality

is there documentation confirming this?

[apple2]

Burmese pythons CANNOT survive in cold temperatures. The Everglades got down to the low 40s recently. Most of the burms therefore must have died in the cold front. Although all of them likely didn't, logic has it that a majority did.

Proof:


GIVEN

t=Low Temperature for the year
b=# of burms in everglades
e=time temperatures were at t
t=38ºF
b=~4000
e=10 days

4000/{t[e(1/300)]}

According to this, 3158 pythons died during the cold front. Therefore only 842 pythons are alive in the Everglades.

The number of pythons is AN ESTIMATE. It may or may not be exactly correct.

[chasingtime]

Burmese pythons CANNOT survive in cold temperatures. The Everglades got down to the low 40s recently. Most of the burms therefore must have died in the cold front. Although all of them likely didn't, logic has it that a majority did.

Proof:


GIVEN

t=Low Temperature for the year
b=# of burms in everglades
e=time temperatures were at t
t=38ºF
b=~4000
e=10 days

4000/{t[e(1/300)]}

According to this, 3158 pythons died during the cold front. Therefore only 842 pythons are alive in the Everglades.

The number of pythons is AN ESTIMATE. It may or may not be exactly correct.

lol

[Denial]

is there documentation confirming this?

Is there actual proof of there "ever" being hundreds of thousands there to begin with?

[chasingtime]

Is there actual proof of there "ever" being hundreds of thousands there to begin with?

i dont know jeepers, i just want to see "one" in the wild. lol. am i asking so much? hehehe. btw south florida did not experience the cold snap like central florida did and all reptiles fared very well down there point is theyll never establish above south florida and take over the southern us like the scare mongers would have us believe.

[chasingtime]

Is there actual proof of there "ever" being hundreds of thousands there to begin with?

read the title of my post. i clearly stated "south florida"

Usark doubts that Burmese pythons can
become established and persist beyond the "southern
portion" of the Florida peninsula.

that was from usark themselves and all based on the cold snap you speak of

last paragraph http://www.usark.org/uploads/PythonColdTempfulltext.pdf

[Denial]

But the point you may be missing is ...Were there ever really hundreds of thousands there to begin with? It seems now everyone is having trouble finding them. Even the ones looking that are apart of our hobby.

[zeion97]

I don't think it's legal to acquire a burm as a pet in Florida regardless if you buy it or catch it...pretty sure it's been that way for a while now. Don't think you can go collecting them in the wild for any reason without a state issued permit. Probably best to just bury this idea.

X3

This should never have been posted as the such. If I'm right they're are only 15 people who have permits to go "burm hunting" if You were asking about applying for a.permit and helping in the "removal" it would be different.. I'll be honest, Ans try not to be.mean, you seem as though you want say a challenge? Something harder then normal. But hey that's my guess... right now though when we have enough drama going ob in the reptile world... its best to think about the community as a whole, and not oneself.

Total fail, it went from 7 replies to 28...

[chasingtime]

But the point you may be missing is ...Were there ever really hundreds of thousands there to begin with? It seems now everyone is having trouble finding them. Even the ones looking that are apart of our hobby.

just quoting usark and you dont need hundreds of thousands to see some. not sure where the hundreds of thousands number popped in this discussion anyway...