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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Ginjutsu@lemmy.world to c/wtf@lemmy.world
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[-] BitingChaos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That would be my first reaction, as well. When a giant reptile lunges at me, I would totally grab it and start wrasslin' with it.

[-] realz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Ginjutsu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] FizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Imagine if your spine just kept growing...

[-] rix141@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It almost looked like two friends having fun

[-] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

Why did they kill it? Fuck people.

[-] dessimbelackis@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Because it’s an invasive species decimating native wildlife

[-] flipht@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

This. It got that big by eating the wildlife that is supposed to be there.

These are people's escaped pets. Not only are they fucking up the ecosystem, they are cross breeding with other snakes and creating aggressive hybrids.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/snakes-florida-hybrid-pythons-super-breed-threat-danger

This will only get worse as the average temperature increases.

[-] Ginjutsu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Burmese pythons are highly invasive to Floridian ecosystems. Back in the day, a lot of idiots would purchase them as pets without realizing how big they would get. Instead of handling it responsibly, the owners would let the pythons out into the wild when they grew too big. It sucks, but taking them out is the only reasonable way to deal with such an issue. Similar situation with wild boars, except those guys are tasty.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Instead of handling it responsibly, the owners would let the pythons out into the wild

Should have flushed it.

[-] Ginjutsu@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

it's all fun and games until it comes back...

this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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