One of Florida's most lethal python hunters
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One of Florida's most lethal python hunters
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Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters
#2I wonder why they're not using thermal cameras. Snakes are ectothermic, but they still show up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOL0RocIUI0
Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters
#3how do we know that the Florida python bounty doesnt repeat the Cobra effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive
Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters
#4how do we know that the Florida python bounty doesnt repeat the Cobra effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive
I was thinking the same thing. However the article says they are only letting in select people and they are getting paid close to minimum wage.
I imagine it would not be worth the hassle of breeding and releasing pythons, and the character of the people they bring in to help is vetted as well.
Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters
#5I wonder why they're not using thermal cameras. Snakes are ectothermic, but they still show up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOL0RocIUI0
Agreed – it feels like sending drones out the levee access roads they mention with thermal cameras would be their best bet.
Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters
#6Introducing natural predators for pythons like the king cobra might be a more scalable solution. It’s very hard to shoot all the members of an invasive species.
Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters
#7how do we know that the Florida python bounty doesnt repeat the Cobra effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive
It’s an hourly wage and the pay isn’t high enough to cover costs of breeding pythons.
A python can weigh over 200lb. It takes a lot to support a snake that big and they monitor sizes to ensure the catch matches what you would expect from a wild population.
Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters
#8Introducing natural predators for pythons like the king cobra might be a more scalable solution. It’s very hard to shoot all the members of an invasive species.
I think i read somewhere that people in snake infested areas like to have cobras in their villages as cobras prey on smaller venomous snakes.
Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters
#9Introducing natural predators for pythons like the king cobra might be a more scalable solution. It’s very hard to shoot all the members of an invasive species.
“No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.“
Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters
#10Introducing natural predators for pythons like the king cobra might be a more scalable solution. It’s very hard to shoot all the members of an invasive species.
“No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.“
Soon we'll be trying to telegraph just how much of a cultural phenomenon this show was, and come off like Abe.