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Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters

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Post by throwup238 »

dmonitor wrote: post #19

So when can we start writing articles glazing the US's most lethal cat hunters? They're an invasive species in most states and kill billions of native birds every year.

When you find enough suicidal people to establish “cat hunter” as a profession and they survive long enough to make it a competition.

Every cat lover with a gun would be out hunting them back.

Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters

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Post by dylan604 »

ksymph wrote: post #17
bbor wrote: post #14

Great article! That said, the Everglades and its web of life as we know it have existed for five thousand years. In the comparative blink of an eye, that intricate system has been upended. ...that doesn't sound so bad, when you put it like that. This is part of a bigger philosophical stance of mine: maybe the best course of action isn't "preserve nature exactly as we found it forever"? I definitely see the utility in…

A single shot is unlikely to kill, and in these areas a snake can very quickly disappear into water or foliage. I doubt drones or night vision would help much for similar reasons - the issue lies as much in being able to reach the snakes as it does in being able to locate them. The Everglades are incredibly thick, a snake will easily outpace and hide from a human outside of roads. It does seem like there should be a…

> A single shot is unlikely to kill

That's why they make guns that can load more than one bullet at a time. Also, maybe use a higher caliber bullet. Lot's of asinine pro-gun enthusiastic responses available for Florida man to retort with.

Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters

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Post by MOARDONGZPLZ »

dmonitor wrote: post #19

So when can we start writing articles glazing the US's most lethal cat hunters? They're an invasive species in most states and kill billions of native birds every year.

Well first, I think there would need to be cat hunters. I don’t think there are.

Second, we’ve decided as a society that a particular set of animals are ones we love and protect. Dogs, cats, horses, etc. So it’s very unlikely any hunter of this class of animal would be palatable to our society. Maybe in another country where they don’t view this class of animal in the same way.

Third, I am totally in agreement that cats kill so many birds every year. We keep our cat indoors for this reason.

Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters

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Post by Mistletoe »

t-3 wrote: post #18
bbor wrote: post #14

Great article! That said, the Everglades and its web of life as we know it have existed for five thousand years. In the comparative blink of an eye, that intricate system has been upended. ...that doesn't sound so bad, when you put it like that. This is part of a bigger philosophical stance of mine: maybe the best course of action isn't "preserve nature exactly as we found it forever"? I definitely see the utility in…

> "preserve nature exactly as we found it forever" It's not even "as we found it", it's "as it was at a certain arbitrary point in time". I've seen zero proposals to eliminate earthworms, honeybees, or dandelions from the Americas.

I'm fine with removing dandelions but good luck.

Re: One of Florida's most lethal python hunters

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Post by ceejayoz »

gacklecackle wrote: post #26
spacebanana7 wrote: post #6

Introducing 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.

You know what happened regarding cats as rabbit hunters in Australia?

Cane toads, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia
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