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There are no snakes where I live, and I'm extremely uncomfortable just thinking about the possibility of one entering your home or seeing one.
Imagine cleaning your garage and finding a snake curled up behind some stuff, the state of terror I would be in is out of this world.
This problem looks like could be solved with specialty drones.
Dropping poison? A python is a pretty big thing to kill some other way with a drone.
Also drone != flying. Something terrestrial could do the job. You could also sell it to DoD to repurpose it for jungle warfare.
There is a simple natural permanent solution for this problem, just introduce an Apex predator - the majestic Jaguar. Jaguars used to inhabit the southern parts of North America - they seldom attack humans but they will happily eat snakes and alligators. They could restore health to the ecosystem, also make it more interesting, thus also benefiting the tourist industry.
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Dropping poison? A python is a pretty big thing to kill some other way with a drone.
I was thinking more mechanical means. Something that just thrawls and chops pythons. Also drone != flying. Something terrestrial could do the job. You could also sell it to DoD to repurpose it for jungle warfare.
To you that live in parts of the world that have snakes, do they affect you in any way? There are no snakes where I live, and I'm extremely uncomfortable just thinking about the possibility of one entering your home or seeing one. Imagine cleaning your garage and finding a snake curled up behind some stuff, the state of terror I would be in is out of this world.
in the US the main snake everyone gets warned about is the coral snake, which has a distinctive pattern and is very poisonous.
To you that live in parts of the world that have snakes, do they affect you in any way? There are no snakes where I live, and I'm extremely uncomfortable just thinking about the possibility of one entering your home or seeing one. Imagine cleaning your garage and finding a snake curled up behind some stuff, the state of terror I would be in is out of this world.
Growing up I was always told "Snakes are more afraid of you then you are of them" and "Snakes are only hostile if you provoke them."
You hear stories from time to time about people's dogs being attacked by snakes but never really a concern. I've had lizards wander into my house (occasionally on the larger side - a few years ago I heard rustling in my kitchen found a Lizard that was about 20cm - picked it up with a beach towel and released it outside) but thankfully never any snakes.
Poisonous spiders are more of a concern for me then snakes, especially Redback's. I've found these in my house multiple times.
http://web.archive.org/web/20180830211800/https://floridapyt...
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Unfortunately, it looks like their carcasses are toxic. So food cycling them won't work.
https://www.outsideonline.com/1794941/florida-officals-dont-...
Anyone know how to cost-effectively bioremediate mercury laden materials?
There is a simple natural permanent solution for this problem, just introduce an Apex predator - the majestic Jaguar. Jaguars used to inhabit the southern parts of North America - they seldom attack humans but they will happily eat snakes and alligators. They could restore health to the ecosystem, also make it more interesting, thus also benefiting the tourist industry.