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That Python in the Pet Store May Have Been Snatched from the Wild

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Re: That Python in the Pet Store May Have Been Snatched from the Wild

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from Indonesia import green_python

Here in Florida, we have the opposite problem. The pets were released into the wild... Now in Florida, the pythons import you.

Classic global variable problem.

Re: That Python in the Pet Store May Have Been Snatched from the Wild

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from Indonesia import green_python

Here in Florida, we have the opposite problem. The pets were released into the wild... Now in Florida, the pythons import you.

This reminded me of the Cobra effect[1] where in an episode of the Simpsons[2] they introduce snakes to population control, but this causes cascading effects in the ecosystem.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_the_Mother

Re: That Python in the Pet Store May Have Been Snatched from the Wild

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here in Florida, we have the opposite problem. The pets were released into the wild... Now in Florida, the pythons import you.

This reminded me of the Cobra effect[1] where in an episode of the Simpsons[2] they introduce snakes to population control, but this causes cascading effects in the ecosystem. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_the_Mother

Here is a link to the video clip:

https://youtu.be/f8jlwEPCI5A

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