According to Wikipedia, the Burmese python averages about twelve feet at adulthood, but can approach twenty feet in length. The reticulated python can be twenty eight feet long, and have been seen far out to sea. Pythons can eat a whole deer, and have been known to attack humans. So, is a Florida kayaker safer on land or on water? And if they can survive and multiply in south Florida, how do you suppose they will like Los Angeles and San Diego? -- Bradford R. Crain Quoting Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>: > Florida is overrun with pythons that were apparently released from a > facility that was doing experiements on them near Homestead, FL before a > hurricane came through and all the snakes were released into the wild. > Augmented by, apparently, people who seem enamored enough of these snakes to > have kept them as pets but then released them. > > Now everyone is scared that cobras, which are also highly sought-after by > certain individuals, may get loose and create an even more serious problem. > > It just gets better and better...... > > Craig Jungers > Moses Lake, WA > www.nwkayaking.net and www.bigboxbikes.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 19 2011 - 19:44:00 PDT
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