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This problem looks like could be solved with specialty drones.
by ReptileMan 8y ago
This problem looks like could be solved with specialty drones.
- tyingq 8y agoDropping poison? A python is a pretty big thing to kill some other way with a drone.
- brownbat 8y agoWith some duct tape and a machete, you could try to hack together some python to make a drone that tries to hack pythons.
- ReptileMan 8y agoI 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.
- tyingq 8y agoHeh. I'm curious why there isn't some kind of mechanical trap that works well enough. 12 hours to hunt and catch one snake seems hard.
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- platform 8y agoDrones with infra-red are already used for using infra-red identification (not bombing the animal, that would be horrible). But perhaps more tech could help too. I think the problem too, is incentives. Everglades is a dangerous place... But sponsored hunts pay little " Hunters earn $8.10 per hour for up to eight hours daily, $50 bonus for each python measuring up to four feet (plus an extra $25 for each additional foot), and $200 for each eliminated python nest with eggs. " https://woodburyoutfitters.com/the-trailblazer/using-drones-to-hunt-pythons-in-florida/ https://woodburyoutfitters.com/the-trailblazer/using-drones-... Finding nests is very hard... Basically one needs to add a tracker to the animal to see where they go. In general invasive species that kill native species is a problem all over the world... There should be a well thought out and, most importantly replicatable, corruption-free process how to deal with it (as well as other man-made natural catastrophes).