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The Economist recently did a piece on the efforts to contain the python. Seems like a losing battle: https://www.1843magazine.com/features/the-men-fighting-flo
by js2 8y ago
The Economist recently did a piece on the efforts to contain the python. Seems like a losing battle:
https://www.1843magazine.com/features/the-men-fighting-floridas-python-epidemic https://www.1843magazine.com/features/the-men-fighting-flori...
HN discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19178296 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19178296
Recently caught 17 foot python with 73 (!) eggs:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47851248 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47851248
- cma 8y agoDrones + machine vision seems like it could solve it.
- FartyMcFarter 8y ago> "But laying their hands on fast-moving, highly dangerous, camouflaged reptiles in a swamp that extends for thousands of square miles is about as easy as it sounds." Yeah, this doesn't sound super promising unless they find a very scalable solution :(