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They get paid per verified kill: https://www.sfwmd.gov/our-work/python-program https://www.sfwmd.gov/our-work/python-program No idea how it actually works but
by kkielhofner 2y ago
They get paid per verified kill:
https://www.sfwmd.gov/our-work/python-program https://www.sfwmd.gov/our-work/python-program
No idea how it actually works but shooting them where they are has to be tough to verify.
- thfuran 2y agoIt has to be easier to get a dead python into your truck than a live one, right?
- beretguy 2y agoYeah, that makes total sense, but we are talking about Florida.
- xyst 2y agoYou assume you are able to kill a python in one shot. If you don’t get the “kill” shot, your prey runs off into the woods and now you spend time tracking its blood and steps. Then you ignore the noise factor which can scare off other pythons in the area.
- kortex 2y agoI have never tried to shoot a snake but I imagine their high aspect ratio makes getting a critical hit on them challenging, compared to just "yoinking" them. Garret Galvin @fishingarrett has made a name for himself yoinking all sorts of critters in the wild but in particular seems to be targeting invasive pythons in the Everglades. He's very entertaining if you like nature stuff, he's like Steve Irwin's spiritual successor.
- devoutsalsa 2y ago“Hey look, it’s a tokay gecko. Yoink! Can you tell me where to find that twenty footer?”
- munificent 2y agoOnce you bag a snake, they're pretty easy to move around. Getting them into a sack isn't as hard as you might imagine either. Obviously, it's going to be more difficult for a larger snake, but it's way easier than getting, say, a cat into a cat carrier.
- goostavos 2y agoI know nothing about snake hunting other than the 3 youtube videos I just watched (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5JB_bzQwtZ8 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5JB_bzQwtZ8), but this professional sure makes getting them into the sack is about as hard and dangerous as I would imagine. Seems like you're one slip up from getting a chunk of your body removed (like that dude in the youtube video's arm).
- chasd00 2y agoWrestling snakes is good for likes/subscribes. A .22 handgun is probably what is used when not filming.
- munificent 2y agoMost of the pythons they are bagging are much smaller than that, and YouTubers have an incentive to make bagging a snake look more thrilling than it usually is.
- themaninthedark 2y agoI don't know, I just get the cat to climb into the carrier on it's own. You have to make the carrier a mundane part of the cat's life. Leave it out randomly so the cat isn't associating it with unpleasantness, put snacks in it. Then it won't be an object that brings fear and anger.
- onlypassingthru 2y agoHow big is the head? Machete FTW.
- psalzzz 2y agoYou can't shoot them. You must kill them by the guidelines from FWC. You're not allowed to run around with guns and shoot at the animals.
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- turbonaut 2y agoParticularly with snakes… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoWikipedia says the snakes lay between 12-36 eggs, are capable of asexual reproduction when without a mate, and can reach over 2m in length within a year. Seems like a bunch of characteristics which would make farming them a straightforward affair. Less certain about the diet of feeding a clutch of snakes, but really seems like a business opportunity for the entrepreneur.
- grogenaut 2y agoI though the same but what's the pay for killing them and what's the cost of feeding them so they get that big?
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoI wonder why this has not been abused like with the cobra effect.
- markdown 2y agoIt's not hard to transport an esky of snake heads.