The stomach of the python still surrounded the head, shoulders, and forelimbs of the alligator.
Skip Snow
We are concerned. They are competing with other animals for food, space, burrows, crevices and rocks.
food animals space
People pay as low as 0 per hatchling not realizing how big they grow. In just two to three years, these snakes can grow to be at least 9 feet, so it's a significant commitment
people commitment grow big
It's against the law, it's bad for the animal and for native wildlife. If you no longer want the animal, find an alternative
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I say apparently because the tail and hind limbs of the dead alligator were protruding from a hole in the mid-body of the dead python.
dead
They are pets or descendants of former pets. They don't occur naturally here.
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In their native land, pythons hang around wading bird rookeries. Our wading bird populations have declined because of insults we've done to their environment, and here we're throwing another insult at them. We're trying to restore their populations, but this could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
environment insults insult bird land
That raised a red flag: Do we have a problem? Have people released enough pythons that they're breeding here?
flag people problem red
It could be literally thousands. It could be a number I don't want to know. It could be scary.
scary
We can probably see control.
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