My son in law says the water management guys turn these up all the
time.
I wouldn't ddoubt it, but is their populace getting thicker?
Yes and they are moving out of the everglades. They will be seeing
them in Orlando pretty soon from what I hear. They are already popping
up around Lake O and once they find the Kissmimee River ... off they
go.
We had one over Near Waynes place a number of years ago so they are
far from rare but lately they have just exploded. If I see one around
here I will kill lt for sure. Then I will experiment with tanning
again. My gator hide didn't work out that well but I was using a snake
recipe
You'd best watch your butt. It sounds like these guys are migrating. There're laws about killin' and
tannin' the hides of migratory species. Besides, maybe these things will take a likin' to geese.
This is not encouraging, unless one really despises the current administration and these things like
rose gardens:
"One alarming study by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2008 predicted the pythons could find suitable
climate in about a third of the United States, as far north as Washington, D.C."
I bet they can survive up in the tide water areas of Va and the
Delmarva. If they can find warm water year round they could even go
farther north. It would be another good myth to start about the New
York sewers ;-)
Besides the white pot? Either way, wait till the greenies start ordering
water warming stations up north for them they way the do the swimming
slugs in Fla...