this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

This. It got that big by eating the wildlife that is supposed to be there.

These are people's escaped pets. Not only are they fucking up the ecosystem, they are cross breeding with other snakes and creating aggressive hybrids.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/snakes-florida-hybrid-pythons-super-breed-threat-danger

This will only get worse as the average temperature increases.