Burmese Pythons by Daniel Shepard Burmese pythons are negatively impacting Florida’s everglades. Andrew Ng senator Bill nelson brought a 16 foot Burmese pythons snakeskin to a meeting. Burmese pythons are just trying to find a new place to live so you do not need to kill them.…
Also, page 44 paragraph 2 it states, “the pythons unique hinged jaws allow it to swallow an object five times as wide as its own head.” These giant pythons can demolish almost anything. The bigger the snake the bigger the meal. Secondly, people are having trouble finding…
Most people can barely handle a large dog, but imagine a twenty-three-foot snake that weighs about two hundred pounds. That’s is as big as a telephone pole. According to Source one, they are “native to grassy marshes in Southeast Asia,” and they thrive in the humid temperatures that make up the Florida Everglades. These colossal creatures are causing major damage to Florida’s ecosystem. The text states in source one that civilians are turning the snakes back into the wild, which is one of the worst things you can do for your unwanted pet.…
WildEarth Guardians have been very outspoken in opposition to the predator management plan even going so far as to sue CPW for what they believe is a violation of amendment 14 of Colorado constitution (Wilcox 2017). WildEarth Guardians have stated too that if CPW really wanted to help boost Mule deer numbers they should have stopped the 15,000 new oil and gas developments in Mule deer territory (Finley 2016). The WildEarth Guardians have also been concerned that Wildlife Services, a group within the USDA that will be brought in to handle the trapping and other removal of predators, won’t treat the animals ethically (Wilcox 2017). They’ve stated that what they really want is for CPW to not disregard their citizens’ desires and to treat the local…
How are the Burmese Pythons changing the Everglades? Well first of all ,imagine walking outside and seeing a big brown snake slithering across your yard, YIKES! The Burmese python is affecting the Everglades in a negative matter. They are overpopulating the land.…
This snake is destroying your home and you don’t even know it and it’s right there. The Burmese Python, this python is over throwing the Everglades of Florida. This snake could kill you hometown. The Burmese Python is changing the people in Florida.…
Also, it is a very large constrictor snake. For instance, Matt Piven states, “Native … of Southeast Asia, … capable of growing…
A guy caught real footage of a Burmese python, an invasive species, wrestling an alligator. The python ate it, but as it was digesting the alligator, the python basically broke in half because the alligator was so big.. These Burmese Pythons are a huge problem because of so many reasons. They can grow up to 20 feet long “3 times the length Lebron James' is”(7). This was the first snake able to eat a bigger living object than a raccoon. The population of this invasive species is out of control; over 100,000 Burmese Pythons rule the Everglades National Park!…
According to the newspaper article, "Native to the grassy marshes of Southeast Asia, it is among the largest snakes in the world, capable of growing to an astounding length of 23 feet and a weight of up to 200 pounds. Think of a telephone pole, and then imagine a snake as big around the middle as that pole." According to the blog, "An exotic pet dealer’s warehouse that housed nearly 900 Burmese pythons…
How Burmese pythons are changing Florida’s Everglades By: Daisja Mckinney The presence of the Burmese python is negatively impacting Florida’s everglades. According to the news article by Andrew Ng, Senator Bill Nelson brought a 16-foot Burmese python snake skin to a meeting to prove how much of a threat the pythons are!…
Wouldn't someone be smart enough to go check on the animals? I think that someone used yellow journalism for that. Nobody has proof of that so how can that be…
To begin, with have you ever seen a Burmese Python? Well some people have them as a pet. How irrational is that. But what really is going on is debauched. Pythons are destroying the Everglades in Florida.…
To begin with, most people get Burmese Pythons as a pet and then don’t want them anymore so they release them in the Everglades. According to Source 4 “Burmese Pythons The Ecosystem Challenge”…
Numerous people believe owning an exotic pet, such as a tiger or a lion would be fine, since some people view these exotic animals as normal average pets. However, not many Americans take into consideration the effects these exotic animals can cause to humans and to the animals themselves. In National Geographic, the author of the article,“Exotic Pets”, Lauren Slater, presents a graph to show that 66% of exotic animals are owned privately, 28% of the animals are owned by the zoo, and 6% of the animals are owned by the circus. The percentages shown above represent the total amount of exotic pets being held captive without a license or a permit, which is 96%, from 1990 all the way up to 2013. This statement alone gives the following…
Can you put all your reading skills together and answer these comprehension questions? Try! Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. READING PASSAGE 1 SNAKE BITES BOY Three-year-old Teddy Lasry was napping yesterday in his cowboy outfit yesterday at his family's Fifth Ave. apartment when he shot up in bed screaming. A 3-foot-long black-and-white snake was coiled around his left arm and had just bitten his pinky.…