this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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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.