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RE: cobras in the Everglades
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by bush_viper17 on December 22, 2004
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I found a website that said you can see burmese pythons down there. You can rarely see green anacondas,and very rarely find cobras. I cant think of the site though.
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RE: cobras in the Everglades
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Anonymous post on December 23, 2004
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I was down in the glades with a team of Japanese scientist looking for exotic reptiles. We did not find cobras, but here is a list of what we did find: 1) nile monitors
2) burmese pythons
3) several species of iguanas
4)caimens, gators, etc.
5) Tony Danza's career
6) wild Hatians
7)several Cubans
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Snakes out of range
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by donalds on December 23, 2004
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There are many horror stories. One of my favourites is the tree viper in a railroad station exchange box on Camp Pendleton. The same place that weeks before a guy had seen a triangular black and white snake (krait)about 4 feet long.Remember, some military people have no customs coming back here. Not to bag on the military but San Diego is so similar to south africa is so many respects ( I know, i grew up there), i am just waiting for someone, marine or not ,to let a gravid black mamba loose, or worse, let her escape unknown. It would not be pretty. Food for though. Florida is not the only hot spot...remember Xenopus?
cheers don
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by Buzztail1 on December 23, 2004
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Wow, Don.
Glad you're not bagging on the military.
Especially since the Marine population of San Diego is so small when compared to the overall population of San Diego and since we have so many Marines returning from Black Mamba territory (virtually NONE). It seems to be MUCH more likely that it would be just about anyone who could order a Black Mamba to be illegally shipped to California or smuggle it in (since they are not legal here).
Just a thought.
Personally, I have had my rack (bed/stowage space) searched every single time that my boat has left Singapore or Australia because people automatically assume that anyone who professes to like venomous reptiles is crazy enough to endanger the lives of everyone around them without regard to law or regulation.
Thanks for the public vote of confidence.
Karl
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RE: cobras in the Everglades
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by donalds on December 23, 2004
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mambas are not available in europe...thats strange, thought they were, especially in germany. I am just saying that with pendleton being so big and virtually unihabited, it would be a huge problem. you right, civilians can smuggle just as easily as military. Did not mean to bag on marines, but i have worked at animal shelters and seen many abandoned animals, especially pit bulls that are euthanized because of kids in the military getting pit pups because they are cool. When they are big and mean, they get dumped. just my 2cents. Sorry if i offended people, not my intention
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by Punkviper on December 26, 2004
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I'm not sure if this is true but I heard of a female black mamba escaping somewhere in Florida.
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