http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/thegist/2008/02/20/are-pythons-coming-to-your-neighborhood/ Science, Insight, Summary, Smithsonain.com Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:18:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/thegist/2008/02/20/are-pythons-coming-to-your-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-3722 The Gist Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:44:33 +0000 http://thegist.smithsonianmag.com/archives/246#comment-3722 [...] On the other hand, farming carries its own problems. Among the top 11 species reported from turtle farms, seven are listed endangered or critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. Also in the stock ponds are non-native species from as far away as the U.S. (including the alligator snapping turtle of the deep South, a Thanksgiving-sized turtle if there ever was one). Escapes are inevitable on farms, even for turtles. Escaped, often inbred, native species can harm local gene pools (as with farmed salmon), whereas non-native escapes can become invasive (see Burmese pythons in the Everglades). [...] [...] On the other hand, farming carries its own problems. Among the top 11 species reported from turtle farms, seven are listed endangered or critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. Also in the stock ponds are non-native species from as far away as the U.S. (including the alligator snapping turtle of the deep South, a Thanksgiving-sized turtle if there ever was one). Escapes are inevitable on farms, even for turtles. Escaped, often inbred, native species can harm local gene pools (as with farmed salmon), whereas non-native escapes can become invasive (see Burmese pythons in the Everglades). [...]

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/thegist/2008/02/20/are-pythons-coming-to-your-neighborhood/comment-page-1/#comment-3739 The Gist Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:24:54 +0000 http://thegist.smithsonianmag.com/archives/246#comment-3739 [...] released by fed-up pet owners, have graduated from amusing 10-o’clock-news material into a growing, self-sustaining, and hungry population. Park officials have now captured and killed more than 600 [...] [...] released by fed-up pet owners, have graduated from amusing 10-o’clock-news material into a growing, self-sustaining, and hungry population. Park officials have now captured and killed more than 600 [...]

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