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African Pythons Targeted for Removal

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The invasive Burmese Python ( Python molurus ) is well established in the Florida Everglade. Another species of Python, the African Python ( Python sebae ) has established a small population in the 2,877-acre Bird Drive Area (BDA) in South Florida. The best chance to catch a Python is during a cold front.

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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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FWC officers arrived at a reptile facility and forcefully killed 29 reticulated pythons, 5 Burmese pythons, and 1 pregnant Boa constrictor. He had a legal permit to own them (Conditional Species Permit), and had legally microchipped them according to FWC guidelines. He had a total of 120 pythons he needed to rehome.

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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This is how it looks like: Or at sunset: A species I did not come for from Shanghai is the Black-crowned Night Heron. Its species name graydoni is in honor of Philip Newenham Graydon (1864-1940), a British planter in Sabah. Why that makes Mr. Graydon worthy of having a bird species named after him is a mystery to me.

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Why do people defend Coyote Petersons fake(as in over the top)reactions when he was exposed clearly by many and Danny Berk(who got stung by way more of such insects in small period of time).Only a small child could cry on a floor like he does(and he is grown man).

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I can even compare how some people from my country compare,lets say all Pythons to deadly snakes.When there species can be docile and not even treathen you past the bite.The bad reputation hurts snakes image. Its gonna make them overly agressive near such animals because they think such sting will hurt really bad.But it doesnt.I

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Bicknell’s Thrush in Trouble on Wintering Grounds

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But, to paraphrase Monty Python, every species is sacred. Conservation of migratory species must be an international affair. No matter how much we do to protect the breeding grounds of Neotropical migrants, we can’t assure the safety of those species that lose essential wintering habitat.

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Birding the Danzhou Bay area (Hainan, China) by day

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To quote Camus again (The myth of Sisyphos) at the massive risk of appearing intellectually pretentious, “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide” (Of course, there is always the Monty Python alternative of just stating “And now for something completely different).

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She Turned Me Into A Newt

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The entire scene from which that bit of dialogue comes, in Monty Python and the Holy Grail , is one of my favorite scenes ever from a movie. but those two seem to be the two species that most people are likely to encounter or be turned into by witches. Peasant: She turned me into a newt! Sir Bedevere: A newt?