Bull shit. Millions of people are reading your propaganda. Those who object to this act are the ones who are involved in the buying and selling of snakes.
oh and you can still purchase them if they are bred in the state you live in. i plan on getting a male soon and breeding my burm so other owners in NC can own one of these gentle giants
it wasnt about banning the snakes. it was more along the lines of how can we force the owners/breeders to pay the gov. to have the privilege to work with the animals.
@inquisitor53 I do not like the fact that your dumb ass writes death wishes to people over the internet wow your cool yea if you think you’re so bad I’ll give you my address faggot yea I might only be 15 but I’m 6 3 and 240 and play football. I’d like it if you would stop offending people because you are obviously not well informed because you know nothing about the situation in the everglades. I hope you get killed by a Burmese python that wraps around you and suffocates you at night.
@inquisitor53 Umm I would like it if you would stay out of my business and if you want the lacey act go screw yourself just because you don’t want these animals it doesn’t mean you have to ruin it for the people like me who devote their lives to these Beautiful animals and show to the public that they are not the monsters they are being portrayed as in the media so stay out of our business.
@inquisitor53 Also They say there are probably no more than 5000 berms in the everglades and they only eat maybe 8 times a year because of colder weather so if you do the math its 40,000 animals being taken and most of those are things such as rats gophers feral hogs small deer not things that are endangered in the environment and many gators eat berms so the ratio is much smaller than you are trying to portray it I don’t think anyone should rely on your info because its false have a nice day.
@inquisitor53 I’m sorry for your lack of knowledge that you don’t know that the python hunters down in Florida there show tells how they have no proof that the berms are hurting the environment and if they eat gators what’s wrong with that there are too many gator as is that’s why they issue permits for hunters every year so it doesn’t matter.
@Inquisitor53 I don’t think your understanding me I’ll go back to the start I am an amateur herp and have many ball pythons and a red tail boa. I am looking into getting another snake that gets big I can handle one I’m 6 3 but I don’t have the money to buy a permit for an berm or retic or anything like that I was asking Brian not you what snake he would recommend for me to get next.
@GoogooEyedChihuahua Are you kidding? It was the govt that allowed these invasive species over here in the first place. I beat you weren't saying "screw the government!" when all you pthon lovers were free to own (and dump) pythons in an foreign environment to their liking with no natural prey to keep their numbers in check. Sure sounds like hypocrisy to me...
Inquisitor, if you seriously believe dogs only attack because of abuse/neglect, you should speak to a dog behaviorist. Dogs will attack out of fear, stress, food aggression, territorial reasons, etc. as well. My friend had his leg torn open by a loose dog when he was just walking down the street minding his own business. I looked up the man who was killed by German Shepherds and he was just going over to them to break up a fight, and both dogs turned on him and killed him.
The entire Florida thing is waayyy over blown by the media. I live in Florida. You don't hear about these animals daily or weekly. It's rare they are even found in the wild. I've been here 2 years now and heard of 2 Burms being in someone's yard. Both were under 12 feet. Haven't had a single case on the news yet of some 17 foot Burmese Python scaring someone or killing them. Complete overblown garbage.
@DawgcityClev Really? You ever stop to think that lame-street-media just no longer consider it a hot topic no matter their range expansion in spite of the freezing cold snaps? I've videos showing plenty of pythons that I've sent to my congressional rep., I've plenty to back up my case to nail your repeal efforts' coffin down, and maybe enough to strengthen the Lacey Act in my effort to prevent another Everglades disaster.
it's not fair to people that do that for a living, Traveling around the world to teach people about certain types of snakes. Why are people that do this for a living and love these type of snakes being punished for something other people or " Mother Nature" have done?
This is not right , So you mean to tell me the people that are supporting the Lacey act is saying that i can't take my snakes across state lines when I'm over here in Afghanistan right now fighting for there damn freedom because of whats happening in Florida , like i said this is not right Ive already signed a petition to overtrun this and Ive already donated money to USARK an I'm going to do whatever i can to help fight this.
@Inquisitor53 I was saying i dont have the money for a permit so what big snake would you recomend for me i dont have the money for a permit for a berm or retic or any other snakes you need permits for. I dont have any big snakes and i want to get one that you dont need a permit for what would you recomend
@snip3zboiz None. If it's not a native snake it doesn't belong in the US. The largest native snakes I've seen in Florida are cottonmouths, eastern diamondback rattlers (both well over 8 ft. and very venomous), and the indigo (10 ft. and longer but an endangered species now due to human developement of the prime feeding environs.
Personally i cant stand the fact they are trying to ban these snakes that WE reptile owners love. For most of us its a hobby and a passion. Since they are doing this to us, i believe we need to ban some kind of hobby that they love. Let them see how it feels to take away our PRIDE AND JOY. SAVE A PYTHON BAN A CONGRESSMAN!!!!
The current US Government has added even more restrictive rules. Soon, you won't be able to move anything across state lines, effectively crushing the reptile trade. This is pushed by groups like PETA that don't understand anything about the hobby. Just remember that next November. Register and vote!
@Bluesrains Here's an education for you. The exotic pet trade has depleted these large pythons from their native habitat, knowing if the got loose into a favorable evironment with no native predators to keep their numbers in check there would be a population explosion, just like south Florida, but they did it anyway. The Lacey Act has closed the door on the import of such dangerous predators. The next step will be a total ban on all imports that could become a dangerous invasive species. ...
@Inquisitor53 ... Maybe they shouldn't have been brought here for ANY reason. "Laws shouldn't be made because of ignorance." Look at what the burns have done to the Everglades. To satisfy your fragile egos a national park is now in ruins. There's your ignorance. After I send my state & US representative all these postings I'll further recommend a total ban on all imported animals. And much to the dismay of exotic animal lovers across the nation, they will listen.
My neighbor has a German Shepherd. Is he "scum" because he didn't write the family of Andrew Walker a letter or send them money after he was attacked and killed by German Shepherds?
@FrostedToasterPastry Another irrational "apples-to-oranges" comparison? German shepherds & other dogs only attack from neglectand/or abuse. otherwise they wouldn't attack anyone, especially when trained. There is no way of training a python not to attack someone when it gets hungry. Wanna try using that same tired excuse again?
i think the whole ban is stupid reptiles are as much pets as dogs or cats some people in my family dont think so but i them that its a proven fact that dogs kill more people a year then snakes do in 2 in early may i will go down to my local library and see if i can do a reptile show to educate people thnk you brian for giving me this info on the reptile bans
@DDDRUUMMINIT Mammalian pets & reptilian pets are not the same. Your cats & dogs won't try to eat you if they haven't been fed. Your python, when big enough, will.
@squilly1111 "people(sic) in florida(sic) are always drunk..." That's those transplanted yankees that 've moved her. I'm one floridian who doesn't drink. So save your prejudicial comments. They make you sound like a fool.
@squilly1111 Unless those you've listened to in school have a diploma or have experience in this particular field I suggest you listen to those who do and no one else.
@squilly1111 Too little effort, too late in your timing... by 30 years. I tried to get you purveyors of pythons to do just that 3 decades ago. your friends' replies were "It's not our problem.", "It's your state, it's your problem." and my favorites, "The cold weather will kill them all." and #1 response, "There are no pythons in the Everglades." Well now that the Lacey Act is nationwide it is your problem, it's longer just our state's, and the freezing temps didn't kill them. For people who...
@Inquisitor53 ... are supposed to know sooo much about their pets, python owners come-up a little short on the smart stick. Go ahead, somebody debate me on this.
@squilly1111 Then may I suggest you keep only native snakes. They are far easier to care for and feed, if for any reason they do bite you when they get hungry it won't be an attempt to eat you because they won't get anywhere near as large as a burmese python.
@DunEKOOL1987 Unless corn snakes are endangered in your area there should be no reason for a ban on that native species. On that I wholeheartedly agree with you.
Usually laws don't get passed because of youtube comments. And even if they did I'm sure the comments on here would be thrown out of any discussion due to the fact the pro python people are being taunted to say hateful thing, which the instigator "loves". But, then again you have to have done importance to influence politicians so this while page is the masturbation of a moot point.
@neromelano Well ya know, All the pro-python people have to do is show some effort to clean up the Everglades & show some sympathy about those injured or killed by pythons. Then they might turn the voters to their side but until you do they will only see you as satan's spawn that want to keep an exotic, invasive, species that's not only killing all the native mammals & reptiles it can in the Everglades but even as a pet will kill a child the first time the "pet" gets hungry. You know this.
@neromelano FYI... The Lacey Act was passed last year. Where have you been? You & USARK are trying to repeal it. It's far more difficult to repeal a law than to keep in place or strengthen it, which is my intent.
I'm not taunting, I'm telling you to use your 1st amendment right to freedom of speech. Strange it's only now, after years of spewing negative comments my way for my position on pythons, you worry of the consequences of doing so due to my stating of contacts with the very people ...
@Inquisitor53 ... who hold your pets' lives in their hands. Yes., I'm of some importance to a few of them but it was my videos of your pets' kin devouring rare, native florida wildlife that I sent them that helped enact the Lacey Act. Now python owners want it repealed. That ain't happening, especially after I send them videos of pythons in their new, expanded range (and weren't they supposed to freeze to death in the glades, according to python sympathizers, another sign of your ilk's ...
@Inquisitor53 ... intelligence, or lack thereof) into central peninsular Florida devouring even more native species. Your efforts will be in vain, I assure you. But do keep trying. Like a hog stuck in quicksand watching a gator coming at him, he too squealed and struggled, knowing what was about to happen to him but the gators kept coming, knowing the prey was trapped. Picture USARK & python owners being the hog, your mouths malfunctioning due to faulty mental processing as the quicksand, ...
@Inquisitor53 ...me being the gator. Go ahead, Struggle & wail. Your mouths got you stuck in this to begin with, and the Lacey Act went into law. Now you're all trying to repeal it but I'm one of many that are here to ensure that doesn't happen. If anything we hope to strengthen it. Guess who'll win out, the hog or the gator?
@Inquisitor53 A burm once ate a gator, asshole. We will get that useless, nonsense act repealed whether your sorry ass likes it or not. I do hope you get hit by a bus driven by an escaped convict. Lord knows people like you deserve worse.
@wolfwarriorx And are you stupid enough to believe they've eaten only one gator? Just how badly have those recreational drugs eaten away at your brain cells? Anyway, I thank you for your response; it will help demonstrate the level of intelligence of the average python lover.
Inquisitor53, let us know how much you donate to families of victims of gun violence and hunting accidents, and how many illegal gun dealers you've busted. Afterall, since you own guns you are responsible for the actions of other gun owners, right? How much money did Jariah Henderson's family get from you? Did you write them a letter apologizing that their 2-year-old was killed by a gun?
@FrostedToasterPastry I haven't flagged anybody and never will. I want all of you to leave your emotionally irrational comments. That way my Florida & US representatives can read every immature hateful comment when I send them the comments from this video, showing the mentality of python owners. So feel free to spew your hatred; With every vile comment you put another nail in the coffin of your efforts to repeal the lacy act. Please, tell me how you really feel and don't hold back! Thank you!
@Inquisitor53 As to your last two sentences: Why is it the comparisons you python lovers make is always flawed , like comparing apples to elephants? The ownership of firearms by good citizens is a guaranteed right in our Constitution; The Constitution doesn't cover pythons, except in the Lacey Act, much to your chagrins. Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat or pencils cause misspelled words. It's totally non-sequitur.
@Inquisitor53 What about dogs and cats? Why do you expect python owners to have to pay victims of snake attacks and help clean up the environment, but dog and cat owners don't have to? Pointing out your hypocrisy isn't being vile. Also dogs don't attack their owners? Are you for real? And the snake that killed the toddler didn't "miss a meal" it was EMACIATED. Even pet dogs have killed and eaten people. Statistically, children are attacked the most by the FAMILY dog.
I feel like "our" voice will not be heard regarding many things. The government is just running over the people in as many ways as possible. This is just one of the instances that effects a smaller group of hobbyist.
It takes a long time to earn certain rights, and only a moment to lose them.
@jesusisnotreal1 Owning an exotic species never was a right, it was a privilage, an abused one at that. You're now paying the price of that abuse through the Lacey Act. The Everglades is paying for it even more seriously. So tell me, do you care that the Everglades has lost over 90% of a lot of unique mammalian species due to these imported invasive exotics?
@Inquisitor53 I think you should stop putting mammalian species up your ass while typing... You seem to be posing more of a threat than any python I've ever met.
@nynoname1 Thank you! I'm sure my senator won't find your comment so amusing. But with every snide comment you make you keep hammering more nails into the coffin of your effort to repeal the Lacey Act. Laugh while you can, while I convince both state & the US congress with your comments how immature and apathetic python owners really are. That and pics from those two suffocated infants will be the final nail. But go ahead, feel free to make more jokes. You're only hurting your cause when you do.
Not being a big snake person myself, I still enjoy and appreciate them. There are plenty of things us herpers can do though. Like Brian said support USARK or BPI which is setting up a facility in florida for the snakes on the Lacey Act. The key is to spread education and awareness of proper care for our reptiles so as they can not add more of them to the Lacey Act in the future.
@sirrob1027 You should've taken that stance 30 years ago. It's waaaay too late now. Yes, more exotics will be added to the Lacey Act. My senators in both Florida & DC are working on the wording now and I'm more than happy to assist. Hopefully it will help prevent the depletion of such species in their native habitat (i.e., the burmese python).
@Inquisitor53 burmese pythons are one of the most popular species of snakes kept in the US They dont come out of the wild anymore, No ones going to buy a wild caught burmese lol their all captive bred so this or any other law is not going to affect the wild population of burmese pythons...the more i read your comments the clear'er it becomes that you have no real knowlege of these snakes.
@nynoname1 Apparently I've more knowledge of them than you. I knew they were in Everglades 30 years ago. You and your ilk were in total denial. when numbers were posted as to their possible population your python buddies could no longer deny the fact they were there but countered with "those are impossible numbers." Then your pals said "The freezing weather will kill them all. End of problem." I knew they wouldn't all die. They didn't. then they said they won't expand their range outside of ...
@Inquisitor53 ... the Everglades. Again they were proven wrong. They're now up into central Florida. Strange, your friends thought they knew their petmaybe but With every comment they tried to defend themselves and their pets with I (and nature) have proved them wrong. You don't know near as much as I do when it comes to burms in the glades. I also vote. Ergo, I have the ear of my representative in both Florida & US congresses. If anything I will ensure the Lacey Act will be strengthened.
@sirrob1027 No, the key is to show the public you're willing to get up off your apathetic & lazy asses, go down into the Everglades and at lest make the effort to help reduce the burms numbers. Until such an effort is made the voting public will, wether incorrect or not, see every python owner as spawns of satin, especially after the death of two infants. Meanwhile I'm doing my part to inform the voters & my representatives of python owners mentality & attitude by sneding them every negative...
@Inquisitor53 ...comment made toward the Lacey Act on this and other python -supporting videos. Not only will it put the final nail in the coffin of such efforts but will also put an end to the exotic pet trade through the strengthening of the Lacey Act. Ergo, if you want to just see another exotic you'll have to go where they live. That will eliminate the depletion & possible extinction of said exotic species in their native habitat by shutting down the exotic pet trade.
@LupaDove Maybe 30 yrs ago by removing dumped pythons from the Everglades but due to you ilk's apathy & laziness but no, they refused. The voting public finally saw python lovers in their true colors and the death of two infants from burms put the final nail in the coffin of your own efforts. Now you want the law repealed without making an effort to show the public they're willing to correct their attitude about doing anything about the feral burms. They'll never learn.
@Inquisitor53 Python lover's in their true colors? No real python lover is going to relese their animal into the wild,and the problem in florida was caused by a hurricane not personal owners 'dumping' their snakes into the everglades. It was something that could'nt be avoided. Ppl have kept reptiles in florida for along time if that was the case this problem would have come up yrs ago! Burmese pythons are not the problem, its ppl like you!
this is seriously one of the main reasons why i really do not like the american government, and in my honest opinion, we should elect a reptile enthusiast as a president.. then maybe that law will be taken away and maybe ill be able to take my snake with me when i move out when im 18 :( .
BULLSHIT!!!! if they tried to ban dogs or cats or ferrets or something, people would go ape shit. but people in this country have a tendency to taint the image of things they dont fully understand. snakes arent here to hurt anyone, theyre not evil, they dont just cruise around looking for little two year old girls, this is the most ridiculous thing ive ever heard. snakes are just misunderstood, and theyre just living, breathing animals like anything or anybody else. this country sucks ass
@MrSausage187 Big difference between mammals & reptiles. Mammals recognize their owners & won't try to eat them (or their children) if they miss a meal. the same cannot be said for reptiles, animals that live by instinct only. "...looking for little two year old girls..." No but but if they're hungry they'll kill an infant; or hadn't you herd about the incidents in Arizona & Florida? Plus cat & dogs aren't the ones responsible for wiping out the mammals in the Everglades. Don't like our ...
@MrSausage187 I agree with you entirely. And whenever you try to explain to someone who doesn't understand, they resort to primitive excuses like "who cares? they're just fucking snakes". It utterly and entirely stupid.
As you said in the video, this is a problem that is unique to the areas near the everglades. There's no reason that people up in Washington, Oregon, or some other state where these snakes clearly will not survive in the wild, should not be able to own them.
Although I do not own any of the large snakes, and probably never will, there are people who are really passionate about these animals. It's a sad day for the reptile community.
Pythons have been purchased for years by macho teens hoping to look tough, without a thought as to what the animal will need in 1, 5, or 10 years. We have to face a very sad fact- most people are idiots, especially with science. Now, if you are watching this channel, these folks are top notch, and probably know more about the animals than most herpetologists. You will learn a lot from them. But I live in Florida, and have personally witnessed releases of invasive species in ponds and the oceans.
(cntd) The Reptile keeping community needs to accept part of the blame for this situation. Perhaps it is time to take a leaf from the show dog breeders who grill the hell out of potential buyers, even going so far as to inspect the premises of potential owners and drawing up legally enforceable contracts regarding their care. May sound extreme but if the herp community doesn't police itself, others will...(P.s. sorry for the long post)
(cntd) in Michigan. It was dumped there so the people put it in a concrete dog run with no heat or hide in the middle of winter, because they had no clue what to do with it let alone how to care for it. We often ask what about our rights but what about the rights of the public not to wake up one day and find a large python in their crawl space because of some irresponsible moron. We then say "it was an irresponsible owner, not us" but who supplied the moron in the first place? (cntd)
(cntd) be able to care for that animal for the rest of it's life. Really not that many. What happens to the rest? A lot will not see out their first year, but then there are those who survive and get too big for an owner who should have never gotten one in the first place. Go online and you will find a lot of adds for people trying to get rid of snakes that have gotten to big for them, and no ones buying. One of the worst things I saw was an African Rock python at an animal shelter in (cntd)
This probably won't make me popular but here goes. As a fellow keeper I do feel bad for responsible keepers. And I agree solutions should be based off of good science instead of fear mongering. But honestly something had to give. All across the US people are breeding Burmese Pythons with each individual snake having upwards of 50 hatchlings. Think about that number for a second. That's a lot of hatchlings on the market. Now think how many potential buyers can honestly say they will (cntd)
@sighrd BRAVO!! To hell with being popular, that line of thinking is for the weak-minded who follow the crowd and that only makes you less of an individual. Stand up for what you believe in. Stand up for the truth!
we have to get snakes out of morons hands half the people buying these pythons dont even have a clue how big thell grow than they just let them run into the wild if we started a system to get the correct people the snakes that would be acceptable but not just every person should be allowed to own snakes this large
@Inquisitor53 Disaster? i live in new york,this is a florida problem! no exotic species of pyhton or anything else for that matter is going to live if released here! passing laws like these is just taking away ppls jobs. I bet if you sold pythons for a living you would have a totaly different attitude towards these bans.I think theres more important things to worry about besides banning a hobby....
I said it must have hit a nerve because you jumped at the chance to correct spelling and two points you did touch on we're so vague and outlandish ( not to mention the whole paying for funerals theory lmao that was a good one) they could only be construed as sarcasm. It seemed like a desperate response....
@Ryanfarrell85 Hit a nerve? Nah, I love your response, and so will my reps. I've said plenty, you just can't grasp my points. I love the fact that you have absolutely no concept as to my motivation and you never will. Any rational person can but you being a python lover you never will, your mind doesn't go that deep. Doesn't matter, the Lacey act will stay in place and if I have anything to do with it, it will become stronger and impermeable to any further assault. Have a GLORIOUS mourning!
@Inquisitor53 Do you really understand the law? Because it did nothing for florida! There will always be ppl that own these kinds of animals in florida and all through the United States.
You make assumptions about somebody you don't know, tell me to move on and then post a comment about slaughtering snakes (hypocrite) and all you have done is talk in circles.....You're quite good at it I must say. You have an unmeasurable talent for long responses without actually answering anything. I understand why you side with politicians.....Are you really even who you say? Or are you just posting here to get a rise out of people so your days aren't so lonely?
I don't have an impressive collection as I'm in college (and totally hidin all my tanks under my bed and desk), but if I can take my 2 corns, and 3 baby balls out to help inform people about how they're nothing but armless cuddlers, I would be happy to oblige and help spread information!!!
"Inquisitor53" you are a faggot ass pussy 1st off. Secondly the microchipping would be a better idea than the ban because people are going to breed snakes regardless if its legal or not.(I breed snakes and will even if its illegal, shit everything is illegal now a days as it is). Like Bryan said, its only going to make the problem worse because if someones snakes have babies and they cant sell them all they will just get released more than likely resulting in a bigger problem
@HuyabusaMMA Thank you for your response. I'm sure my state (FL) & US representative in congress will be glad to receive your posting, especially the statement about illegal breeding. Have a good day!
@Inquisitor53 I dont breed any illegal reptiles, just stating that if it came down to it i would to keep the hobby up. Infact i no longer breed large species (12'+), I just breed rare species that are legal because they are easy to sell and not alot of space is involved. Secondly i dont live in florida and probably wouldnt live in the states if i didnt fight strikeforce here in the us. Even if the ban passed it would do nothing to the wild population of large snakes except probably make it worse
@HuyabusaMMA Your very words from your previous post: "...(I breed snakes and will even if its(sic) illegal,..." Your back-peddling on your statement won't do you any good. You're caught in a lie like a deer in headlights. Feel free to put your foot in your mouth again at any time. Thank you!
@Inquisitor53 I am not "back peddling" anything. I breed snakes right now (mostly bp morphs) and everything i breed is currently legal. Yes if they ban them i will continue to breed them. You dont have very good logic trying to pick out false arguments from peoples post. Have fun continuing to try to troll peoples comments on here
Democrats or Republicans. Conservatives or Liberals. Party doesn't really matter. It boils down to 2 groups. The first and largest group are people who want to force others under the threat of violence to act and behave the way they want you to. And, the second group wants you to be free to do what you want just as long as you don't infringe on others rights to do the same. I vote for the second group. Which do you vote for?
The numbers referring to Burms in South Florida are bull. I live 20 minutes from Everglades City and drive down US 41 and Alligator Alley almost weekly. I still have yet to see a Burm. There is no way there's "hundreds of thousands" of them. I've talked to people that have lived in the Glades for 30+ years, they've never seen one either. This is a problem, but localized to a small area and completely blown out of proportion.
@priscodillon RE: "I yet to see a Burm." Unless you get out of the car & actively seek them you will not find them due to camouflage. How can you possibly say "there's no way there's "hundreds of thousands"? You've a degree in mathmatics? Have you done the math of their breeding since the early 1980s (if the dumping didn't start sooner) or consider how many escaped from zoos & pet stores due to Hurricane Andrew? As to those you say live in the 'glades. Miami isn't the 'glades (but they're ...
@Inquisitor53 ...there too) nor Ft. Lauderdale (ditto). In fact they're known to have expanded their range to Sarasota Co. along the gulfcoast and Indian River Co. along the atlantic. So much for your "...localized to a small area and completely blown out of proportion."
@Inquisitor53 Are you from PETA? Obviously you are, because you have no clue about anything! I live in Port Charlotte and there are none here. So I guess they decided it wasnt nice here and traveled north to Sarasota. Wow get you damn facts straight before you come on here looking like a fool!!!!!!!
@Venom201009 People Eating Tasty Animals? YES. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals? NO! That was your 1st error. They are in Port Charlotte (your 2nd error), you just haven't bothered looking long or hard enough. They're there but I doubt you're willing to go into their type of habitat or you don't recognize them due to their camouflage. I know the facts, you don't. But feel free to stay in denial, the lacey act WILL NOT be repealed. If anything , due to the reports coming out of the ...
@Inquisitor53 ... Everglades & my sending the comments made here and on other youtube sites trying to repeal the Lacey Act, Your lame comments will, if anything, strengthen the enforcement of it with stronger laws. I love it when a plan comes together!
@Inquisitor53 Your plan was to get on youtube and try to get ppl mad? You really need to grow up, your a nobody, you sound stupid...you should worry about more important things like a wife or a girlfriend maybe?
@Inquisitor53 Please with your vast knowledge base, please show me records that they found Burms roaming Port Charlotte. Im sure Id have to look real hard to find a 20 foot snake crossing the road. Douchebag!
so First off this new addition to the lacey law is total BUTT. BUt on a much better note my boyfriend and i would like to purchase a KingSnake from BHB. We are getting a hi white striped cal king. could you show us the animal on next weeks episode. If so, you rock so much more than you did b4.!!!!!!!thanks
Fleefles... I know right!! Seriously hypocritical and close minded.. Everyone is guilty for the actions of a few (and/or accidents caused by natural disasters)....
The worst part of the South Carolina study was that even though all 10 animals died, the conclusion on the study was that snakes could live that far North. How they manage to assume they could live when all 10 died is beyond me
@rpandresen Probably due to the terrain of enclosure. No burrowed holes that native rodents would make as a den in which to hidernate during the winter. Pythons could use the same burrowed dens in which to escape freezing temps like they did in the 'glades during the record-breaking temps there for two years in a row four years ago.
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.22 cal pellet to a small mammal skull does wonders for pest control, no need for Burms lol you hunt Burms that kill small mammals, I hunt small mammals......
My dog is a pit mix. Does that mean I owe money to victims when an untrained or abused pit injures somebody? Stop blaming all python owners just because you hate a certain species.....misspelled/made up word for ya, motard- combination of moron and retard....never said that nature brought burms to Florida...motard..man you are proud of the word hyperbolizing. If you want more coons down there come get mine, Ive been lowering my pest problem, low on squirrels too? burms are efficient at it?
@Ryanfarrell85 According to Inquisitor53 you do. It's funny though because he has stated he is a hunter, yet I bet he doesn't pay for the funerals of children killed by guns or people killed in hunting accidents by firearms, nor is he out there cleaning up the illegal gun trade.
@Ryanfarrell85 I don't need your coons, just need to rid the Glades of an invasive, introduced species and although it would take awhile (10, 20 years?) they would make a comeback. Never said I hated the species, just the ones here in Florida. If that were left in their native habitat instead of having been exported for the pet trade maybe they wouldn't be so rare there. As to your weak attempts at insults I consider the source & in than .02 seconds move on. Maybe you need to do the same.
@Inquisitor53 The comeback is in reference to the native mammals. BTW, spent the weekend slaughtering pythons this past weekend using several methods; left most of the males alone and butchered the females (the tayra loves the eggs).
@Inquisitor53 Wow your a tuff guy! you went out and killed animals that have no real way of defending themselves you should be proud...probaly made you feel big and bad right? Pussy...go get a job and stop talking shit on youtube, you have way to much time on your hands.
Are you truly that blind that you can't see this law will not affect the glades and wasn't made with the intent to? It was a political ploy to gain support for a bs law. How are people lied to everyday by politicians yet continue to believe them. I have never owned a snake till I recently bought a ball python, so how am I at fault for any of this? Why do I need to pay funeral cost for someone that couldn't care for their pet correctly? I'm still shocked at the dumb things people say...
@Ryanfarrell85 Can't you see that if they were never brought to the states to be used as an ego-booster for those lacking in self-worth they wouldn't be any pythons in thew galdes? You would NOT have been paying the funeral cost of someone who couldn't care for their pet, you'd paying for the victim of species that has absolutely no business on this side of the planet and showing the public not all python owners are apathetic souless creatures. Until you start improving your image to the ...
@Inquisitor53 Oh please. I'm sorry you have to pretend that people who have rarer/more expensive pets/cars/clothing/whatever than you are trying to compensate for something so you can feel better about yourself. I'd imagine most people get large snakes because they like them. My grandmother could have gotten a toy poodle or a cat instead of a rottweiler, but she likes rottweilers better.
Ahh damn I guess my points aren't valid for misspelling a word..... Guess it hit a nerve cuz that's what you felt the need to point out... Ah man sorry dude I wrote cuz...and ya I don't own any Burmese, never have and never will. They aren't my choice for a pet. The laws were based on predictions that the species could potentially spread to 1/3 of the country. You agreed with all of what you read?
@Ryanfarrell85 Misspelled words are satisfactory as long as they're comprehendable. No, if your intent was to hit a nerve it failed. And again no, I do not believe all I read and don't expect you to either. That's why I listed 3 separate sites for you to peruse and/or contact. It would be a safe bet that you've yet to read or contact the first one.
I am from the UK and I feel how you guys are being hit.
I hate the way that the media portray reptiles. Example, On the back of a bus today I seen a baby being threatened by second hand smoke! The smoke was in the form of a cobra!
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soloherps 4 hours ago
Bull shit. Millions of people are reading your propaganda. Those who object to this act are the ones who are involved in the buying and selling of snakes.
Trackside1234 8 hours ago
this act sucks a** it hurts millions i love pythons and all large constricters :'( now no body will ever be able to own them again
mustluvkatina 10 hours ago
This ban is ridiculous. This video is great.
Shaddiewolf 10 hours ago
Bingo! This isn't about protecting anybody. This is just another goddamn effort by an out of control government to bilk people out of money.
Carandini 1 day ago
oh and you can still purchase them if they are bred in the state you live in. i plan on getting a male soon and breeding my burm so other owners in NC can own one of these gentle giants
hypxtheory 1 day ago
it wasnt about banning the snakes. it was more along the lines of how can we force the owners/breeders to pay the gov. to have the privilege to work with the animals.
hypxtheory 1 day ago
@inquisitor53 I do not like the fact that your dumb ass writes death wishes to people over the internet wow your cool yea if you think you’re so bad I’ll give you my address faggot yea I might only be 15 but I’m 6 3 and 240 and play football. I’d like it if you would stop offending people because you are obviously not well informed because you know nothing about the situation in the everglades. I hope you get killed by a Burmese python that wraps around you and suffocates you at night.
snip3zboiz 2 days ago
@inquisitor53 Umm I would like it if you would stay out of my business and if you want the lacey act go screw yourself just because you don’t want these animals it doesn’t mean you have to ruin it for the people like me who devote their lives to these Beautiful animals and show to the public that they are not the monsters they are being portrayed as in the media so stay out of our business.
snip3zboiz 2 days ago
@inquisitor53 Also They say there are probably no more than 5000 berms in the everglades and they only eat maybe 8 times a year because of colder weather so if you do the math its 40,000 animals being taken and most of those are things such as rats gophers feral hogs small deer not things that are endangered in the environment and many gators eat berms so the ratio is much smaller than you are trying to portray it I don’t think anyone should rely on your info because its false have a nice day.
snip3zboiz 2 days ago
@inquisitor53 I’m sorry for your lack of knowledge that you don’t know that the python hunters down in Florida there show tells how they have no proof that the berms are hurting the environment and if they eat gators what’s wrong with that there are too many gator as is that’s why they issue permits for hunters every year so it doesn’t matter.
snip3zboiz 2 days ago
@Inquisitor53 I don’t think your understanding me I’ll go back to the start I am an amateur herp and have many ball pythons and a red tail boa. I am looking into getting another snake that gets big I can handle one I’m 6 3 but I don’t have the money to buy a permit for an berm or retic or anything like that I was asking Brian not you what snake he would recommend for me to get next.
snip3zboiz 2 days ago
This is sad screw the government!
GoogooEyedChihuahua 2 days ago
@GoogooEyedChihuahua Are you kidding? It was the govt that allowed these invasive species over here in the first place. I beat you weren't saying "screw the government!" when all you pthon lovers were free to own (and dump) pythons in an foreign environment to their liking with no natural prey to keep their numbers in check. Sure sounds like hypocrisy to me...
Inquisitor53 2 days ago
@Inquisitor53 im talking about the people who say no to keeping these snakes i just couldnt think of the word jeeze
GoogooEyedChihuahua 1 day ago
Inquisitor, if you seriously believe dogs only attack because of abuse/neglect, you should speak to a dog behaviorist. Dogs will attack out of fear, stress, food aggression, territorial reasons, etc. as well. My friend had his leg torn open by a loose dog when he was just walking down the street minding his own business. I looked up the man who was killed by German Shepherds and he was just going over to them to break up a fight, and both dogs turned on him and killed him.
Fleefles 3 days ago
You are totally right. This is ridiculous. Isn't this a free country?
dbelliottisbond 3 days ago
The entire Florida thing is waayyy over blown by the media. I live in Florida. You don't hear about these animals daily or weekly. It's rare they are even found in the wild. I've been here 2 years now and heard of 2 Burms being in someone's yard. Both were under 12 feet. Haven't had a single case on the news yet of some 17 foot Burmese Python scaring someone or killing them. Complete overblown garbage.
DawgcityClev 4 days ago
@DawgcityClev Really? You ever stop to think that lame-street-media just no longer consider it a hot topic no matter their range expansion in spite of the freezing cold snaps? I've videos showing plenty of pythons that I've sent to my congressional rep., I've plenty to back up my case to nail your repeal efforts' coffin down, and maybe enough to strengthen the Lacey Act in my effort to prevent another Everglades disaster.
Inquisitor53 2 days ago
Snake awareness day is a month away from my birthday, I'll definitely support SNAKES and BHB!
Twilightflirt 4 days ago
it's not fair to people that do that for a living, Traveling around the world to teach people about certain types of snakes. Why are people that do this for a living and love these type of snakes being punished for something other people or " Mother Nature" have done?
toniohopkins88 6 days ago
me and my friends got ppl to let us put of signs btw wecr 12
shotgun123456789ful 6 days ago
This is not right , So you mean to tell me the people that are supporting the Lacey act is saying that i can't take my snakes across state lines when I'm over here in Afghanistan right now fighting for there damn freedom because of whats happening in Florida , like i said this is not right Ive already signed a petition to overtrun this and Ive already donated money to USARK an I'm going to do whatever i can to help fight this.
gordo4204life 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 I was saying i dont have the money for a permit so what big snake would you recomend for me i dont have the money for a permit for a berm or retic or any other snakes you need permits for. I dont have any big snakes and i want to get one that you dont need a permit for what would you recomend
snip3zboiz 1 week ago
@snip3zboiz None. If it's not a native snake it doesn't belong in the US. The largest native snakes I've seen in Florida are cottonmouths, eastern diamondback rattlers (both well over 8 ft. and very venomous), and the indigo (10 ft. and longer but an endangered species now due to human developement of the prime feeding environs.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
Personally i cant stand the fact they are trying to ban these snakes that WE reptile owners love. For most of us its a hobby and a passion. Since they are doing this to us, i believe we need to ban some kind of hobby that they love. Let them see how it feels to take away our PRIDE AND JOY. SAVE A PYTHON BAN A CONGRESSMAN!!!!
TheVampir3Armand 1 week ago
@TheVampir3Armand Only in your wildest fantasy.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
i am onlly 15 what can i do to help the snake awarnes day?
420bigtoakley420 1 week ago
that was badass brian, im using information from this for a presentation in my university!!! thank you very much!!
Taymour77 1 week ago in playlist Season 2
PS- I live in Florida, and we don't even set restrictions on violent criminals as strongly we do pet snakes!
flspy 1 week ago
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The current US Government has added even more restrictive rules. Soon, you won't be able to move anything across state lines, effectively crushing the reptile trade. This is pushed by groups like PETA that don't understand anything about the hobby. Just remember that next November. Register and vote!
flspy 1 week ago
This law is crap! I'm very upset about it! I've written letters to the White house and my local govt officials. I also support USARK.
Im posting everywhere I can to help educate the public.
But sadly, there are people who don't like snakes and fear them.
I think Wildlife Officials need to be educated about these large
snakes. Laws shouldn't be made because of ignorance.
Bluesrains 1 week ago
@Bluesrains Here's an education for you. The exotic pet trade has depleted these large pythons from their native habitat, knowing if the got loose into a favorable evironment with no native predators to keep their numbers in check there would be a population explosion, just like south Florida, but they did it anyway. The Lacey Act has closed the door on the import of such dangerous predators. The next step will be a total ban on all imports that could become a dangerous invasive species. ...
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 ... Maybe they shouldn't have been brought here for ANY reason. "Laws shouldn't be made because of ignorance." Look at what the burns have done to the Everglades. To satisfy your fragile egos a national park is now in ruins. There's your ignorance. After I send my state & US representative all these postings I'll further recommend a total ban on all imported animals. And much to the dismay of exotic animal lovers across the nation, they will listen.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
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FoXRoX96 1 week ago in playlist More videos from SnakeBytesTV
My neighbor has a German Shepherd. Is he "scum" because he didn't write the family of Andrew Walker a letter or send them money after he was attacked and killed by German Shepherds?
FrostedToasterPastry 2 weeks ago
@FrostedToasterPastry Another irrational "apples-to-oranges" comparison? German shepherds & other dogs only attack from neglectand/or abuse. otherwise they wouldn't attack anyone, especially when trained. There is no way of training a python not to attack someone when it gets hungry. Wanna try using that same tired excuse again?
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
i think the whole ban is stupid reptiles are as much pets as dogs or cats some people in my family dont think so but i them that its a proven fact that dogs kill more people a year then snakes do in 2 in early may i will go down to my local library and see if i can do a reptile show to educate people thnk you brian for giving me this info on the reptile bans
DDDRUUMMINIT 2 weeks ago
@DDDRUUMMINIT Mammalian pets & reptilian pets are not the same. Your cats & dogs won't try to eat you if they haven't been fed. Your python, when big enough, will.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
My burmese was taking away from me because i did not have enough money for a permit and i had him for 20 years and they took him its bullshit
snip3zboiz 2 weeks ago
@snip3zboiz If you didn't have money for the permit then you shouldn't have had the animal to begin with.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
i am with nynoname1 he is right. people in florida are always drunk and they were most likely drunk when they made that law.
squilly1111 2 weeks ago
@squilly1111 "people(sic) in florida(sic) are always drunk..." That's those transplanted yankees that 've moved her. I'm one floridian who doesn't drink. So save your prejudicial comments. They make you sound like a fool.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 dude sorry i did not think about what i was saying
squilly1111 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 and not all people are thats just what people in my school have told me.
squilly1111 1 week ago
@squilly1111 Unless those you've listened to in school have a diploma or have experience in this particular field I suggest you listen to those who do and no one else.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 thanks because i just got into snakes and i do not know a lot of things
squilly1111 1 week ago
we just need to get them out of florida. we dont need to ban them just if it is realesed they can fine the person
squilly1111 2 weeks ago
@squilly1111 Too little effort, too late in your timing... by 30 years. I tried to get you purveyors of pythons to do just that 3 decades ago. your friends' replies were "It's not our problem.", "It's your state, it's your problem." and my favorites, "The cold weather will kill them all." and #1 response, "There are no pythons in the Everglades." Well now that the Lacey Act is nationwide it is your problem, it's longer just our state's, and the freezing temps didn't kill them. For people who...
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 ... are supposed to know sooo much about their pets, python owners come-up a little short on the smart stick. Go ahead, somebody debate me on this.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@squilly1111 Then may I suggest you keep only native snakes. They are far easier to care for and feed, if for any reason they do bite you when they get hungry it won't be an attempt to eat you because they won't get anywhere near as large as a burmese python.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 And you're welcome.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
i love my corn snakes and they gona have to fight me for mine
DunEKOOL1987 2 weeks ago
@DunEKOOL1987 Unless corn snakes are endangered in your area there should be no reason for a ban on that native species. On that I wholeheartedly agree with you.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
I want to go to your shop and hold sunshine so bad!
jibbsandshake 2 weeks ago
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check out my video of my 16 ft Burmese python, more videos of the rest of my collection soon...
AvonExotics 2 weeks ago
BRAIN HES BOOBs !
LibanonZh 2 weeks ago
The real problem.... Swype!
neromelano 2 weeks ago
Usually laws don't get passed because of youtube comments. And even if they did I'm sure the comments on here would be thrown out of any discussion due to the fact the pro python people are being taunted to say hateful thing, which the instigator "loves". But, then again you have to have done importance to influence politicians so this while page is the masturbation of a moot point.
neromelano 2 weeks ago
@neromelano Well ya know, All the pro-python people have to do is show some effort to clean up the Everglades & show some sympathy about those injured or killed by pythons. Then they might turn the voters to their side but until you do they will only see you as satan's spawn that want to keep an exotic, invasive, species that's not only killing all the native mammals & reptiles it can in the Everglades but even as a pet will kill a child the first time the "pet" gets hungry. You know this.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@neromelano FYI... The Lacey Act was passed last year. Where have you been? You & USARK are trying to repeal it. It's far more difficult to repeal a law than to keep in place or strengthen it, which is my intent.
I'm not taunting, I'm telling you to use your 1st amendment right to freedom of speech. Strange it's only now, after years of spewing negative comments my way for my position on pythons, you worry of the consequences of doing so due to my stating of contacts with the very people ...
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 ... who hold your pets' lives in their hands. Yes., I'm of some importance to a few of them but it was my videos of your pets' kin devouring rare, native florida wildlife that I sent them that helped enact the Lacey Act. Now python owners want it repealed. That ain't happening, especially after I send them videos of pythons in their new, expanded range (and weren't they supposed to freeze to death in the glades, according to python sympathizers, another sign of your ilk's ...
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 ... intelligence, or lack thereof) into central peninsular Florida devouring even more native species. Your efforts will be in vain, I assure you. But do keep trying. Like a hog stuck in quicksand watching a gator coming at him, he too squealed and struggled, knowing what was about to happen to him but the gators kept coming, knowing the prey was trapped. Picture USARK & python owners being the hog, your mouths malfunctioning due to faulty mental processing as the quicksand, ...
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 ...me being the gator. Go ahead, Struggle & wail. Your mouths got you stuck in this to begin with, and the Lacey Act went into law. Now you're all trying to repeal it but I'm one of many that are here to ensure that doesn't happen. If anything we hope to strengthen it. Guess who'll win out, the hog or the gator?
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 A burm once ate a gator, asshole. We will get that useless, nonsense act repealed whether your sorry ass likes it or not. I do hope you get hit by a bus driven by an escaped convict. Lord knows people like you deserve worse.
wolfwarriorx 3 days ago
@wolfwarriorx And are you stupid enough to believe they've eaten only one gator? Just how badly have those recreational drugs eaten away at your brain cells? Anyway, I thank you for your response; it will help demonstrate the level of intelligence of the average python lover.
Inquisitor53 2 days ago
Inquisitor53, let us know how much you donate to families of victims of gun violence and hunting accidents, and how many illegal gun dealers you've busted. Afterall, since you own guns you are responsible for the actions of other gun owners, right? How much money did Jariah Henderson's family get from you? Did you write them a letter apologizing that their 2-year-old was killed by a gun?
FrostedToasterPastry 2 weeks ago
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FrostedToasterPastry 2 weeks ago
@FrostedToasterPastry I haven't flagged anybody and never will. I want all of you to leave your emotionally irrational comments. That way my Florida & US representatives can read every immature hateful comment when I send them the comments from this video, showing the mentality of python owners. So feel free to spew your hatred; With every vile comment you put another nail in the coffin of your efforts to repeal the lacy act. Please, tell me how you really feel and don't hold back! Thank you!
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 As to your last two sentences: Why is it the comparisons you python lovers make is always flawed , like comparing apples to elephants? The ownership of firearms by good citizens is a guaranteed right in our Constitution; The Constitution doesn't cover pythons, except in the Lacey Act, much to your chagrins. Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat or pencils cause misspelled words. It's totally non-sequitur.
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 What about dogs and cats? Why do you expect python owners to have to pay victims of snake attacks and help clean up the environment, but dog and cat owners don't have to? Pointing out your hypocrisy isn't being vile. Also dogs don't attack their owners? Are you for real? And the snake that killed the toddler didn't "miss a meal" it was EMACIATED. Even pet dogs have killed and eaten people. Statistically, children are attacked the most by the FAMILY dog.
FrostedToasterPastry 2 weeks ago
@FrostedToasterPastry I've already explained about cats & dogs but you refuse to listen. So don't bother with any further discussion.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
I feel like "our" voice will not be heard regarding many things. The government is just running over the people in as many ways as possible. This is just one of the instances that effects a smaller group of hobbyist.
It takes a long time to earn certain rights, and only a moment to lose them.
jesusisnotreal1 2 weeks ago
@jesusisnotreal1 Owning an exotic species never was a right, it was a privilage, an abused one at that. You're now paying the price of that abuse through the Lacey Act. The Everglades is paying for it even more seriously. So tell me, do you care that the Everglades has lost over 90% of a lot of unique mammalian species due to these imported invasive exotics?
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 I think you should stop putting mammalian species up your ass while typing... You seem to be posing more of a threat than any python I've ever met.
jesusisnotreal1 2 weeks ago
@jesusisnotreal1 LMFAO! =)
nynoname1 2 weeks ago
@nynoname1 Thank you! I'm sure my senator won't find your comment so amusing. But with every snide comment you make you keep hammering more nails into the coffin of your effort to repeal the Lacey Act. Laugh while you can, while I convince both state & the US congress with your comments how immature and apathetic python owners really are. That and pics from those two suffocated infants will be the final nail. But go ahead, feel free to make more jokes. You're only hurting your cause when you do.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
Not being a big snake person myself, I still enjoy and appreciate them. There are plenty of things us herpers can do though. Like Brian said support USARK or BPI which is setting up a facility in florida for the snakes on the Lacey Act. The key is to spread education and awareness of proper care for our reptiles so as they can not add more of them to the Lacey Act in the future.
sirrob1027 2 weeks ago
@sirrob1027 You should've taken that stance 30 years ago. It's waaaay too late now. Yes, more exotics will be added to the Lacey Act. My senators in both Florida & DC are working on the wording now and I'm more than happy to assist. Hopefully it will help prevent the depletion of such species in their native habitat (i.e., the burmese python).
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 burmese pythons are one of the most popular species of snakes kept in the US They dont come out of the wild anymore, No ones going to buy a wild caught burmese lol their all captive bred so this or any other law is not going to affect the wild population of burmese pythons...the more i read your comments the clear'er it becomes that you have no real knowlege of these snakes.
nynoname1 2 weeks ago
@nynoname1 Apparently I've more knowledge of them than you. I knew they were in Everglades 30 years ago. You and your ilk were in total denial. when numbers were posted as to their possible population your python buddies could no longer deny the fact they were there but countered with "those are impossible numbers." Then your pals said "The freezing weather will kill them all. End of problem." I knew they wouldn't all die. They didn't. then they said they won't expand their range outside of ...
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@Inquisitor53 ... the Everglades. Again they were proven wrong. They're now up into central Florida. Strange, your friends thought they knew their petmaybe but With every comment they tried to defend themselves and their pets with I (and nature) have proved them wrong. You don't know near as much as I do when it comes to burms in the glades. I also vote. Ergo, I have the ear of my representative in both Florida & US congresses. If anything I will ensure the Lacey Act will be strengthened.
Inquisitor53 1 week ago
@sirrob1027 No, the key is to show the public you're willing to get up off your apathetic & lazy asses, go down into the Everglades and at lest make the effort to help reduce the burms numbers. Until such an effort is made the voting public will, wether incorrect or not, see every python owner as spawns of satin, especially after the death of two infants. Meanwhile I'm doing my part to inform the voters & my representatives of python owners mentality & attitude by sneding them every negative...
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 ...comment made toward the Lacey Act on this and other python -supporting videos. Not only will it put the final nail in the coffin of such efforts but will also put an end to the exotic pet trade through the strengthening of the Lacey Act. Ergo, if you want to just see another exotic you'll have to go where they live. That will eliminate the depletion & possible extinction of said exotic species in their native habitat by shutting down the exotic pet trade.
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
Is there anything we can do to stop this law?
LupaDove 2 weeks ago
@LupaDove Maybe 30 yrs ago by removing dumped pythons from the Everglades but due to you ilk's apathy & laziness but no, they refused. The voting public finally saw python lovers in their true colors and the death of two infants from burms put the final nail in the coffin of your own efforts. Now you want the law repealed without making an effort to show the public they're willing to correct their attitude about doing anything about the feral burms. They'll never learn.
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 Python lover's in their true colors? No real python lover is going to relese their animal into the wild,and the problem in florida was caused by a hurricane not personal owners 'dumping' their snakes into the everglades. It was something that could'nt be avoided. Ppl have kept reptiles in florida for along time if that was the case this problem would have come up yrs ago! Burmese pythons are not the problem, its ppl like you!
nynoname1 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53
I still have faith.
LupaDove 2 weeks ago
this video is making me want to cry a little :(
this is seriously one of the main reasons why i really do not like the american government, and in my honest opinion, we should elect a reptile enthusiast as a president.. then maybe that law will be taken away and maybe ill be able to take my snake with me when i move out when im 18 :( .
FeatherRoze 2 weeks ago
@FeatherRoze Spoken like a true juvenile with a juvenile mentality.
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
BULLSHIT!!!! if they tried to ban dogs or cats or ferrets or something, people would go ape shit. but people in this country have a tendency to taint the image of things they dont fully understand. snakes arent here to hurt anyone, theyre not evil, they dont just cruise around looking for little two year old girls, this is the most ridiculous thing ive ever heard. snakes are just misunderstood, and theyre just living, breathing animals like anything or anybody else. this country sucks ass
MrSausage187 2 weeks ago 8
@MrSausage187 Big difference between mammals & reptiles. Mammals recognize their owners & won't try to eat them (or their children) if they miss a meal. the same cannot be said for reptiles, animals that live by instinct only. "...looking for little two year old girls..." No but but if they're hungry they'll kill an infant; or hadn't you herd about the incidents in Arizona & Florida? Plus cat & dogs aren't the ones responsible for wiping out the mammals in the Everglades. Don't like our ...
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 ... country? You're free to leave at any time!
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@MrSausage187 I agree with you entirely. And whenever you try to explain to someone who doesn't understand, they resort to primitive excuses like "who cares? they're just fucking snakes". It utterly and entirely stupid.
DrMinion333 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from SnakeBytesTV
This ban is total bull crap.
As you said in the video, this is a problem that is unique to the areas near the everglades. There's no reason that people up in Washington, Oregon, or some other state where these snakes clearly will not survive in the wild, should not be able to own them.
Although I do not own any of the large snakes, and probably never will, there are people who are really passionate about these animals. It's a sad day for the reptile community.
NickSparkss 2 weeks ago 7
hope nothing like this happens in canada
lesouder2222 2 weeks ago
Would you put a list up of all herps covered under the Lacey Act?
flspy 2 weeks ago
Pythons have been purchased for years by macho teens hoping to look tough, without a thought as to what the animal will need in 1, 5, or 10 years. We have to face a very sad fact- most people are idiots, especially with science. Now, if you are watching this channel, these folks are top notch, and probably know more about the animals than most herpetologists. You will learn a lot from them. But I live in Florida, and have personally witnessed releases of invasive species in ponds and the oceans.
flspy 2 weeks ago
(cntd) The Reptile keeping community needs to accept part of the blame for this situation. Perhaps it is time to take a leaf from the show dog breeders who grill the hell out of potential buyers, even going so far as to inspect the premises of potential owners and drawing up legally enforceable contracts regarding their care. May sound extreme but if the herp community doesn't police itself, others will...(P.s. sorry for the long post)
sighrd 2 weeks ago
(cntd) in Michigan. It was dumped there so the people put it in a concrete dog run with no heat or hide in the middle of winter, because they had no clue what to do with it let alone how to care for it. We often ask what about our rights but what about the rights of the public not to wake up one day and find a large python in their crawl space because of some irresponsible moron. We then say "it was an irresponsible owner, not us" but who supplied the moron in the first place? (cntd)
sighrd 2 weeks ago
(cntd) be able to care for that animal for the rest of it's life. Really not that many. What happens to the rest? A lot will not see out their first year, but then there are those who survive and get too big for an owner who should have never gotten one in the first place. Go online and you will find a lot of adds for people trying to get rid of snakes that have gotten to big for them, and no ones buying. One of the worst things I saw was an African Rock python at an animal shelter in (cntd)
sighrd 2 weeks ago
This probably won't make me popular but here goes. As a fellow keeper I do feel bad for responsible keepers. And I agree solutions should be based off of good science instead of fear mongering. But honestly something had to give. All across the US people are breeding Burmese Pythons with each individual snake having upwards of 50 hatchlings. Think about that number for a second. That's a lot of hatchlings on the market. Now think how many potential buyers can honestly say they will (cntd)
sighrd 2 weeks ago
@sighrd BRAVO!! To hell with being popular, that line of thinking is for the weak-minded who follow the crowd and that only makes you less of an individual. Stand up for what you believe in. Stand up for the truth!
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
how do u dislike this vid?
joebinnabi 2 weeks ago
More laws are never the solution.
voluntaryist1 2 weeks ago
@voluntaryist1 They are when it concerns an invasive species.
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
very silly
DragonLegoKid 2 weeks ago
we have to get snakes out of morons hands half the people buying these pythons dont even have a clue how big thell grow than they just let them run into the wild if we started a system to get the correct people the snakes that would be acceptable but not just every person should be allowed to own snakes this large
MrBeastin991 2 weeks ago
this is a bullshit law! passing new laws are not going to change any problem in florida or anywhere else...
nynoname1 2 weeks ago
@nynoname1 Maybe, maybe not. But it just may prevent another environmental disaster, as in the loss of another unique ecosystem here in the US.
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 loss of another unique ecosystem
Yes, you're right. Just like sugar cane growers. Totally screwed up lake Okeechobee, or was that a snake that did that?
Venom201009 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 Disaster? i live in new york,this is a florida problem! no exotic species of pyhton or anything else for that matter is going to live if released here! passing laws like these is just taking away ppls jobs. I bet if you sold pythons for a living you would have a totaly different attitude towards these bans.I think theres more important things to worry about besides banning a hobby....
nynoname1 2 weeks ago
I said it must have hit a nerve because you jumped at the chance to correct spelling and two points you did touch on we're so vague and outlandish ( not to mention the whole paying for funerals theory lmao that was a good one) they could only be construed as sarcasm. It seemed like a desperate response....
Ryanfarrell85 2 weeks ago
@Ryanfarrell85 Hit a nerve? Nah, I love your response, and so will my reps. I've said plenty, you just can't grasp my points. I love the fact that you have absolutely no concept as to my motivation and you never will. Any rational person can but you being a python lover you never will, your mind doesn't go that deep. Doesn't matter, the Lacey act will stay in place and if I have anything to do with it, it will become stronger and impermeable to any further assault. Have a GLORIOUS mourning!
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 Do you really understand the law? Because it did nothing for florida! There will always be ppl that own these kinds of animals in florida and all through the United States.
nynoname1 2 weeks ago
You make assumptions about somebody you don't know, tell me to move on and then post a comment about slaughtering snakes (hypocrite) and all you have done is talk in circles.....You're quite good at it I must say. You have an unmeasurable talent for long responses without actually answering anything. I understand why you side with politicians.....Are you really even who you say? Or are you just posting here to get a rise out of people so your days aren't so lonely?
Ryanfarrell85 2 weeks ago
@Ryanfarrell85 lmao!
nynoname1 2 weeks ago
I don't have an impressive collection as I'm in college (and totally hidin all my tanks under my bed and desk), but if I can take my 2 corns, and 3 baby balls out to help inform people about how they're nothing but armless cuddlers, I would be happy to oblige and help spread information!!!
maddroxiswhackkk 2 weeks ago
animal rights groups that are enforcing the ban are hypocrites
aventurinne 2 weeks ago in playlist Season 2
"Inquisitor53" you are a faggot ass pussy 1st off. Secondly the microchipping would be a better idea than the ban because people are going to breed snakes regardless if its legal or not.(I breed snakes and will even if its illegal, shit everything is illegal now a days as it is). Like Bryan said, its only going to make the problem worse because if someones snakes have babies and they cant sell them all they will just get released more than likely resulting in a bigger problem
HuyabusaMMA 2 weeks ago
@HuyabusaMMA Thank you for your response. I'm sure my state (FL) & US representative in congress will be glad to receive your posting, especially the statement about illegal breeding. Have a good day!
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 I dont breed any illegal reptiles, just stating that if it came down to it i would to keep the hobby up. Infact i no longer breed large species (12'+), I just breed rare species that are legal because they are easy to sell and not alot of space is involved. Secondly i dont live in florida and probably wouldnt live in the states if i didnt fight strikeforce here in the us. Even if the ban passed it would do nothing to the wild population of large snakes except probably make it worse
HuyabusaMMA 2 weeks ago
@HuyabusaMMA Your very words from your previous post: "...(I breed snakes and will even if its(sic) illegal,..." Your back-peddling on your statement won't do you any good. You're caught in a lie like a deer in headlights. Feel free to put your foot in your mouth again at any time. Thank you!
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 I am not "back peddling" anything. I breed snakes right now (mostly bp morphs) and everything i breed is currently legal. Yes if they ban them i will continue to breed them. You dont have very good logic trying to pick out false arguments from peoples post. Have fun continuing to try to troll peoples comments on here
HuyabusaMMA 1 week ago
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Democrats or Republicans. Conservatives or Liberals. Party doesn't really matter. It boils down to 2 groups. The first and largest group are people who want to force others under the threat of violence to act and behave the way they want you to. And, the second group wants you to be free to do what you want just as long as you don't infringe on others rights to do the same. I vote for the second group. Which do you vote for?
brad238899 2 weeks ago
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brad238899 2 weeks ago
The numbers referring to Burms in South Florida are bull. I live 20 minutes from Everglades City and drive down US 41 and Alligator Alley almost weekly. I still have yet to see a Burm. There is no way there's "hundreds of thousands" of them. I've talked to people that have lived in the Glades for 30+ years, they've never seen one either. This is a problem, but localized to a small area and completely blown out of proportion.
priscodillon 2 weeks ago
@priscodillon RE: "I yet to see a Burm." Unless you get out of the car & actively seek them you will not find them due to camouflage. How can you possibly say "there's no way there's "hundreds of thousands"? You've a degree in mathmatics? Have you done the math of their breeding since the early 1980s (if the dumping didn't start sooner) or consider how many escaped from zoos & pet stores due to Hurricane Andrew? As to those you say live in the 'glades. Miami isn't the 'glades (but they're ...
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 ...there too) nor Ft. Lauderdale (ditto). In fact they're known to have expanded their range to Sarasota Co. along the gulfcoast and Indian River Co. along the atlantic. So much for your "...localized to a small area and completely blown out of proportion."
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 Are you from PETA? Obviously you are, because you have no clue about anything! I live in Port Charlotte and there are none here. So I guess they decided it wasnt nice here and traveled north to Sarasota. Wow get you damn facts straight before you come on here looking like a fool!!!!!!!
Venom201009 2 weeks ago
@Venom201009 People Eating Tasty Animals? YES. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals? NO! That was your 1st error. They are in Port Charlotte (your 2nd error), you just haven't bothered looking long or hard enough. They're there but I doubt you're willing to go into their type of habitat or you don't recognize them due to their camouflage. I know the facts, you don't. But feel free to stay in denial, the lacey act WILL NOT be repealed. If anything , due to the reports coming out of the ...
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 ... Everglades & my sending the comments made here and on other youtube sites trying to repeal the Lacey Act, Your lame comments will, if anything, strengthen the enforcement of it with stronger laws. I love it when a plan comes together!
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 Your plan was to get on youtube and try to get ppl mad? You really need to grow up, your a nobody, you sound stupid...you should worry about more important things like a wife or a girlfriend maybe?
nynoname1 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 Please with your vast knowledge base, please show me records that they found Burms roaming Port Charlotte. Im sure Id have to look real hard to find a 20 foot snake crossing the road. Douchebag!
Venom201009 2 weeks ago
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so First off this new addition to the lacey law is total BUTT. BUt on a much better note my boyfriend and i would like to purchase a KingSnake from BHB. We are getting a hi white striped cal king. could you show us the animal on next weeks episode. If so, you rock so much more than you did b4.!!!!!!!thanks
sweetcandyhandy 2 weeks ago
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sweetcandyhandy 2 weeks ago
Fleefles... I know right!! Seriously hypocritical and close minded.. Everyone is guilty for the actions of a few (and/or accidents caused by natural disasters)....
Ryanfarrell85 2 weeks ago
if i move to england i can't bring my own b'day gift.
PENCILcrusher123 2 weeks ago
I bet everyone wants to know this = Why is satan so agressive did you raise him yourself ????
thumbs up so he can see
PlanAskateboarding 2 weeks ago in playlist Season 2 2
The worst part of the South Carolina study was that even though all 10 animals died, the conclusion on the study was that snakes could live that far North. How they manage to assume they could live when all 10 died is beyond me
rpandresen 2 weeks ago
@rpandresen Probably due to the terrain of enclosure. No burrowed holes that native rodents would make as a den in which to hidernate during the winter. Pythons could use the same burrowed dens in which to escape freezing temps like they did in the 'glades during the record-breaking temps there for two years in a row four years ago.
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
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Hey, Please watch this video of me, but you might want to turn it down. The audio is bad. Its just a vlog about me and who I am. This is me! Please Watch and consider subscribing for more of me and my epic pets! Thanks you so much it would really mean alot to me! ;)
onebigturtle 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
i want a snake !!!! I AM JEALOUS OF OTHER SNAKE OWNERS!!!!!!
georgissta 2 weeks ago in playlist Season 2
@georgissta we could not!!!!!! Let go of the reptyl brien.
dani92396 2 weeks ago
@georgissta WHY?
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
.22 cal pellet to a small mammal skull does wonders for pest control, no need for Burms lol you hunt Burms that kill small mammals, I hunt small mammals......
Ryanfarrell85 2 weeks ago
sounds like it lol
Ryanfarrell85 2 weeks ago
My dog is a pit mix. Does that mean I owe money to victims when an untrained or abused pit injures somebody? Stop blaming all python owners just because you hate a certain species.....misspelled/made up word for ya, motard- combination of moron and retard....never said that nature brought burms to Florida...motard..man you are proud of the word hyperbolizing. If you want more coons down there come get mine, Ive been lowering my pest problem, low on squirrels too? burms are efficient at it?
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Fleefles 2 weeks ago in playlist Season 2
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@Ryanfarrell85 According to Inquisitor53 you do. It's funny though because he has stated he is a hunter, yet I bet he doesn't pay for the funerals of children killed by guns or people killed in hunting accidents by firearms, nor is he out there cleaning up the illegal gun trade.
Fleefles 2 weeks ago in playlist Season 2
@Ryanfarrell85 I don't need your coons, just need to rid the Glades of an invasive, introduced species and although it would take awhile (10, 20 years?) they would make a comeback. Never said I hated the species, just the ones here in Florida. If that were left in their native habitat instead of having been exported for the pet trade maybe they wouldn't be so rare there. As to your weak attempts at insults I consider the source & in than .02 seconds move on. Maybe you need to do the same.
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 The comeback is in reference to the native mammals. BTW, spent the weekend slaughtering pythons this past weekend using several methods; left most of the males alone and butchered the females (the tayra loves the eggs).
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 Wow your a tuff guy! you went out and killed animals that have no real way of defending themselves you should be proud...probaly made you feel big and bad right? Pussy...go get a job and stop talking shit on youtube, you have way to much time on your hands.
nynoname1 1 week ago
Are you truly that blind that you can't see this law will not affect the glades and wasn't made with the intent to? It was a political ploy to gain support for a bs law. How are people lied to everyday by politicians yet continue to believe them. I have never owned a snake till I recently bought a ball python, so how am I at fault for any of this? Why do I need to pay funeral cost for someone that couldn't care for their pet correctly? I'm still shocked at the dumb things people say...
Ryanfarrell85 2 weeks ago
@Ryanfarrell85 Can't you see that if they were never brought to the states to be used as an ego-booster for those lacking in self-worth they wouldn't be any pythons in thew galdes? You would NOT have been paying the funeral cost of someone who couldn't care for their pet, you'd paying for the victim of species that has absolutely no business on this side of the planet and showing the public not all python owners are apathetic souless creatures. Until you start improving your image to the ...
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 ... public your efforts to repeal parts of the Lacey Act will be nothing more than wasted time.
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 Oh please. I'm sorry you have to pretend that people who have rarer/more expensive pets/cars/clothing/whatever than you are trying to compensate for something so you can feel better about yourself. I'd imagine most people get large snakes because they like them. My grandmother could have gotten a toy poodle or a cat instead of a rottweiler, but she likes rottweilers better.
FrostedToasterPastry 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 Ive never kept any animal for a ego boost...theres something really wrong with you..
nynoname1 2 weeks ago
@Inquisitor53 Lacking in self-worth? because they own a snake? you are a real piece of shit! who are you to judge ppl?
nynoname1 2 weeks ago
Ahh damn I guess my points aren't valid for misspelling a word..... Guess it hit a nerve cuz that's what you felt the need to point out... Ah man sorry dude I wrote cuz...and ya I don't own any Burmese, never have and never will. They aren't my choice for a pet. The laws were based on predictions that the species could potentially spread to 1/3 of the country. You agreed with all of what you read?
Ryanfarrell85 2 weeks ago
@Ryanfarrell85 Misspelled words are satisfactory as long as they're comprehendable. No, if your intent was to hit a nerve it failed. And again no, I do not believe all I read and don't expect you to either. That's why I listed 3 separate sites for you to peruse and/or contact. It would be a safe bet that you've yet to read or contact the first one.
Inquisitor53 2 weeks ago
you should send this vid to those bastards
herprule 2 weeks ago
(PART TWO)
As you said with the breeding issue, it's only going to cause more problems and cruelty,through the black market!
What makes all these rules so hard for me, is that they have been made by people that are uneducated about reptiles.
I feel that recently we have been getting put in our place and told what to do by the government(SOPA, PIPA).
djgringoboy2003 2 weeks ago in playlist Season 2
(PART ONE)
Hello Brian, and the rest of the BHP crew.
I am from the UK and I feel how you guys are being hit.
I hate the way that the media portray reptiles. Example, On the back of a bus today I seen a baby being threatened by second hand smoke! The smoke was in the form of a cobra!
How ignorant are these people?
djgringoboy2003 2 weeks ago in playlist Season 2