The way the bounty works is you apply to south Florida water management as a “python hunter”(there are 50 approved) and they pay you $13-18/hour while actively hunting plus $50 for up to a 4 foot python with each additional foot adding $25 dollars to the bounty. If you discover a nest it’s an additional $200.
The python thing has been way blown out of proportion the reason the python issue is constantly brought up is because a certain politician has special interest in exotic animal bans. There is such a small miniscule amount of change if any in the long run done to the Florida ecosystem we've had large snakes forever it's nothing new hogs and house cats are far more detrimental yet there isn't a talk for banning those because they aren't exotic
I grew up in South Florida. We were always taught to never walk by the edges of any lake, canal, or go out near the Everglades areas of Markham Park (Sunrise FL). Same goes with your dog. Too many stories of joggers going by the canal that runs parallel to I-75 and State Road 84 and trying to cool off under the causeways and getting taken by gators. Also, cottonmouths like to hang out by the edges of water. I once stepped on one in my neighborhood that has manmade lakes that connect to the Everglades, so gators and snakes use the underwater pipes from Everglades to swim into our neighborhood waterways. The cottonmouth snapped by me but didn't get me then my friend came running with a large rock and killed it. Threw it onto the road with his fishing pole and someone ran over its head with their Mustang.
This is so crazy to me. I live in Denmark. They used to try and scare us with stories of how aggressive badgers could be. It's like 🤣 What you describe is horror stuff! Just completely different realities. Fingers crossed a zombie apocalypse never happens because I'm not gonna last a day.
Ya, Polk county resident. Don’t walk close to the water. Especially when walking a dog or with kids. We have a saying here “no palm trees and beaches, just cotton mouths and leeches.”
Me and my buddy rabbit hunting along creek on Texas coast. Creek couple feet wide and shallow . I was looking aheadvand fixing to take a step then looked down and saw a ball of cottonmouths about 2 foot across. I was standing on one leg an jumped backwards about 6 feet. If you need to do it you can do it! Few years later we were in a field drinking smoking dope and playing hide and seek and we under a brushy tree buddy next to e hollered he hit a wasp nest. We all assembled back to the cars and inside car we looked at his hand . It has one dot of blood. As we watched another drop popped up about an inch away on webbing of his thumb. Luckily we were about 5 miles from a county hospital and he was treated and was ok. Oh 1976-78
My dad worked in the orange groves in the 1950's and he said you could look out over the ponds at night with a flashlight and all you could see were the eyes of alligators and snakes and they were huge !
I participate in the Python Elimination Program every year here out of Naples Florida. I am also a nuisance alligator trapper who has been catching snakes and alligators all of my life. But fulltime, I'm a Realtor. Probably the only Realtor in the country who has snatched an alligator up by the face while showing homes. The customers were from New Jersey and probably thought I was nuts.
@@FuuHolliday I know no one will believe me when I say I can call alligators and make them come to me, but no one ever does until I do it in front of them. Dolphins too. They come check out the curious human on the boat, surface, look at me, and swim away.
@@jesipohl6717 killing pythons is not, and if you kill a python, why not feed it to Florida panthers and black bears so that way more predators for a python means fewer pythons to invade
My place got destroyed during Ian last year. It was in Everglades City and I remember seeing brown bunnies and squirrels and other small animals everywhere around back in the day. Now, I havent seen a bunny out there in years. Not a single one. Also, I used to work at a restaurant in Goodland Florida, near Marco Island, for 3-4 years. One slow day there was only a couple tables with customers and in walks Jim Breuer with a couple of his friends to eat lunch haha. He is down to earth cool ass dude!
they all came to Kentucky! in the early 90s there was a time I kinda lived off rabbits and fish and sometimes it would take me 2or 3 days to find one. and I was hunting at night with spot light, illegal yes but I was hungry and if all else fails the jail would feed me, But in the last 5 years or so I've noticed they have blown up in population , i mean they are everywhere like cock roaches . I mean I didn't kill them off or anything they was just hard to find back then not sure what happened to bring them back , maybe nobody hunts now , Not sure , I dont anymore , wish someone would of told me about foodstamps then
The situation in Florida has been going on for at least a decade now. In high school I had to write a biology essay on invasive species and one of our selected topics was how pythons were disrupting the ecosystem in the Everglades back in 2015. It’s become so much of an issue that Florida panthers have started to migrate north into Georgia and South Carolina because there isn’t enough prey for the panthers to survive in Florida.
@@chrislaverick6413 yeah I’d say the pythons are more of a threat to the panthers than the other way around. Once the snakes get too big for a few raccoons and opossums to keep them satisfied, I’d assume panthers would be the size up on the list.
I live in South Florida, there are a lot of invasive species, there are thousands of iguanas, Cuban tree frogs, noisy parrots, and I've heard now of Nile monitors(never heard of Nile Crocs being here maybe he meant the lizards) and Tengu lizards, both get large and can be aggressive. Then you have the Lionfish, they're little eating machines, I've culled(speared) thousands of them over the years, sometimes you find 12-16 fish in their stomachs, they gorge themselves on anything they can fit in their mouth, I return the favor, my lionfish ceviche has become quite popular.
Joe I was in South Florida back in 2000 doing research on coral reefs of southern Florida. One morning I got up early and went out to the water ways near Flamingo south of the Everglades. It is there that I saw what looked like a salt water Crocodile swimming up river from the Ocean. It was so big at first I thought it was a submarine it was huge. I compared the length of its head to a two man canoe that two people were paddling down river right passed that Crocodile as it sunk down near the shore hidden in the reeds. I thought it was going to sink the boat and eat the people but it did not. The head of that Crocodile was almost as wide as that canoe and have the length. Knowing the ratio of the length of the head compared to the body on average of crocodiles this beast had to be 20+ feet in length.
Now, I'm not saying that I think this, but it sure sounds like a fisherman's story." I do believe you though, because I spent the summer of 89 in Lake Worth, and we'd go to keggers down at the ponds near canals and I've seen some similar to what you've described. By similar, I mean several feet smaller than yours. I was always so scared of running into one when we girls would have to go find a nice secluded place to pee since we were constantly drinking beer while out enjoying the summer & 4 wheeling.
@@Julia-uh4li I am a scientist with degrees in Biology and chemistry and was doing research on coral reefs. I have grown up on a farm and been in the woods, rivers, lakes and oceans on three continents. I have a life time studying animals in nature and have see many Alligators and several species of crocodiles. Some in Costa Rica 16 feet long. These were American Crocodiles just as we have here in Florida but the difference between an American Crocodile and a salt water Crocodile is the size and the size of the scutes on its back. This beast had huge scutes which is indicative of old age and being a salty. Far be it for me to imagine that some idiot had one as a pet and released it and it now has grown to epic size as it has no competition. There has even been others who say they saw a salt water coroc in Florida and one has been killed by wild life officers but they say that was the only one in Florida. If you believe them. I know what I saw.
@@jimichan7649 Yes the American Crocodile can reach large size and I have seen them at 16 feet in Costa Rica and at 14 feet here in Florida but this beast had huge scutes on its back indicative of salt water crocs and old age. I'm not going to say 100% that it was but being a biologist who has been on three continents studying wild life and seeing large crocs before I am pretty sure this was a salty. Florida wild life officers admitted they killed a salty but say that that was the only one in Florida and it was 14 feet long. Knowing the pet trade and how some idiots think they can make pets out of anything I am positive that some people have gotten salt water crocs as pets and that is how they got here. If there is one I'm pretty sure there are more. I was scheduled to go into that water way that day. The size scared the hell out of me and I did not go any where near the water that day.
This is the first I’ve heard of Nile Crocs being found in the Everglades (not that I’m surprised). Imagine Nile Crocs replacing Alligators in Florida. lol Might as well bring in some Lions, Hyenas and Hippos at that point.
@tsnorquist That would be pretty unwise, considering the ultra endangered american crocodile lives in florida. People can’t hardly even tell an alligator and a crocodile apart (even though it’s obvious when you look at them), let alone two species of crocs.
Florida miami man here... yes, many people own them. I knew a guy in an apartment in Fort Lauderdale and half his living room (2nd floor also apartment) was a cage for 2 fifteen foot Burmese Pythons. He would feed it rabbits and even chickens, whole.
my friend had a massive one here in socal. that thing would always break out of its cage so we decided to just let it free in his house. it would nest in his box spring but one day made it to the garage and we havent seen it since. it was camping out in the attic of his garage for a while cause of possums and rats but i think he just found a new place to live. it was pretty young so it had some y ears left. last time we saw him was maybe a year ago.
Man listening to this brought back memories of growing up in Queensland, Australia. When I was around 7 years old my mom was standing in the living room when a 8’ python fell from the ceiling on her., my dad calmly picked it up and took it outside to the garden and let it go. Then, when I was around 12, went swimming in a fresh water creek and swimming beside me was a 2 meter freshwater croc. He didn’t even care about me and went on his way, even though I was in panic mode, I later found out that they don’t eat humans, only small animals and fish. But saltwater crocs, well they are a different story, they eat anything that moves. That tent video was crazy. Come to Australia anytime guys. It is an adventure and an education. Just don’t go swimming in the northern regions as they are infested with the salties. Fair dinkum!
I was living in Florida in the 80’s and 90’s Hurricane Andrew was a big reason why so many exotic pets got loose and just thrive in Florida haha. It wasn’t just Snakes. It’s all kinds. But Florida has always had tons of critters.
I've never owned a bird but my friends have and trust me, you build a true connection. They are incredibly smart and have real personalities. I've always been a big dog guy, sometimes cats, but there was a gap in between dogs when I was pet-less for a few years and strongly considered a bird just because it would be a little easier, and different. Then my local police department found an abandoned 7 y/o Husky and they gave him to me for free! He's the best and he's my full-time job hahaha
@Booqr Doit they can handle more heat than you'd expect - their coat is thermoregulatory. But your location will definitely cut way down on their walk time and outside time which isn't great. But if you could take them from like at 6am to 730am before it gets hot that may be enough. And also if you don't work from home or have someone else who's home all the time it's a bad idea! He's my 5th dog and the "full time job" comment is the truth lol.
@@butchvito One time was a tree. The other time I have no idea how but it got above my doorframe and was just sitting there. I didn't even notice it when I walked outside. As soon as I locked my door and walked forward it dropped down narrowly missing me and I bolted. I might be the luckiest man in the world tbh
I greet you with respect from Romania. I discovered your show late, but I follow your clips non-stop. You have an incredible way of explaining, of asking, of arousing curiosity, I understand you as if you were speaking in Romanian. thank you for all the explanations and questions that arise in my mind after a show. you are brilliant!!!
Years ago, some neighbors brought their snake to a cookout at my house. It was 17ft long. It was amazing to see that thing stretched out in the yard. I put my dog away. Their little 4 year old loved that snake though, and had no fear of it. I remember when she picked up just the head and tried to walk with it. The snake just kinda shrugged, and she went flying.
There's a group in Florida that was studying small mammals. They would tag them with geo locators to track their movements. They noticed that several times they would stop moving for a day or more then begin moving again. They figured out they were being eaten by snakes. The snake would digest them for a day or so and start hunting again. They tracked the snakes and caught one 18 foot long female that had 120 eggs in her.
I've had a connection with a hen before. I have no issue hunting small game and birds but they can be pretty chill. I'm always aware they're lizard freaks though and fear they'll peck my eyes if I get too close. Just what I was told as a kid when I first had chickens
Yeah as an Aussie that’s spent a large part of his life in Australia’s far north the general rule is DO NOT GO IN OR NEAR THE WATER especially in the Northern Territory. The Adelaide River is like something out of Jurassic park….
Joe saying he doesn't connect with birds is ironic since most of the bird species that you would own as a pet are much more intelligent and sentient than a dog or a cat. I have a Blue nose Amazon and it is very connecting and affectionate
We had a python as a pet years ago when I was a kid, my dad came home one evening drunk and left the glass door on the cage open. Snake Went missing 😅 few years later after we moved houses we get a call from our old neighbours who where pulling up their floors and found the snake under it 😂🙈
I love my dog so much I wish he had the life of a parrot. He's up there so we both don't have long together but it's breaking my heart watching his age happen. People conversely communicate with each other. I suppose that's why it feels hard dogs can't verbalize as easy.
I’m in the same place with my dog. I often feel that he is the only one that gets me. I’ve never dealt with a loss like this and I’m worried that I’ll hate life after he passes. I’m heartbroken already :( Best of luck to both of you!
I'm from central Florida, lived here almost all my life. The snake sanitarium was destroyed during a hurricane. I own a tree service and do cleanup etc after hurricanes. Now those pythons are EVERYWHERE in Florida, and they have ate almost everything. It's crazy, you just see them all over
They aren't sizing you up, they don't do that to their actual prey items. A lot of snakes are picky eaters. Certain species are difficult to switch from mice to rats and some people don't even know there's a difference between the two species...
Snake lovers coming out in full force. 🤣 It’s like saying something bad about a pitbull. Expect the internet experts to come out and tell you how the entire world is wrong. Just so you know, we can see your love for the animal causes you to lack logical thinking on the matter. Most people just won’t waste their time engaging with you, because they know it’s a waste of time trying to change your mind. But I’m letting you know, most folks think you are a joke...
I have a pet bird. A green cheek conure, he's just as affectionate as any other pet. He talks, mimics, dances,loves to cuddle and get scratches and pets
I don't if anyone has experience with them, but Burmese Pythons are pretty chill. They are def an invasive species, but I've put many around my neck, and I am an incredible scaredy cat who runs from his shadow. To me, there are snakes that are WAY scarier than these guys who are....dare I say, cute af lol
Yeah I compare burms to giant ball pythons. Little more slow moving and chill but I’ve seen some mean ones. Retics if anything are more scary. Little more aggressive, faster, and bigger
I mean as far as threats to humans go, sharks and bears kill way more humans than anything else, and the only snakes that kill humans basically ever are vipers, but they're out competed literally 4-to-1 by venomous spiders. But the two that cleanly top the list? Horses at 2nd, then dogs waaaaay at the top. If you're worried about dangerous invasive animals killing humans, you're worried about dogs and literally nothing else, unless you're insane. If you're worried about and want to be killing invasive species that are harming endangered species, you're talking exclusively about *cats.* Even literally in Florida this year more than 80% of endangered species killed by invasive species, were killed by cats. Cats out compete big snakes.
We’ve had a reticulated python for 12 years since she was a baby and not once had she acted aggressive, there would be times she be a little agitated just like any other species but she’ll let you know. And she got to big we’ve donated her to the Houston zoo.
@@hoppasputnik221 there’s reasons why animals bite, and it’s up to you to understand their body language and how they react. With the python we had she’ll let us know if she didn’t want to be handled or anything and it’s up to us to either ignore her body language and agitate her to bite us. At least animals show their aggression rather than humans.
@@sebastianoviedo253 You sounds like one of those pitbull owners who’s dog was an angel until it ended up on the 5 o clock news for murdering somebody Pythons are far from “every other animal” and the fact you feel the desire to conflate them, is honestly laughable and cringe. It’s like you KNOW they’re detestable, so you feel the need to lie...
It gives me warm fuzzies to see Joe have so much respect for Jim that he imitates his speech and facial expressions. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.
I lived in south Florida for ove 20 years, on the east coast we never seen coyotes in our town, they always lived more west in the glades and wooded areas, but recently they’ve been spotted a lot, assuming they have less to eat due to pythons and are now hunting in our neighborhoods
The python thing has been way blown out of proportion the reason the python issue is constantly brought up is because a certain politician has special interest in exotic animal bans. There is such a small miniscule amount of change if any in the long run done to the Florida ecosystem we've had large snakes forever it's nothing new hogs and house cats are far more detrimental yet there isn't a talk for banning those because they aren't exotic
In this pod you guys mentioned dangerous jobs, I am an arborist and pro tree climber, it does take a certain human to do most jobs I have some of my palm videos on RU-vid (Sky G. Arbor Pros) Jim has always been one of my go to comics/podcasts. Dope.
I have been breeding reptiles for years. Large reticulated pythons are extremely intelligent. They come to understand you are not food, no matter how large, usually. Anyway, I have been hired to start hunting these large constructors because I know their habits and behaviors very well. I'll take no pleasure in dispatching them but I also realize what needs to be done. It's the hurricanes that caused the biggest damage. When it tore through some breeding facilities. Now they're all over the place in the southern FL. Hopefully I can make a dent.
When Joe said "You got a monster that lives with you" about pet snakes, I couldn't help but think about those pythons in the ceiling. Imagine coming home after watching this and suddenly you hear weird noises up there... 😳🐍🏠 I'd be like, "Nope, time to move to Antarctica, at least there are no snakes in the ceilings there!" 🥶🐧 #PythonFreeCeilingsPlease
Unless the nazis have a couple under the ice on the secret nazi base and they escape through a hole and try to find heat on your Arctic base ventil heating sistem.
The actual Draconian/reptilians reside in Antarctica. You will get eaten there too but they will be able to talk shit to you while they do it. Ever heard of Lord Jacob Rothschild?
A Burmese python can get to about 20-25 ft if they can remain healthy and can eat regularly. Someone gave me a 12 ft one that. I had her for a couple years. I gave her to a friend because she needed a bigger place than I had. She was 13 ft at that point. She was sleek and friendly, and feeding her was always fun. I hand fed her chicken legs most of the time. Those multi packs from the store. The only thing she ever did that worried me was try to go at my cat when I had her in the tub soaking. Instead of staying in it she decided to explore and suddenly her head shot through below the door as my cat was walking by. She missed thank goodness. There was one time while feeding her when she missed the chicken and caught my hand. She let go quickly rather than try to coil.
they’re smart creatures,they can differentiate food and friend for sure. they’re not brain dead like the walking testosterone molecule is making them out to be in this clip. They have stronger instincts than your average dog or cat sure, but that’s because snakes are a fairly “new” pet and are only truly just now being understood. sounded like you had a beauty, bet she was stunning
@@TwoHams I’m not sure what type of dogs you’ve been around. If you are not an idiot and know how to deal with dogs every breed of dog is an amazing companion.
I have a room full of snakes but they're ball pythons and I breed them for different genes the same way people would with dogs It's a very fun hobby and it's actually surprisingly big. If I could get Rogan in my room holding a couple for just a little bit I guarantee I could change his mind. This is why I still to this day think he needs to have Brian Barczyk on. Unfortunately he's going through cancer treatment so I don't know if that's going to happen anymore but I always wanted to see that and I know he tried to make it happen. And they're calling the killing of those snakes the holy Thursday massacre They told the guy he couldn't get rid of them and told them they would charge him if he did and then showed back up to kill them with basically a nail gun and a board and misidentified a snake that was legally kept and killed it anyways shows how incompetent Florida wildlife commission really is as well as having a FWC officer getting charged with child porn recently. It's a joke. These were well kept snakes in a legal manner in a legal facility but they changed the laws and came in and slaughtered them. Us who keep snakes view these snakes the same way people do dogs can you imagine if somebody showed up and killed your dogs with a nail gun and smiled while doing it....??? And I get the banning of large snake species that are having invasive issues in the area, But the people who are carrying out these laws need to be well versed in species identification so they're not killing snakes that have zero chance of being an invasive species that are kept legally as well as chipped as required by FWC as of the recent law change in recent years. Chipped animals can be traced back to the previous owner and that eliminates a lot of the people willing to dump snakes. But the majority of the invasive species problem was the hurricane that wiped out a snake breeding facility It wasn't from people releasing snakes The majority of snake species cannot handle the cold temperatures we get even in Florida with the few being anacondas reticulated and Burmese pythons and a few others all the others die if temperatures are below 40° for any amount of time and can't handle temps above 110. A lot of these laws are being put into place by people who are ignorant to the specifics these animal requirements and that's why I'm glad we have a group that fights this ignorant legislature that's trying to ban all of that across the country. Support USARK!
That's great that you view snakes the same as dogs, but unfortunately your SNAKES don't feel the same. Dogs are literally pack animals and will bond to human families. Snakes are reptiles and don't care about you at all.
I had a 4 metre Burmese python come into the cabin of my small yacht at 2am and it killed the cat sleeping next to me. 4 metres long. Happened in Malaysia
We had a Burmese python in my central Florida science class in the 90’s. It got out once and the school had to lockdown. We held the snake once during class and it took all 20 of us.
I remember doing a class presentation of these invasive pythons back in high school marine bio class. The teacher quit for a better job halfway through the year.
I agree with Joe... I had a pet snake, I had no emotional attachement to it. I would look at it and it felt like a flower had more feelings and life to it. Like a worm or bug/insect...
