Reptile and amphibian news wrap: Snake-bit on the job, python hunt updates, and good news about climate change
By kingsnake.com · January 18, 2013 12:03 pm
Not just another day at the office, honey. A Florida woman who was bitten while working at a snake-milking facility is suing the company's owner -- who is also her ex -- for "failing to inspect or adequately inspect the screening to the cage containing the venomous snake ... to ascertain whether the improperly secured lid constituted a hazard to employees and members of the public utilizing said cage.” Read more...
Pythons 1, Sen. Bill Nelson 0. Florida senator Bill Nelson, the man responsible for the python ban, got in on the python hunting challenge -- or tried to, anyway. He blamed it on the weather. Read more...
In other python hunt news.... only 21 of the snakes are reported to have been killed. Apparently, TV crews outnumber snakes on the ground in Florida these days. And the proponents of the hunt are lowering expectations as hard and fast as they can, with one spokesperson insisting he'd be happy if all they got was 100, or even the 11 that was the total a couple of days ago. And really, the main point is the research, not the killing. Etc. Read it all here...
Finally, some good news about climate change. At least, if you're a ratsnake, a species that's thriving in the new hotter world order. Read about it here...
Photo: Ratsnake, John White/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
