Yeah, they're big. I went to Brazil back in High School, and while I never saw one, one of the villages we went to had had an "attack" by one a few days prior to our arrival. The kids wouldn't go anywhere near the water...I don't blame them !

Maybe they were just telling stories trying to scare the stupid white Americans, but if that's what they were doing it definitely worked!

Not worried. Until they can live through a Michigan winter.
I will say, I've seen what they can do to people on videos. It bothers me. Not a good way to go.
Don't look it up. Just change the channel.

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Originally posted by dsiets:
Not worried. Until they can live through a Michigan winter.
I will say, I've seen what they can do to people on videos. It bothers me. Not a good way to go.
Don't look it up. Just change the channel.

I'm calling BS on that.

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Originally posted by wrightd:

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Originally posted by dsiets:
Not worried. Until they can live through a Michigan winter.
I will say, I've seen what they can do to people on videos. It bothers me. Not a good way to go.
Don't look it up. Just change the channel.

I'm calling BS on that.

He is saying they can’t live through a Michigan winter. Are you saying they can? I didn’t think snakes could live in conditions that cold.

I’m thinking boots.

I hear they taste like chicken.

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Originally posted by monoblok:

I hear they taste like chicken.

Snake-Fil-A

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by monoblok:

I hear they taste like chicken.

Snake-Fil-A

You guys crack me up!

My anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns, hun!

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Originally posted by Redhookbklyn:
I’m thinking boots.

I’m thinking M134D.

Or a MH-53J.

The Everglades are filthy with Burmese pythons which grow to almost the same size as anaconda. They’ve been there since hurricane Andrew and far as is known haven’t killed a single person. They do, however, eat everything else that can fit down the hatch including deer, alligators, and hogs. I have no doubt they could but when they get that big seem to stay in areas humans don’t frequent. I saw a few when I was near Everglades City back in spring of 2019- here is a “small” 6’ specimen that was hit by a car along Alligator Alley.



Like the anaconda, they are large ambush predators and none too picky. They also can’t seem to survive in cold winters. They are confined to tropical areas, thankfully. Large constrictors have been documented in the glades since before 2000 and include Boas, and African Rock pythons. There are more plenty more invasive reptiles in Florida, but the giant snakes get all the press. They are permanent residents and we will never get them out. Look up the Python Hunter on YouTube for some eye opening vids.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
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They do, however, eat everything else that can fit down the hatch including deer, alligators, and hogs.
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Several years ago I read an article about a python that had been found dead in the Everglades. It had eaten an alligator, but the gator had partially clawed its way out of the python’s stomach. The gator died too.

But the thought of any creature that could catch and swallow a gator is scary.

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Originally posted by Edmond:

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Originally posted by wrightd:

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Originally posted by dsiets:
Not worried. Until they can live through a Michigan winter.
I will say, I've seen what they can do to people on videos. It bothers me. Not a good way to go.
Don't look it up. Just change the channel.

I'm calling BS on that.

He is saying they can’t live through a Michigan winter. Are you saying they can? I didn’t think snakes could live in conditions that cold.

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Originally posted by Redhookbklyn:
I’m thinking boots.

I don't think wearing boots will help them live through Michigan's winters.

^^^

At least this thing is now extinct. Meet Titanoboa:

https://www.discovermagazine.c...t-snake-in-the-world

^^^^^^
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Basilisk was a giant serpent, also known as the King of Serpents. And about that size.

Should not have clicked in here.

One of my recurring nightmares is crossing a stream in the forest. Gazing at it, I realize there is a massive snake under the water. Then I notice 3-4 more. Then I move my eyes up, and they are embedded in/on/apart of everything. Trees, the branches, under the trees, etc etc etc. Like a slow realization and the more detail the more terror.

Probably means my dad didn't hug me enough or something. But I never make it past that. Wake up to realize I'm not being ambushed.

I don't discount however, that massive monsters 10 times the size of that sucker might exist down below us, swallowing Bigfoots whole and stuff. Hard to argue against a 50 cal once you see something like that, dreams or not.

Snakes. Why does it have to be snakes?