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Snakes

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    April 9, 2012

    Burmese Python Eats 10 Bird Eggs, Vomits. Scientists Worried

    An 8-foot-long Burmese python captured in Miami-Dade last year either watched Cool Hand Luke far too many times or was just very stupid and very hungry.According to a new study, the snake puked up ten intact bird eggs soon after the Miami-Dade Venom Response Program captured it. Meanwhile, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Forest Ranger Beats Huge Python to Death With Rake, Posts YouTube Video, Retires for Unrelated Reasons

    ​Most people eat cake and slack off on their last day of work. Not Jean Bernard Tarrete. The former forest ranger wrapped up his career with the Florida Forest Service at the end of March by hunting down a 15-foot Burmese python, wrestling with the beast while a coworker beat it to death with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    JAVMA Probes Whether Burmese Pythons Are Mere Hype or Slithering Destructive Force

    ​Despite the string of national headlines, television specials, a federal ban, and grotesque photographs, it's becoming increasingly unclear whether Burmese pythons are permanently wrecking the Everglades or if they're just an overhyped nuisance. Earlier this year, scientists r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    The Everglades Need to Go Viral: Five Ads the Park Should Look to for Inspiration (Videos)

    ​The Everglades has a marketing problem. Earlier this week, officials from the Everglades National Park and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization got together for a chat about how to better market the park to lure in tourists. As the Miami Herald reports, during ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Expanding Snake Ban Could Cause Economic Woe, Feed Python Hype, Reptile Group Says

    ​Earlier this year, our cowboy-hat-wearing secretary of the interior, Ken Salazar, hosted a news conference in the Everglades to announce a federal ban on importing four species of snakes, including the much-loathed Burmese python. Now, a new proposal from Reps. Tom Rooney and Ted Deutch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Python Destruction of Everglades May Be Overhyped

    ​At the end of January, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study suggesting that Burmese pythons were decimating mammal populations in the Everglades. The numbers were shocking: a 99 percent decline in raccoon sightings, a 98 percent drop in opossum  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Hungry Hungry Pythons Decimate Mammal Populations in Everglades

    ​It's no secret that Burmese pythons have been wreaking havoc in the Everglades, but the extent of their destruction has been hard to grasp. A new study provides some of the first hard statistics on how these invasive reptiles are altering the food chain, and the numbers are downright scary.Betwee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Monster Pythons From the Everglades Get Dissected on PBS Show (Video)

    ​Nature shows are simply brilliant television. Sharks devouring seals in midair, a Golden Eagle dragging a helpless mountain goat to a savage death, and monkeys getting wasted off fermented fruit -- these are things dreams are made of.  Now South Floridians can puff out their chest with local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Burmese Pythons Can Survive in Saltwater. Damn.

    ​As if snakes large enough to swallow -- or at least try to swallow -- alligators in the Everglades aren't frightening enough, U.S. Geological Survey researchers delivered a bit of unsettling news this week about Burmese pythons. These massive beasts can't be held back by saltwater. The resea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Top Chef: Mutherf**king Snakes on Some Mutherf**king Plates

    Snakes on a mutherf**king plate. Tonight on Top Chef.​Can we love Padma Lakshmi more than we do today? It seems mutherf**king unlikely. We just got wind of the totally awesome preview for tonight's episode of Top Chef. With the cheftestants finally chosen after two throwaway episodes, the fun beg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Florida Has World's Worst Invasive Amphibian and Reptile Problem, According to UF Research

    University of FloridaThis iguana doesn't belong in Florida, but here it is at someone's front door in Lake Worth.​If you're looking for a reptile or amphibian species that "causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health," chances are, it's in Florida.According ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Maggot Burgers, Raccoon on a Stick Are Big Hits at State Fairs

    Jungle George's Exotic Meats and BugsAnd we thought maggots on your burger was a bad sign...​Remember when fried Oreos and pork parfait were the most outrageous food items at the fair? In an effort to outdo fried butter, fried bubblegum, and Krispy Kreme burgers, Jungle George's Exotic Meats and B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Food Network's Extreme Chef: Like Top Chef With Snakes (Video)

    Food Network Extreme Chef: Like Top Chef, but with poisonous snakes!​Although we love Top Chef here at Clean Plate Charlie, sometimes we can't help wondering if maybe the show would be a little bit better if the cheftestants had to, say, catch their own poisonous water moccasin and cook it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    7-Foot Burmese Python Escapes in West Palm Beach

    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionThe 7-foot snake that was slithering around West Palm Beach​The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission isn't too happy with David T. Beckett after they say his 7-foot Burmese python escaped its enclosure and began wandering around res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2011

    Burmese Pythons Not Going Anywhere

    Courtesy, AP/Everglades Nat'l Park​At left, you'll find the single most interesting picture taken in Florida in the last five years. (Other than this one, I mean.) Pictured is a 13-foot Burmese Python which has bitten off more than it can chew -- except the python has dispensed with the biting, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    A Breeder's View on the Proposed Python Ban

    Courtesy of Greg Bryant​Greg Bryant raises reticulated pythons, the longest snakes in the world. From the Retic Ranch in Delray Beach, he breeds animals that can grow to 20 feet and top 100 pounds and sells them around the world. His livelihood is now threatened by federal legislation, proposed la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Morning Juice: Aid to Haiti Trickles in; FPL Rate Hike Denied

    ​The catastrophe in Haiti dominates the headlines in South Florida and around the world:The Port Au Prince airport is now taking chartered flights and aid has arrived -- just nearly enough to meet the dire need for water and fuel. [New York Times]Lynn University in Boca Raton learned late last nig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2010

    Manatees to Pythons: A Rough Weekend For Local Wildlife

    Baby, it's cold outside.​Iguanas falling from the sky.Pythons slithering from the swamps and into suburban yards in search of warmth. It would make a great horror movie if it weren't true life. It's been so frigid in South Florida this week that 250 sea turtles in cold shock have already been pick ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2009

    On the Hunt for Exotic Lizards in the Florida Everglades

    Baby, it's cold outside.​Iguanas falling from the sky.Pythons slithering from the swamps and into suburban yards in search of warmth. It would make a great horror movie if it weren't true life. It's been so frigid in South Florida this week that 250 sea turtles in cold shock have already been pick ... More >>

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