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From MediaDoors' World News Headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review

with Ryan Cal Calan.

Now, here's Cal.

Welcome to the Florida Desk.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has, for reasons unknown, banned the future ownership,

importation and sale of some 16 snakes and reptiles.

Argentine black and white, Tegu's, Green iguanas, Indian and Burmese pythons, North African

pythons, Southern African pythons, Amethystine pythons, Scrub python, Green Anacondas, and Nile

Anacondas.

We'll be illegal to own or breed without having the proper permit by 2024.

Again, what do we have to owe to this prompt action?

Burmese pythons started officially popping up and eating things in the Everglades in the

1970s, which is 51 years ago.

Right now, if you aren't scratching your heads, you should be.

If you've been paying attention to this podcast, you know that rarely a week goes by, that

some giant 14 to 16 foot python or rare songbird or endangered tortoise egg eating lizard

doesn't make the news in Florida.

Green iguanas were first reported in Miami-Dade County in the 1960s.

One of the most destructive attributes of these invasives is their burrowing ability.

They undermine sea walls, foundation, sidewalks, and when the temps drop, they freeze, and

fall frozen out of the trees onto Governor DeSantis's head, which is the only plausible explanation

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