Taken from JRE #1972 w/Jim Breuer:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0bmYK3sGDB9bZJSvjOTBSq?si=9c5294014fcb45cd

Pet dog, pet cat, even pet weird pets, like pet horse.

But like a pet snake, the fuck are you doing?

The only reason why they're not eating you is because you're not big enough.

But this is what I was talking about, the guy, the python hunting.

I think in Florida now, anyone can hunt a python and you get a prize too.

I don't know if it's like a thousand bucks.

What did you ever see the video of the guy?

There's something wrong with a ceiling and they're they're pulling on the ceiling and the pythons were in the ceiling and it collapses

and you see like 3 or 4 pythons in his Fucking ceiling and they're huge Where the fuck is that place and how do I make sure I never go there?

3 all over 10 feet long in the fucking ceiling.

Even when you get them out, how you going back to sleep?

to sleep and you're not getting them out.

So they must have heard them scurrying around the ceiling.

Like they don't even know how big they ultimately get.

Something happened, like it's at a pet store.

Killing over 300 pythons and a boa constrictor

But they did think they killed the wrong 1 or something like that 1 of these was pregnant had like 50 in it inside Of it,

There I mean they're in Florida, and they're

oh so now I realized he killed the wrong 1?

I mean, the whole thing is weird that they allowed those as exotic pets, and then these people just let them go in the swamp.

Apparently that's only a part of the problem though.

Another part of the problem was that there was a wildlife research facility where they were studying pythons.

And somehow or another it got destroyed in a storm and the pythons got out.

So yeah, so that's also part of the problem.

So some of it is exotic pets, and some of it is these ones that they release from this research facility.

But it's more mind-boggling to me how just a couple can turn into completely taken over.

They took over everything because they're invasive.

But even when they're little, don't you think, I figure, what is the survival rate if they're in the water with gators and you have bobcats?

That is part of the python problem, right?

I think they don't know exactly what you know, which percentage comes from the the pets from the 1970s and Thousands of specimens of exotic species Escaped their cages and enclosures during the passing the storm through the South Dade County state environmental inspectors reporting reported 10 days after the hurricane witnesses spotted hundreds of large snakes and non-venomous snakes loose Wow hundreds and now those hundreds are Half a million.

There's a half a million pythons they estimate So because Burmese python invasion of South Florida Everglades everglades populations of raccoons and opossums dropped roughly 99% and some species of rabbits and foxes effectively disappeared Species that had long flourished here were being decimated by the aggressive newcomers." Wow.

Yeah, that's why it's a free-for-all now.

You know what else they've spotted in the Everglades?

So, they don't know how they got in there, they don't know if it's someone's pet, but they had a kill on sight order for Nile crocodiles.

They don't know if it's a breeding pair, they don't know, you know, they just, they have spotted at least 1 Nile crocodile in the Everglades.

That's like a wolf compared to a German shepherd.

Right, I was in Costa Rica, kids were just doing like a vacation, staying in whatever.

And I remember being in the water, in the beach.

And I didn't go, the beach dropped off where we were.

It was like a river that lit and the ocean was close and It dropped by a little bit.

I mean, I was in there, just touring around.

I wouldn't go too deep and I'd stay close.

And the next day we went back there, it was a big freaking...

And I just couldn't believe how no 1 else was in the water Yeah

we went on a tour of the crocodile habitat with my kids when they were, the youngest were like, they were probably like 6 and 8, somewhere around then.

I was so, like, every time they moved, like, get away from the edge, get away from the edge.

I was like, I was so hover parenting which is like and the kids are crazy like I want to sit on the railing I'm like fuck no you can't sit on the railing right like yeah, don't do this like if you go in that water I'm going to that water too, and we're both

guy who did that what happened the guy with the dog Oh,

yeah, I did see that but that was a little 1 that was it was a little dog But yeah, no I ate her too wasn't a big gator that in that guy did get his dog back What that guy's a fucking savage?

And we saw them, and they slide into the water right in front of you.

There was this alligator slide, or crocodile slide rather.

So you're on this body of water, and then right where the bank is, you see The crocs sunning themselves, and then you see him slide into the water.

It's so creepy It's so creepy because they're just killing machines, and you're you're in just this fucking boat.

You don't think they're fat they can move on land.

They move they move quick They move faster than we can they can run faster than us Wait, what is this?

Hundreds of alligators or crocodiles behind them.

Oh my oh my Oh my god You literally camped at the spot where they go

up the hill, run up the hill, And you get

to the top and you realize there's more alligators up there.

I mean, you've got to do some research before you go there, I think.


Speaker 0: The Jurogan experience.

Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like 0 connection to birds. Like, I don't want to pet bird. Right.

Speaker 0: Right.

Speaker 1: Pet dog, pet cat, even pet weird pets, like pet horse. I get it.

Speaker 0: Yeah, I get it too.

Speaker 1: Yeah. But like a pet snake, the fuck are you doing? You got a monster that lives with you. You got a monster that you feed. That's all that is.

That is a heartless serpent. Yeah, they size you up. The only reason why they're not eating you is because you're not big enough. Or They're not

Speaker 0: big enough. They're not big enough. But this is what I was talking about, the guy, the python hunting. I think in Florida now, anyone can hunt a python and you get a prize too. You get money.

You get serious money. I don't know if it's like a thousand bucks.

Speaker 1: What did you ever see the video of the guy? There's something wrong with a ceiling and they're they're pulling on the ceiling and the pythons were in the ceiling and it collapses

Speaker 0: Yeah,

Speaker 1: and you see like 3 or 4 pythons in his Fucking ceiling and they're huge Where the fuck is that place and how do I make sure I never go there? Where was it Malaysia? Holy shit, Malaysia? The watch this video. This is so crazy.

God look at this

Speaker 0: look at a size of them, Bro.

Speaker 1: How many is there? There's 2, 3? There's the

Speaker 0: tail, that might be 1. 3.

Speaker 1: It

Speaker 0: says 3 all over 10 feet long.

Speaker 1: 3. 3 all over 10 feet long in the fucking ceiling.

Speaker 0: Even when you get them out, how you going back to sleep? How do you go back to sleep after that?

Speaker 1: You never

Speaker 0: go back

Speaker 1: to sleep and you're not getting them out. They obviously have nested up there. Oh my God.

Speaker 0: Look at the size of these things. Look at the

Speaker 1: size of these motherfuckers. So they must have heard them scurrying around the ceiling.

Speaker 0: They caught 1 in my development.

Speaker 1: A python? Yeah. How big was it?

Speaker 0: I think it was like 10 feet.

Speaker 1: Oh my god.

Speaker 0: And that's like, I mean.

Speaker 1: They found a record size 1 recently. I think it was 18 feet. I think it was 18 or 19 feet. And they think they get bigger. Like they don't even know how big they ultimately get.

This is not their environment, right?

Speaker 0: Did you see this video? What? These guys were...

Speaker 1: Pulling out a snake? No, they

Speaker 0: got in trouble. It's coming out of a python. Something happened, like it's at a pet store.

Speaker 1: Killing over 300 pythons and a boa constrictor

Speaker 0: But they did think they killed the wrong 1 or something like that 1 of these was pregnant had like 50 in it inside Of it,

Speaker 1: so why are they killing these things?

Speaker 0: There I mean they're in Florida, and they're

Speaker 1: oh so now I realized he killed the wrong 1? 0, the longer video

Speaker 0: of them killing it is pretty intense.

Speaker 1: I don't need to see that. I mean, the whole thing is weird that they allowed those as exotic pets, and then these people just let them go in the swamp.

Speaker 0: Right. And then it just kept multiplying. Don't you remember that too?

Speaker 1: Apparently that's only a part of the problem though. I thought that was the whole problem. Another part of the problem was that there was a wildlife research facility where they were studying pythons. And somehow or another it got destroyed in a storm and the pythons got out. Oh, the hurricane, I think, in the 90s.

So yeah, so that's also part of the problem. So some of it is exotic pets, and some of it is these ones that they release from this research facility.

Speaker 0: But it's more mind-boggling to me how just a couple can turn into completely taken over.

Speaker 1: They took over everything because they're invasive. There's nothing knows to fear them.

Speaker 0: But even when they're little, don't you think, I figure, what is the survival rate if they're in the water with gators and you have bobcats?

Speaker 1: Yeah. Hurricane Andrews, it was that. That is part of the python problem, right? I think they don't know exactly what you know, which percentage comes from the the pets from the 1970s and Thousands of specimens of exotic species Escaped their cages and enclosures during the passing the storm through the South Dade County state environmental inspectors reporting reported 10 days after the hurricane witnesses spotted hundreds of large snakes and non-venomous snakes loose Wow hundreds and now those hundreds are Half a million. There's a half a million pythons they estimate So because Burmese python invasion of South Florida Everglades everglades populations of raccoons and opossums dropped roughly 99% and some species of rabbits and foxes effectively disappeared Species that had long flourished here were being decimated by the aggressive newcomers." Wow.

Wow. That's amazing.

Speaker 0: Yeah, that's why it's a free-for-all now. Go ahead. Go get them. It is

Speaker 1: a free-for-all. You know what else they've spotted in the Everglades? What? They spotted Nile crocodiles. So, they don't know how they got in there, they don't know if it's someone's pet, but they had a kill on sight order for Nile crocodiles.

They don't know if it's a breeding pair, they don't know, you know, they just, they have spotted at least 1 Nile crocodile in the Everglades.

Speaker 0: Crocodile's a whole different animal.

Speaker 1: That's a whole different animal.

Speaker 0: It's a whole different set, but I...

Speaker 1: That's like a wolf compared to a German shepherd.

Speaker 0: Right, I was in Costa Rica, kids were just doing like a vacation, staying in whatever. And I remember being in the water, in the beach. Yeah. Yeah, swimming around. And I didn't go, the beach dropped off where we were.

It was like a river that lit and the ocean was close and It dropped by a little bit. I mean, I was in there, just touring around. I wouldn't go too deep and I'd stay close. And the next day we went back there, it was a big freaking...

Speaker 1: Crocodile slide.

Speaker 0: No, he was banked on there. And I went, oh my God! And I just couldn't believe how no 1 else was in the water Yeah

Speaker 1: Dude, yeah Could have been it

Speaker 0: could have been it

Speaker 1: could have been it

Speaker 0: see that I'm safe in Florida Kayaking

Speaker 1: we went on a tour of the crocodile habitat with my kids when they were, the youngest were like, they were probably like 6 and 8, somewhere around then. And it was so creepy, dude. I was so, like, every time they moved, like, get away from the edge, get away from the edge. I was like, I was so hover parenting which is like and the kids are crazy like I want to sit on the railing I'm like fuck no you can't sit on the railing right like yeah, don't do this like if you go in that water I'm going to that water too, and we're both

Speaker 0: You see you see the guy

Speaker 1: it yeah

Speaker 0: guy who did that what happened the guy with the dog Oh,

Speaker 1: yeah, I did see that but that was a little 1 that was it was a little dog But yeah, no I ate her too wasn't a big gator that in that guy did get his dog back What that guy's a fucking savage? I don't know how you

Speaker 0: did that with your kids. You must have been freaking.

Speaker 1: Freaking out. Freaking out. Freaking. And we saw them, and they slide into the water right in front of you. There was this alligator slide, or crocodile slide rather.

So you're on this body of water, and then right where the bank is, you see The crocs sunning themselves, and then you see him slide into the water. It's so creepy It's so creepy because they're just killing machines, and you're you're in just this fucking boat. It's just a boat And

Speaker 0: You see them on land too. You don't think they're fat they can move on land.

Speaker 1: They move they move quick They move faster than we can they can run faster than us Wait, what is this?

Speaker 0: Hundreds of alligators or crocodiles behind them. I don't know

Speaker 1: in their tent. So they

Speaker 0: Beach, they're hanging out. Did you see the 1 on

Speaker 1: the right look at that? It looks outside. Oh my oh my Oh my god You literally camped at the spot where they go

Speaker 0: Where they knew it was there, and they

Speaker 1: were gonna go eat. Oh, What the fuck do you do there?

Speaker 0: Do you leave? What if

Speaker 1: you run into another group of them? Like higher up the hill. Imagine you're out of breath. You run

Speaker 0: up the hill, run up the hill, And you get

Speaker 1: to the top and you realize there's more alligators up there.

Speaker 0: There's 10 times the amount.

Speaker 1: Yeah, and you're out of breath now. You know you can't run.

Speaker 0: I mean, you've got to do some research before you go there, I think. You know what freaks me out more?

Speaker 1: Young kids. They're reckless. Ha

Speaker 0: ha ha.

See all PowerfulJRE transcripts on Youtube

The Burmese Python Invasion of Florida