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Persuasive Essay On The Burmese Pyton

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Think of a telephone pole, and then imagine a snake as big around the middle as that pole. Huge, right? Well that's the Burmese python. Burmese pythons can sometimes be great pets, and people may want them, but a lot of the people who want them most likely don't even know how to handle them properly. The article by Matt Piven states, "The Burmese python can grow up to 23 feet tall and weigh over 200 pounds .." so eventually the owners will have to let them go. And since they don't do it properly, the Burmese just get released anywhere in the wild and become a threat to the area. In this case that's the everglades. The local animals are getting horribly killed by these pythons. The newspaper states, "With no natural predators, these eating machines appear to be wiping out huge numbers of opossums, raccoons, and bobcats, as well as many bird species." The pythons can go around freely do to people not letting them go in the right place, so at that expense, they are going around killing the animals. And the more animals they eat, the closer that species is to getting endangered and the closer the pythons get to harming more things or people. …show more content…

The newspaper states, "This means that for 30 days, hundreds of people armed with shotguns, rifles, machetes, handguns, and hooked spears— many who have never even seen a Burmese python—will roam the Florida Everglades in search of the coveted snakes. Our advice: If you happen to be in the area, be sure to wear a bulletproof vest." But now that people want to take action, they are doing that irresponsibly as well. Having strangers going out with guns in the wild is really not the brightest idea. A lot of the population I bet isn’t even familiar with using a gun. And when out “hunting”, you could get shot by someone else, or get bitten by the

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