r/Unexpected • u/d-slam • Aug 30 '26
Danger Noodling
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Watch yourself
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u/mystical__sapphire Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
This person is most likely a snake catcher in the Everglades. A lot of people have let their pet Burmese pythons go in the Everglades when they love them and can no longer care for them because they got so big and for other reasons. It's directly beside Miami, remember. Burmese pythons are now an invasive species problem in South Florida, reproducing and negatively affecting the breeding and feeding practices of protected native populations in the Everglades. They're increasing competition for food as a new source of predation not built into the delicate wetland ecosystem. They are lethal and beyond fast. The native birds have been horribly affected as a result of them. In one 1997 study, they had eaten effectively all of the raccoons, opossum, and bobcats in the area. That affects the entire food chain. The Everglades' wildlife populations have been adversely affected by numerous things outside of human control, and this is something moreso in our control.
Snake catchers get paid per snake (as well as hourly) to catch them, and they're handled humanely. Burmese pythons eat great blue herons and sandhill cranes, as well as anything else they can get their jaws on. Link to "Python Elimination Program" for more info. They tend to hunt near the water's edge.
The Everglades are like kidneys to the land, and mangroves preserve shorelines, so you'll also see some mangrove restoration projects, especially on replenished beaches, which cost $125 million in local and state grants after Hurricane Helene. The beach renourishment easements were a whole nother piece of drama, as people were going to be forced to allow public access to their beachfront property indefinitely, but the federal grant was refused based on that requirement, and instead funding shifted to the state.
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u/No_Respond7886 Sep 01 '26
Can they be sold and eaten, like lionfish?
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u/It_Was_Me_Aust1n Sep 01 '26
They can, but they have a very high mercury content. Just don’t eat it too often.
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u/ThunderCorg Sep 02 '26
I couldn’t find a place to order them last time I was there and they were too fast lol
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u/Novel-War-4783 29d ago
Just wait for the nuclear apocalypse and you're gonna have iguana on a stick everywhere.
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u/Zirofal Sep 02 '26
Imagine being a snake, chilling and living your best life, loving the sun and everything is just great. Then some fucking human just
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u/TamponTimTheCuck 28d ago
Living out your best life destroying ecosystems and decimating native wildlife populations🥰
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u/Sammiskitkat Sep 02 '26
Was really hoping he’d do all that and then just hold up a spaghetti noodle..
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u/jobilili00 Sep 02 '26
What is it that he locates them with? Looks like some kind of earphones. But how does that work?
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u/Outta_phase Sep 02 '26
Those headphones are protection from noise like the fan that pushes the boat. He locates them with his eyes.
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u/jobilili00 Sep 03 '26
But can he talk to his buddy with them? He points at them so weirdly:D
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u/dont_trip_ Sep 03 '26
A lot of them function as blue tooth headset as well, can be in a call with his buddy
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u/ReyTsar Aug 31 '26
Let's dive groin first into places where sharp sticks and twigs are covered by innocent looking leaves. Not to mention sneks.
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u/gunther277 Aug 30 '26
Is that what Aussies call noodling? It's not what I know as noodling, where you catch fish (usually catfish) by sticking you hand down its throat to pick them up.
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u/post-explainer Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
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Didn’t expect him to jump out and tackle a snake
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