Florida native here, the invasive wildlife aren't just in the everglades. The entire state of Florida is 70% wilderness and the invasive's are all across the entire state.
@@seanbennett7916 I don't disagree with you there... I wish people would stop moving here. The small town I'm from, I never saw alligators, or wildlife too often. We saw 1 bear in 2007, some wild deer in 2005 and a family of raccoons in 2001. My town was thick swamp lands and forest, with less than 100 people. Since 2020, we're now at 12,000 people and developments are everywhere... today we're seeing alligators all over our roads, bears in our yard, and every type of wildlife imaginable. Growing up I never saw that ever in my life.
@@RichardRunnar-s6u I wouldn't worry about bears or gators it's too. Many people. I have bears, wolves, cougar they don't hurt, but many people are just stupid.
So enthusiast about the complexity of this program: a win-win situation for sure! We must keep this kind of policies allover the world. Our generations are compelled to solve the wrongdoings of our ancestors of the XIX and XX century, no discussion about it, if we want to keep the indispensable natural balance, besides stopping the Amazon deforestation which is still going on. We must be responsible not just for our well being, but for the well being of the life around us...
The key deer is doing fine now. You can’t travel through there without hitting one just about. They did a lot of efforts to rebound them and they bounced back the strongest of almost any animal ever.
You can find a lot of videos describing the damage humans are doing to the Florida environment. Do a few snake and pigs make a difference to the big picture?
Yes! Humans are absolutely the very worst of invasive species. No natural predators and allowed to grow our populations unchecked. We take beautiful wild lands and build luxury condos and strip malls. Within 1 mile of me and in the past year, 2 luxury condos built and clearing ground for more and more. The snakes and such will eventually find a balance in nature. The same can’t be said for us.
Humans have fragmented the habitat and put enormous pressure on native species. The hogs and pythons are pushing these fragmented ecosystems to their tipping point.
@@greglogan8880 RIGHT Human brought the evasive s here in the first place so you cant blame them they are programed to survive like all living creatures
Humans are some funny animals. Failing to realize they themselves are the invasive species. Building houses roads and infastructure is destroying Florida more then all invasive anything put together.
Hogs have been a part of our ecosystem for over 400 years. Man is more destructive to the wild than feral hogs could ever be. It’s like blaming nutria rats for land loss in Louisiana, while ignoring the total havoc that oil companies have brought.
Thanks for trying to save the everglades, thanks PBS, harris, fish wildlife feds and state cops help, stop invasive species, I hate troubles of Florida as too, still hope
There's a different between founded land and people already live there when you figure out that then you understand you have no say and you better preserve things the way they were
@@Wispertile they literally have different definitions. Just because a species isn’t native to a region, that does not make it automatically invasive. In fact many introduced species have filled the niches of extinct species which actually restored ecosystem health, where some introduced species have had no major effect what so ever. Invasive species have a NEGATIVE effect on an ecosystem and are characterized by being prolific and throwing off the ecological equilibrium of an area. A naturalized species is a non-native species that has established a population and has become a part of the local ecosystem and has not disrupted its equilibrium. (For example: dingos in Australia, dandelions, isopods, ring neck pheasants, collared doves, Hungarian partridge, tropical parrots in North America; Aldabra tortoises in Mauritius, Asian water Buffalo in Europe, i could go on and on. Not all non-native species are bad, and to assume so is bad science and ignorant. Would you call pigeons an invasive species in North America? They are native to Europe, They have no negative effects on native species of wildlife, and prefer to inhabit disturbed urban and agricultural environments. They have actually proved to be a vital food source for many birds of prey, and have allowed birds of prey to survive in agricultural and urbanized environments. Should we eradicate all the pigeons then just because they “don’t belong”?
@@livelonglegacy this is a conversation about ecology, not colonialism 😂 Preserving things in an unchanging natural state is not how you conserve an ecosystem.
It's been Floridians that have introduced all of these non-native plants and animals. Hopefully you won't use insects that will cause further damage trying to conquer one problem.
When I saw that giant python I immediately thought about all of the resources that it took away from native wildlife, only to provide negative ecological benefit in turn. So many native predators could have eaten those animals and instead many species of them are starving and dying out
@@jasonsmith2439I am an Everglades native, we still see raccoons sometimes, but it’s rare anymore. Maybe a dozen per year in areas where snakes well established. Have only seen 1 rabbit in 15 years, though it was in March of this year, so maybe that is a good sign. But we used to see 50+ a day. Foxes we never had many here and when they flooded everything they probably drowned. Deer is very hit or miss. Some areas have none, some areas have lot of Deer. The most pythons are found at the entrance to the actual Everglades National Park but I still see Deer there almost every time, some areas I haven’t seen a Deer in 10 years. There is patches of animals here and there, some patches with little to none. Water management, development and invasives are all a factor in that.
It’s up to each of us to help! Most invasives take advantage of human “civilization”, where your agencies are not allowed to go. Get them out of your area and things get better. We need to work together!!!
Depends. Some can survive out there, some don’t. They mostly eat rats and grasshoppers. They don’t do shit, there is more than enough things to keep rodent populations under control. Biggest issue is actually water management followed by pythons. Park service fucked the animals as much as anything else. Flooded everything.
The last lady he talked with about how he did it on weekends she was like yeah no we need funding she said it I think 3 times. I think she’s a check collector. Funding = corruption and lack of proof of time used wisely.
As a native Floridian the Texas cougar introduced into Florida to try to help the extinct Florida panther has killed way more than any python and it doesn’t eat its kill .
Yes for Deer, not for the small animals. That’s from SFWMD and pythons. That and the water level managements. But the FWC and park service won’t admit that. They just say whatever their bosses tell them to say, and NONE of them actually go out in the woods to see for themself.
@ cougars have been killing armadillos & raccoons & bob cats since they have been introduced I’ve hunted holy land since I was a teenager I’ve seen cougars chasing bobcats armadillos & raccoons to kill them for sport not for consumption. What a disaster to our environment.
My home state is overrun by invasive critters, plants and people. And make no mistake, the people are the biggest problem. I'd move back to Florida if it wasn't ruined by the Governor Desatan and the rest of the idiots running the state.
The "author" needs to learn some actual science. #1 rule in ecology is that change is constant, nature is a constantly evolving process, not a museum. Why don't these people that think "invasive" species is a real thing ever apply their logic to the most invasive animal, themselves.
the pythons eat everything, except for the hogs? the brazilian pepper trees crowd out all the other trees, except for the melaleucas? the lygodium fern smothers all the trees, except for the invasive ones? florida is so strange that there's so many invasive species, but they don't antagonize each other, just the natives. storytelling at its worst.
The plants all occupy different niches, and the places where they do overlap just makes it harder for native species. And the Burmese likely catch young, sickly, or isolated hogs- but they wouldn't do too well fighting a group of healthy hogs. What they're saying makes sense, perhaps they just had to communicate it better for people who don't understand.
Think about it for a second. Hogs breed much more often than Deer, have a lot more young at a time, and are less susceptible to predation by pythons. That is because it is the panther that is keeping hog populations in check. And now that the panther has eaten a lot of its food source. It has thinned out a bit, allowing hogs to somewhat rebound. Which is good, it will give the Deer herd a break, and it needs that in some areas ESPECIALLY Big Cypress Preserve
GREEN IGUANAS WOULD HAVE ENDED UP IN FLORIDA REGARDLESS! THEY HAVE ZERO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF FLORIDA! Cant say the same about literally all of the other invasive though. But iguanas don't hurt anything.
@@jojrab5207i can’t tell you how much i hate brazilian pepper. it covers every empty lot in my neighborhood. it used to cover my entire lot until i moved in and planted native shrubs in their place.
Thank you all for everything that you are doing to help with this problem in our great state!!!!
Florida native here, the invasive wildlife aren't just in the everglades. The entire state of Florida is 70% wilderness and the invasive's are all across the entire state.
Give it up Florida pushes all the wildlife so there's no place for them. Cut the humans to 25 percent of what's now there and fix the habitat.
@@seanbennett7916 I don't disagree with you there... I wish people would stop moving here. The small town I'm from, I never saw alligators, or wildlife too often. We saw 1 bear in 2007, some wild deer in 2005 and a family of raccoons in 2001. My town was thick swamp lands and forest, with less than 100 people. Since 2020, we're now at 12,000 people and developments are everywhere... today we're seeing alligators all over our roads, bears in our yard, and every type of wildlife imaginable. Growing up I never saw that ever in my life.
@@RichardRunnar-s6u I wouldn't worry about bears or gators it's too. Many people. I have bears, wolves, cougar they don't hurt, but many people are just stupid.
@@RichardRunnar-s6u including the grass in your front lawn lol, but apparently there’s no issue about that.
@@Specogecko there is a problem with all kinds of plants and trees that are invasive.
Excellent and scary at the same time information thanks😊
We need every available option to remove the invasive species.
So enthusiast about the complexity of this program: a win-win situation for sure! We must keep this kind of policies allover the world. Our generations are compelled to solve the wrongdoings of our ancestors of the XIX and XX century, no discussion about it, if we want to keep the indispensable natural balance, besides stopping the Amazon deforestation which is still going on. We must be responsible not just for our well being, but for the well being of the life around us...
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Bless those US Veterans!
My community in PBC had to hire an iguana hunter to deal with the proliferation of the population. It can't be eradicated but it can be contained.
We have a colony of feral cats in out neighborhood. The iguanas have disappeared.
Wait for a hard freeze and sit under the trees.
Save the Florida keys deer,, save Florida habitats , everglades
The key deer is doing fine now. You can’t travel through there without hitting one just about. They did a lot of efforts to rebound them and they bounced back the strongest of almost any animal ever.
@@rayrocher6887 save the cats 🐈 iguanas eat cats
Glad you guy's are helping the soldier's 👍👍👍
You can find a lot of videos describing the damage humans are doing to the Florida environment. Do a few snake and pigs make a difference to the big picture?
Huge difference. Humans brought the pigs but the pig reproduces and damages huge swaths of land. Selectively feeding on preferred feed species. Huge.
Nice one 💯
Yes! Humans are absolutely the very worst of invasive species. No natural predators and allowed to grow our populations unchecked. We take beautiful wild lands and build luxury condos and strip malls. Within 1 mile of me and in the past year, 2 luxury condos built and clearing ground for more and more. The snakes and such will eventually find a balance in nature. The same can’t be said for us.
Humans have fragmented the habitat and put enormous pressure on native species. The hogs and pythons are pushing these fragmented ecosystems to their tipping point.
Yes and Florida was better off before the invasion of people..
All the evasive species combined are not doing the damage that humans have and still do
Well it’s human’s actions that causes the invasion of the invasives to begin with
@@greglogan8880 RIGHT Human brought the evasive s here in the first place so you cant blame them they are programed to survive like all living creatures
The scariest invasion of all is from developers who metastasize everywhere and destroy of millions of square miles of natural habitat.
Humans are some funny animals. Failing to realize they themselves are the invasive species. Building houses roads and infastructure is destroying Florida more then all invasive anything put together.
And how do you live. Hypocrite.
Hogs have been a part of our ecosystem for over 400 years. Man is more destructive to the wild than feral hogs could ever be. It’s like blaming nutria rats for land loss in Louisiana, while ignoring the total havoc that oil companies have brought.
10:30 you missed this part
Thanks for trying to save the everglades, thanks PBS, harris, fish wildlife feds and state cops help, stop invasive species, I hate troubles of Florida as too, still hope
There’s a difference between invasive and just simply introduced or naturalized
It’s a very thin line, as competition for limited resources is less “accepting” as a metric.
There's a different between founded land and people already live there when you figure out that then you understand you have no say and you better preserve things the way they were
How is “simply introduced” or “naturalized” any different than invasive? They don’t belong in that region. Period.
@@Wispertile they literally have different definitions.
Just because a species isn’t native to a region, that does not make it automatically invasive.
In fact many introduced species have filled the niches of extinct species which actually restored ecosystem health, where some introduced species have had no major effect what so ever.
Invasive species have a NEGATIVE effect on an ecosystem and are characterized by being prolific and throwing off the ecological equilibrium of an area.
A naturalized species is a non-native species that has established a population and has become a part of the local ecosystem and has not disrupted its equilibrium. (For example: dingos in Australia, dandelions, isopods, ring neck pheasants, collared doves, Hungarian partridge, tropical parrots in North America; Aldabra tortoises in Mauritius, Asian water Buffalo in Europe, i could go on and on.
Not all non-native species are bad, and to assume so is bad science and ignorant.
Would you call pigeons an invasive species in North America? They are native to Europe, They have no negative effects on native species of wildlife, and prefer to inhabit disturbed urban and agricultural environments. They have actually proved to be a vital food source for many birds of prey, and have allowed birds of prey to survive in agricultural and urbanized environments. Should we eradicate all the pigeons then just because they “don’t belong”?
@@livelonglegacy this is a conversation about ecology, not colonialism 😂
Preserving things in an unchanging natural state is not how you conserve an ecosystem.
It's been Floridians that have introduced all of these non-native plants and animals. Hopefully you won't use insects that will cause further damage trying to conquer one problem.
The Armadillos den are dug by another invasive species, Armadillos.
I don't mean this as a criticism of the people working on this problem but it seems the overall plan is to fail slowly.
Money
He went from $25 an hour to $8 an hour.
When I saw that giant python I immediately thought about all of the resources that it took away from native wildlife, only to provide negative ecological benefit in turn. So many native predators could have eaten those animals and instead many species of them are starving and dying out
I bet the raccoon population has declined tremendously not to mention everything else that’s in the Glades
@@jasonsmith2439I am an Everglades native, we still see raccoons sometimes, but it’s rare anymore. Maybe a dozen per year in areas where snakes well established. Have only seen 1 rabbit in 15 years, though it was in March of this year, so maybe that is a good sign. But we used to see 50+ a day. Foxes we never had many here and when they flooded everything they probably drowned. Deer is very hit or miss. Some areas have none, some areas have lot of Deer. The most pythons are found at the entrance to the actual Everglades National Park but I still see Deer there almost every time, some areas I haven’t seen a Deer in 10 years. There is patches of animals here and there, some patches with little to none. Water management, development and invasives are all a factor in that.
It’s up to each of us to help! Most invasives take advantage of human “civilization”, where your agencies are not allowed to go. Get them out of your area and things get better. We need to work together!!!
Migrants, build the wall. Use ex milutary to help border control to round up illegal aliens
Well feral and pet cats are probably doing as much if not more damage than even the burmese pythons.
That's idiotic.
Depends. Some can survive out there, some don’t. They mostly eat rats and grasshoppers. They don’t do shit, there is more than enough things to keep rodent populations under control. Biggest issue is actually water management followed by pythons. Park service fucked the animals as much as anything else. Flooded everything.
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same in hawaii and australia, true mini tigers
These arguments don’t stand up to scrutiny at all.
The last lady he talked with about how he did it on weekends she was like yeah no we need funding she said it I think 3 times. I think she’s a check collector. Funding = corruption and lack of proof of time used wisely.
There everywhere, being distributed throughout the country. You will be compelled to support them thru taxes or other means.
The “Swamp Apes” sure yoinked some biggies! One of the pythons looked like a color morph!
As a native Floridian the Texas cougar introduced into Florida to try to help the extinct Florida panther has killed way more than any python and it doesn’t eat its kill .
Yes for Deer, not for the small animals. That’s from SFWMD and pythons. That and the water level managements. But the FWC and park service won’t admit that. They just say whatever their bosses tell them to say, and NONE of them actually go out in the woods to see for themself.
@ cougars have been killing armadillos & raccoons & bob cats since they have been introduced I’ve hunted holy land since I was a teenager I’ve seen cougars chasing bobcats armadillos & raccoons to kill them for sport not for consumption. What a disaster to our environment.
My home state is overrun by invasive critters, plants and people. And make no mistake, the people are the biggest problem. I'd move back to Florida if it wasn't ruined by the Governor Desatan and the rest of the idiots running the state.
Humans are definitely the worst invasive species, none of these other invasive species would be here without humans
DeSantis has helped conserve a lot of land with the florida wildlife corridor organization.
Someone wants to smoke crack, wear a dress, and read to kids! Just glad you found a sanctuary shit hole to do it in.
The "author" needs to learn some actual science. #1 rule in ecology is that change is constant, nature is a constantly evolving process, not a museum. Why don't these people that think "invasive" species is a real thing ever apply their logic to the most invasive animal, themselves.
The swamppeaters
They are just like European settlers in america and middle east
the pythons eat everything, except for the hogs? the brazilian pepper trees crowd out all the other trees, except for the melaleucas? the lygodium fern smothers all the trees, except for the invasive ones? florida is so strange that there's so many invasive species, but they don't antagonize each other, just the natives.
storytelling at its worst.
The plants all occupy different niches, and the places where they do overlap just makes it harder for native species. And the Burmese likely catch young, sickly, or isolated hogs- but they wouldn't do too well fighting a group of healthy hogs. What they're saying makes sense, perhaps they just had to communicate it better for people who don't understand.
Think about it for a second. Hogs breed much more often than Deer, have a lot more young at a time, and are less susceptible to predation by pythons. That is because it is the panther that is keeping hog populations in check. And now that the panther has eaten a lot of its food source. It has thinned out a bit, allowing hogs to somewhat rebound. Which is good, it will give the Deer herd a break, and it needs that in some areas ESPECIALLY Big Cypress Preserve
Lost cause, invasive are there to stay in Florida.
I mean people are invasive so who are we to say what is invasive and what isn’t
GREEN IGUANAS WOULD HAVE ENDED UP IN FLORIDA REGARDLESS! THEY HAVE ZERO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF FLORIDA! Cant say the same about literally all of the other invasive though. But iguanas don't hurt anything.
I would mostly agree. Most of their negative impacts is economical damage to humans. Peanuts compared to pigs or Brazilian Peppertree.
Love to the iguanas 🦎 ❤✌️
The iguanas are welcome! They’re native to the Americas at least
@@jojrab5207i can’t tell you how much i hate brazilian pepper. it covers every empty lot in my neighborhood. it used to cover my entire lot until i moved in and planted native shrubs in their place.
So they eat a few of Granny's flowers and dig a few holes. Big deal. Nothing compared to what all the illegal immigrants can do to the area!
This is nothing but propaganda for a paycheck....shaped! Its already done, Not shaping!