Invasive Species of South Florida | Documentary | AAHSFF 2020 Official Selection
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- A look into the dangers posed to South Florida by non-native animals known as "invasive species"
Video correction: Cane toads are amphibians, not reptiles.
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All American High School Film Festival 2020 Official Selection
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For the love of god, I am aware a toad is an amphibian. I made a mistake in the narration and I am correcting it. Cheers
@C L Uh, so a lav is a real mic. We didn’t have time or the resources to set up a cardioid on a boom at that specific location.
Very interesting video freind!
Not To Mention All The Invasive Fresh Water Fishes As Well,, Like The Snakeheads,, Pleco,, Chichlids,, Etc.
I saw several cichlids while in the Everglades.
How did they arrive? I mean invasive fish
People releasing releasing them. Just like the pythons.
If Florida didn’t kill all the Alligator Gar they wouldn’t have such a problem
This video would be a week long if they covered every invasive species of concern in Florida. It’s real bad
Excellent documentary, but I wish it had also covered the Cuban Tree Frog. It is another invasive species that will eat the native tree frogs.
When are feral cats going to make the list of invasive species? They decimate what little urban wildlife is left.
Thank u
It should be open season on all feral cats
@@Mike-ke4yp The ASPCA,HSUS, and Peta have their way they will. They say they are for animals but they really aren't.
Do it quietly
@@scottycarver5186 high powered air rifle or crossbow
It's odd how there's zero mention of the Green Anaconda in this video - a snake that is better adapted to the Everglades habitat than the Burmese Python and is known to exist there, probably in comparable numbers.
NEVER NEVER NEVER let a snake form a loop around your neck...educate by good examples. 👍
Yeah I stopped there.
all the problems stemming from the pet trade are completely ignored, and there are many. Too many people make money not only from the trade but from the problems, such as peta and "humane society".
I completely agree
The pet trade is a huge problem, but we can’t leave out natural disasters. When Hurricane Andrew went through in 1992 it blew the roof off a python breeding facility and many of the pythons escaped. How anyone would be able to get a license to breed pythons in the Miami area baffles me. Other exotic animal facilities also suffered extensive damage and escapes. Domestic animals escaped. Natural disasters can have a huge impact on invasive species.
@@Mike-ke4yp Yes you can too. The sex scandal and worse in HSUS so try again.
@@Mike-ke4yp Look at who lobbied for the Lacey Act Amendment to the America Competes Act. HSUS and Peta. Which the amendment circumvents a federal lawsuit decision against prior version of.
Nice documentary! Very informative and fun to watch. Well done.
Yeah especially the part where it said cane toads are reptiles
You are applauding shit you don't understand because of crap like this responsible keepers can't have snakes in the near future
@@matthewmonteagudo679 Calm down bruh you just mad cause you cant keep a big invasive snake to compensate for something a bit smaller
@@theconfusedhobo1004 your obviously a person who's growth mentally has been stunted
I'm sorry hobo keep fighting the good fight keep my pets and your comi responses out of America thanks
You guys are doing a good thing but sad to say you guys will never stop it but it's just going to continue
You missed perhaps the most puzzling invasive species- Florida Man. My understanding is it was brought to Florida in the early NASCAR epoch. Finding plenty of prey to hold its beer it has reproduced astonishingly fast.
Well done, Joshua
If they can be eaten, share them with those in need. 💪😎⚡
I agree
If they are invasive they need to be destroyed. These stupid people go on vacation and see shit like plants that they say " hey I want that in my mulch bed in state college Pennsylvanian" or some other liberal place. So then they bring seeds here and it spreads like wildfire and drowns out the growth for our native trees and plants. Same with snakes, same with carp and snake head fish, same with murder hornets that threaten to destroy the natural pollination of our native trees and plants carried out by our native honey bees, wasp, and hornets. It goes way beyond any idealism of wasting of a damn snake because an ecosystem is as fragile as you are
Problem is that a lot of "those in need" refuse to eat wild animals. Look at the work Ted Nugent was trying to accomplish with feral hogs... The groups he was donating them to refused to take them because people didn't like the taste. There is too much of a sense of entitlement in this country.
@@TaxThisDi_k, in addition government gets involved and won’t allow wild game to be fed to the homeless because it won’t meet some arbitrary imposed restrictions. Notice how they were only “catching” the pythons instead of killing them???
@@thegreenberetlife0191 the sideshow @9:00 suggests otherwise.
If I am not mistaken the 2020 python challenge was won by Trapper Mike, AKA "The Python Cowboy" who is active on you tube with the same name in his channel.
is there a native snake in the everglades that is analogous to the the invasive python? or are these pythons exploiting a niche?
Really cool...I enjoyed it but the ending was too early and sudden...I would of liked to have seen the ending coming it was interesting one second and credits the next I was like dam that's it???
Great video
Keep up the good work
Your editing is outstanding
New sub from Texas ✊🏽❤️
Thanks man!
Floridians, an invasive species, to the rest of the US.
Is it possible for one person to earn a living solely off of hunting invasive species in South Florida? Just wondering. I'm considering a career change. Thanks!
Yes
Lookup the python cowboy on youtube, won the 2020 python bowl
@@russellbalint9038 yeah but he runs an animal removal service also. He dose not solely live off of hunting pythons in the glades.
What about moray eels? They can eat lion fish.
Nile Monitors are showing up also.
Tells you everything except what they do with the snake after catching it.
13:05 is that Shooter McGavin on the left???!!!!???
Five or six years ago, there was a tv show with Miami-Dade firefighters who would go out on calls to catch and I assume kill Pythons and other constrictors. At the time, it was thought that the snakes had become too big for their owners and they just turned them loose. In the last couple of years there was a show called Guardians of the Glades. It was a small group of hillbilly bounty hunters who searched for as many invasive pythons as possible. They were paid by the foot, they got paid for the skin after they had used salt on the skin before taking it to be tanned for boots, etc., they got paid for the meat that could be used for human consumption, and there was very little that went to waste. I don't know what has happened to these programs, but those pythons were accidentally released from a snake facility during hurricane Katrina and they found ways to adapt and even thrive in the Glades. They have moved farther north than the Everglades according to what I last read.
bait and trap work ?
I’ve heard them called marine toads but never Bufo.
Yes, we're all aware of what it means
What is that kid doing allowing the snake wrap around his neck ?
Real problem. But some are cashing in on all this.
I can't understand why anyone would want a huge Burmese python or reticulated python for a pet anyway when you could just have a ball python that stays 5 feet or smaller. Huge pythons cost a fortune to feed, house and keep warm enough. Plus they can be very dangerous. I don't see anything wrong with having snakes for pets because I keep snakes but there needs to be limits on the size of the snake you are legally allowed to keep. Small pythons like ball pythons would have a much more difficult time becoming an invasive species if someone released them. That's because even an exceptionally large ball python of about 6 feet can still be eaten by native predators. Ball pythons also don't get large enough to be a threat to most native animals. They can't wipe out the raccoons, opossums or foxes. They mostly only eat rats and mice. Indigo snakes, kingsnakes, water moccasins, snapping turtles, raccoons and alligators could all kill and eat any escaped ball python that they find. Burmese pythons, reticulated pythons and anacondas all get much too large for most native predators to be able to kill.
Cope, seethe, dilate etc.
@@citizenoftheninthdivision the fuck?
Josh thanks for offering your ignorant and clueless opinion on a subject matter of which you have zero knowledge.
I personally don't understand why anyone would want a snake of any species as a pet. They're boring. The only time it's cool to watch them is when they're eating. Other than that, they just lie there like a pile of dog poop.
@@ianhobbs4984 ban all illegal alains!
Ironic that this is happening in the USA...
Only in southeast
Clown knife fish, snakeheads monitor lizards, anoles, Brazilian Holly just a few they forgot to mention
I understand these snakes dont belong here and need to be dealt with but would their be a way to ship them to the country were they belong back in Asia.
I can't see these snakes causing any problems as they don't eat regularly
No because they could bring a plethora of diseases to Aisa and wipe out the native population there
@@therewewent1inarow516 They target the American crocodile. A very threatened species already
@@therewewent1inarow516 The Everglades has experienced a 90% reduction in raccoons and other small mammals as a result of the pythons
@Tommy Worles you run the risk of introducing a pathogen that could wipe out alot of animals. Hence why the animals in exotic pet trade that are almost wiped out in the wild could not reintroduce into the wild.
Very interesting... but since when is a toad a reptile? I thought they were al amphibians
Heard tell some academics saw a Southeast Asian water buffalo deep in the Everglades by itself. In the last two years
Man, if you have a pool in Florida you have to have that thing covered up if you're NOT using it!
Would have been nice if they explained what invasive meant
Non native
@@charlesdoyle3630 dude, I was joking, they said it like 100 times in 5 minutes
@@markbeckens yes it was poorly edited and written
How many times can they say,,
Pythons are not Native ?
Way too many times ,
yes I didn't enjoy this one much because a lot of info was repeated and it felt crammed into 13 minutes
Pythons are not hurting tourism, that's ridiculous. Makes you wonder what else they are be overstating...
if invasive and dangerous to environment, then destruction is the best and most viable response. Banning them outright is the only answer combined with destruction upon discovery, regardless of pet, display or wild.
so who is the predator of the lionfish in their native habitat ?
Cane toads are extremely hard to kill i had a stand of bees and they wiped them out.
Tokyo had a problem with crows, millions of them. Chefs agreed to serve a new sushi combo with fresh Raven meat. 3 years later, no problem with crows exist anymore in Tokyo. Nutria, wild pigs, toads, fish, snakes and much more….let’s eat.
Cane roads are the worst.....
Alright.....SEND IN THE HONEY BADGER!!!
Should worry more about Feral pigs, they cause the most Damage
The nutria is a huge rodent that was introduced to the southern regions of our country over 100 years ago can our children not have hamsters anymore 🤔
"Can't be found anywhere else, Even on our Planet" ? Huh!? where else would we be talking about. :)
Waiting for the people who say leave the poor python alone while denying the price that will be paid on countless other species
Florida is a cesspool for invasive species of all kinds pythons, iguanas, nile monitors, tegus, rhesus macaques, now these damn agama lizards thats running around everywhere. Got to have tough skin living in Florida
@Trevor Dunworth the orange ones look cool but the fact that they have no natural predators is a problem because they breed like crazy. They can take over an area in a very short time.
Social economy as well(The Fed could Print more)
So ... Is there a bounty on these species
Yes they are captured and turned into biologist euthanize and dissect them to remove the females eggs. They are trapped by professional python hunters and Agents from the Florida Wildlife python elimination program. Python annual roundups are held in which citizens can purchase a permit to capture and have pythons euthanized and w i n prices up to $10,000. Citizens can have pythons captured euthanize and the eggs destroyed on private land 365 days a year without a permit.
Where can we find a complete list of ALL invasive species in Florida ?
The internet
They need to take some of those pythons and send them up to New York one summer. They’ll eat the rats then die in the winter.
They need to stop wanting every animal to be a pet this is because ppl wanted to control and own everything. Damn shame money is the root to a lot of evil stuff
12ga shotgun with 00 buckshot is a good tool to use.
Lion fish area a problem across the entire gulf.
ffs did he really call a toad a reptile now
2:12 For the love of God, if you're scared of visiting the everglades because of the pythons and not the bears, cougars, and alligators, then why do you care about a slither boy?
Feral pigeons too !
Lot of people don't realise they are pests and cause respiratory disease
"Cane Roads"?
Thank you😂
Ban ownership of exotic animal where ever they can survive if they escape. Cold weather animals where its hot and hot weather animals where its cold.
I live in the st augustine area an d I've never seen any of these animals and I live on 14 acres way out in the rural part of the county !! only rat snakes rattlesnakes and black snakes and those little green lizards I see crawling up the side of the house and wood shed and I see cotton mouths and water bandits around my pond !! I dont bother them if they don't bother me !! these things have been in Florida since way before we were !! never seen any introduced animals in this area ! we have coyotes everywhere and they say they are introduced but I don't believe it I'm 55 now and seen them all my life
Most of the invasive reptiles are much further south but they are slowly working their way up north. And even in South Florida where they are abundant they can be very illusive. I live just a couple of minutes from the Everglades and have been spending lots of time hiking in there for many years yet I've only seen one python and one tegu. As for the coyotes, they were not introduced, they migrated east on their own.
@@WILD__THINGS I'm thinking because we get actual winter freezes here at least 5 a year I don't see iguanas doing well in that
Cmon down to West Broward County, it’s like you’re in South America.
@@barryhowell9 no thanks !! been there a few times !! didn't like it at all !! way to crowded down there for me
Go take a swim in the waters around your area , go snorkeling you will see plenty of lionfish.
Also snow birds!
Can Invasive species apply to Nationalities too? Because everything that implies says a foreigner can change the face of a local culture. The Cubans, Haitians, Jamaicans, Chinese etc. has change the heck out of Florida and the Bahamas. What did the Lion fish called the coral reef? xenophobic.
I thought groupers ate lionfishes?
What do you think, all the groupers get together and form a plan? There are 159 species of grouper and only like 10 of them get big. Groupers sit and wait then inhale, like 80% of a groupers diet is crustaceans.
Lionfish are edible and eaten all over the world
And taste great
A toad is an amphibian, not a reptile derp derp
Just FYI: both pythons and lion fish are MIGHTY TASTEY! 😉
7:18 AMPHIBIAN!
where is Floridaman when we need him?
So alligator gar are and were native to some parts of America, i thought they were also considered invasive?
Alligators are native to Florida
@@JoshRiemer i know that, but i thought they were also considered invasive there at one time?
@@kthistle49 So they were never considered invasive but rather problematic as they were repopulating at an uncontrollable rate and scourging the Everglades ecosystem
@@JoshRiemer ahhhh ok. Thank you very much!
@@JoshRiemer he said alligator gar fish
Instead of killing the pythons, why don't we ship them back to their native places where their population is close to extinction?
Are you going to pay for that or were should the money come from what budget should get cut
@@ramonejones6749 this is in the interest of our environment. Let the funds come from USA where the pythons are at and also the countries where these pythons are native so that the repopulation is reached. Also concerned people may donate. Money is secondary, mother nature is first.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Toads are amphibians not reptiles.
Because of bull shit like this responsible keepers throughout our country are soon not going to be able to keep snakes
All it takes is one a hole to ruin it for everyone , snakes guns drunk drivers everything .
What if some one took away your Starbucks 😂😂😂😂
@@july9566 how dare you include drunk drivers it's not in the same realm
Go find swamp ape cool guy that would be cool
Come give my 16 footer a hug😂😂😂
Oh, so this isn’t about humans.
Americans introduced this species to the States, and now the Burmese Python is to blame, alongside other Introductions
Everyone in Florida is high af
Yeah
Start faster.
Those tourists are invansive too in my area
What about the Nutria? Those things eat and destroy everything!
They said nothing eat lion fish that's a lie I found lionfish in the bellies of grouper multiple times
Well now animals are starting to eat them since they know they aren't impossible to eat
Why do you just shoot them
It's called control of invasive species, has to be done
Nick, don't be a jerky example...you should not have a snake that size around your neck for ANY length of time for ANY reason, even with spotters. If he got excited and constricted, spotters would have to injur him or even kill him to save your life. Big snakes DO NOT BELONG AROUND YOUR NECK EVER.
Cane Toads are AMPHIBIANS, not reptiles...
If Satan had been a dog instead of a snake...what would our lives be like?
@@ianhobbs4984 oh yeh? When was th last time you got free room&board, medical care, car-rides, & all th love you could stand---for free?
The first invasive species were hogs and horses....
Dog eats wild animal but the toad is the villan?
Yeah I get it, invasive species are definitely a problem but we give the most destructive invasive species (cats and to a smaller degree dogs) a free pass to kill anything and everything.
@Jimmy Yurko: I seriously doubt it was domesticated dogs & cats that wiped out 99% of Raccoons & Fox in the Everglades.
@@nerblebun Domestic cats are responsible for over 60 extinctions. There are over 60 species that we will never see, directly attributed to domestic cats. Doesn't even equate to the "python problem". Dogs are such a big problem in other countries that people are hired, flown in, and payed handsomely to hunt feral dogs. Yet the big python hunt only produced 80 animals in this video?? Smh
@@dprofessorscritters8762: I specifically pointed out domesticated Cats & Dogs aren't responsible for wiping out 99% of RACCOONS & FOX in the EVERGLADES.
Anywhere else or different species are neither the subject of this video nor this comment section.
@@nerblebun Fine. Your numbers were generated from one limited study. The largest number of pythons collected was just in the 200s, collected state wide and in the period of 1 year. This indicates (by simple math and correlation) that the python population in Florida is dramatically over inflated. To impact a species (by a spurious study that simply states "we saw no racoons or foxes"...no actual counts by wildlife biologists) the numbers of pythons would need to be so high that the average citizen would see pythons daily. It's a simple matter of counting pythons in a particular area and calculating the average population number for a given area. The numbers simply do not add up.
@@nerblebun I would be interested in talking about restrictions on "invasive" herps with anyone willing to have an honest conversation about restrictions on cats and dogs.
If all the invasive herps in the world were a pimple on one's forehead the cat problem in one state would be a bullet hole.
Burmese or Indian Pythons do NOT get 20 feet long lol a 15 foot is VERY BIG even for a female. I think they beautiful and I for one love theu are now established in the USA
U need to let people hunt n all the glades u only let them hunt in areas where the Snake has already eaten Everything.. Yall should have FIGURED THAT ONE OUT BY NOW
Domesticated dogs and humans are the most invasive.
Yes they are invasive they may start eaating Iguanas lol ( :
Let's bring Saltwater Crocodile's to Florida shall we
South Florida already has crocs. They're native
@@Kremithefrog1 i know that
The American Crocodile is native to Florida
Cane toads are amphibians, not reptiles.
Thank you for the correction!
Thank you for an interesting video.
Mute, they will all be under water in the next 50 years!
Also thanks to Republicans...
Have open season on them. Sell the meat and skins
A toad is not a reptile it is an amphibian
Read the description
Reptile, amphipolan, pretty much the same thing.
Well it’s all Greek to me
And you think you're gonna control them good luck with that
I am the lord of the invasive species. They will bow to me
What about the invasive species of people in are country can we get rid of them 🤔
so why the state dont put restrictions on the importation of all animals
Not found anywhere else not even in our planet. Lol