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That Python in the Pet Store May Have Been Snatched from the Wild (mobile.nytimes.com)
30 points by 101carl 2996 days ago
5 comments
wolco 2995 days ago
I wonder if the sumbitter was looking for the language Python and came across this by accident vs reading nytimes website and finding this.
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ubittibu 2995 days ago
My same thought
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nickpeterson 2995 days ago
These petstores need to start using virtualenv so they stop mixing up pythons.
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sunstone 2994 days ago
If the python was snatched from the wild in Florida then all is well and good as pythons are invasive species there.
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uptown 2995 days ago
Very common with parrots too, unfortunately.
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matthewmcg 2995 days ago
from Indonesia import green_python
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noonespecial 2995 days ago
Here in Florida, we have the opposite problem. The pets were released into the wild...

Now in Florida, the pythons import you.

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alephnan 2995 days ago
This reminded me of the Cobra effect[1] where in an episode of the Simpsons[2] they introduce snakes to population control, but this causes cascading effects in the ecosystem.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_the_Mother

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goldenkey 2995 days ago
Here is a link to the video clip:

https://youtu.be/f8jlwEPCI5A

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rememberlenny 2995 days ago
Classic global variable problem.
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