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Posted Date: 22:29 GMT, 20 November 2020 | Updated: 22:35 GMT, November 20, 2020
Florida officials are fighting to wipe out groups of Burmese snakes as they come up with a new way to control invasive species.
Snakes, which can often grow to be 20 feet long, have invaded the state’s Everglades.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) told the Palm Beach Post that it has hired more hunters, trained more dogs to smell snakes and acquired more infrared technology.
However, levels of mercury in snake meat will also be measured so that the Department of Health can consider similar guidelines for their intake.
In fact, one of the snake catchers told the newspaper that she wanted to market the snake as « Chicken of the Glades » similar to the « sea chicken » used in tuna..
Burmese pythons are an invasive species that has ravaged the Florida Everglades since the early 1990s when a tornado destroyed a breeding facility and caused the snakes to flee.. Pictured: Snake at sunrise, Florida, January 2020
Since it was difficult to get rid of them, officials are considering testing snakes for mercury and then eating them. Donna Khalil, a snake catcher in the water management area, said that she uses the eggs of the snake to bake biscuits (left) or eat them hard-boiled (right)
A study 10 years ago found that snakes from Everglades National Park carry 3. 5 parts per million of mercury.
This is eight times higher than zero. 46 ppm limit recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency.
« We’re not used to seeing numbers like that, ». s. Geological Survey research scientist David Crabnhovet told the Palm Beach Post.
Krabbenhoft said he believes reptiles contain high levels of mercury because their bodies are having trouble getting rid of it..
When consumed in large amounts, the toxin can affect the nervous system, causing irritability, tremors and even suicidal tendencies..
But Donna Khalil, a snake hunter in the water management district, told the newspaper that the snake, when properly prepared, can be delicious.
After testing the meat with a mercury test kit, I put it in a pressure cooker for 10 to 20 minutes and then added it to the recipe.
Khalil told the Palm Beach Post: « With stir frying, you can add fresh ginger, garlic and vegetables of your choice and serve with rice. ». .
You also eat snake eggs, which you either use in baking or boil them well and add Sriracha sauce.
Khalil said, « If you try to cook it like a fried egg, it will come out like a pie and kind of chewy. ».
A 10-year-old study found that snakes from Everglades National Park carry 3. 5 parts per million mercury, eight times higher than zero. 46 ppm limit recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency. Pictured: Kalil preparing to hunt for Burmese pythons in the Everglades in Miami-Dade County, July 2018
Other meals that Kalil cooked include python liver, hearts (left), and snake eggs as a side dish (right)
Burmese pythons, which are native to Southeast Asia, were brought to the United States as exotic pets, especially to Miami in the 1980s.
It is believed that they began to multiply rapidly in the Everglades after Hurricane Andrew in 1992, destroying a breeding facility and releasing countless snakes into the wild.
However, due to the difficulty of conducting surveys in the Everglades, there is no estimate of the number of snakes that might live in the wild.
It was first declared a harmful species, meaning an animal that can cause harm, in 2012 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
« There is only one thing that will save us and that is a severe freeze across southern Florida, » Darren Rumpold, director of the Coastal Watershed Institute at the University of Florida’s Gulf Coast, told the newspaper.. .
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