I wonder if the sumbitter was looking for the language Python and came across this by accident vs reading nytimes website and finding this.
My same thought
These petstores need to start using virtualenv so they stop mixing up pythons.
If the python was snatched from the wild in Florida then all is well and good as pythons are invasive species there.
Very common with parrots too, unfortunately.
from Indonesia import green_python
Here in Florida, we have the opposite problem. The pets were released into the wild...
Now in Florida, the pythons import you.
Classic global variable problem.
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.