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The solution is really easy. You just need to pay people for each dead python that they bring in.

And problem solved.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

If they can raise a python for less than $50 this will happen.

Probably why this program is only limited to licensed snake hunters and not the general population.

I don't understand the downvotes to the GP, he is clearly referring in jest to this.

Thanks for noticing. I'm sorry that you got downvoted for it.

My comment was a test, I wanted to see how it played out. Even with such common knowledge topic, I see that there is not enough "tone" in my comment for people to be able to read its intention.

This is a similar case to Poe's law.

Next time I will try with ";)". I guess that it will clarify the intent of the comment.

So, no fault in the people that did not notice. Next time I will do better.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

The article addresses this, you should read it.

They did this in India for rats or snakes (can't remember which). To make money, people then started breeding the creatures. :)

They also created greenhouse gasses in India and then destroyed them for carbon credits. [1]

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/world/asia/incentive-to-s...

>For a snake less than 4ft long, like this one, hunters receive $50. Every additional foot in length earns them another $25. On top of that, they get the minimum wage –$8.25 an hour in Florida – for the time they spend on district land.

And..."On average, hunters spend 12 hours searching for each snake they catch"

So, probably better money than driving an Uber, but not by much.

On the upside, you get to spend time outdoors and you get to kill your payload.

As a downside, you get to spend 12 hours in suffocating humidity, get eaten alive by mosquitoes, watch for gators and any of the other native snakes, including the water moccasin.

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