That Python in the Pet Store May Have Been Snatched from the Wild (mobile.nytimes.com)

30 points by 101carl 8y ago ↗ HN

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matthewmcg 8y ago ↗

from Indonesia import green_python

noonespecial 8y ago ↗

Here in Florida, we have the opposite problem. The pets were released into the wild...

Now in Florida, the pythons import you.

rememberlenny 8y ago ↗

Classic global variable problem.

alephnan 8y 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

goldenkey 8y ago ↗

Here is a link to the video clip:

https://youtu.be/f8jlwEPCI5A

wolco 8y 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.

ubittibu 8y ago ↗

My same thought

uptown 8y ago ↗

Very common with parrots too, unfortunately.

nickpeterson 8y ago ↗

These petstores need to start using virtualenv so they stop mixing up pythons.

sunstone 8y ago ↗

If the python was snatched from the wild in Florida then all is well and good as pythons are invasive species there.