That Python in the Pet Store May Have Been Snatched from the Wild

matthewmcg8y ago· 3 in thread

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.

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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rememberlenny8y ago

Classic global variable problem.

wolco8y ago· 1 in thread

I wonder if the sumbitter was looking for the language Python and came across this by accident vs reading nytimes website and finding this.

ubittibu8y ago

My same thought

nickpeterson8y ago

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

sunstone8y ago

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

uptown8y ago

Very common with parrots too, unfortunately.

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