safe to camp w/ the python problem

[jonahbear2006]

I've been reading about this python problem that florida is having and I am starting to feel concerned about whether or not it will be safe to camp with this going on. They just caught a python in Orange county and I am a little concerned. THAT is NOT what I want to wake up to in the campground. Esp. not being in a tent.

[Jll3Sonex]

Well, we saw some lizards a couple of weeks back, and I had a glimpse of an armadillo. No frogs, snakes, and especially no pythons.

I think the only ones you're really likely to encounter will be fuzzy stuffed ones in the gift shops.

[BigRedDad]

I would not be concerned with a python. People buy them as a pet, find it too much to manage, and just let them out in the wild. The chances of you actually seeing a snake is very low. You are probably more likely to see a snake in the toilet than in the wild in FL. They come up through the pipes and sit in the bowl. Sorry to add more to worry, but I would be more concerned sitting on the pot than the wild.

Most snakes are not aggressive. They prefer to retreat or get in an extremely defensive state. A water moccasin is much different. They are aggressive and will attack and chase.

[medic9016]

As long as you are not camping in the Everglades you will be fine.

[jonahbear2006]

thats what i thought, initially. then i read that they found one in orange county, and another at the bottom of the splash mountain pool. Then started considering that this may be more out of control than they want to admit.

[Ed]

thats what i thought, initially. then i read that they found one in orange county, and another at the bottom of the splash mountain pool. Then started considering that this may be more out of control than they want to admit.

When was that?? There was nothing in the local news about finding one in WDW, and believe me... local media jump all over anything to do with WDW !

The vast majority of the "python problem" exists in the Everglades area, as a previous poster mentioned. That's a good 150 miles south of WDW.