Would you like try some python meat? We're told that it tastes like a mix of chicken and calamari.
ABC News reports on a recent study conducted by conservationist Patrick Aust and his colleagues about the sustainability of python meat production. They examined the farming of Burmese and reticulated pythons in Southeast Asia and concluded that the mass cultivation of pythons could be an efficient way to provide meat to more people.
Pythons mature rapidly, reproduce in huge quantities, and efficiently turn their food, such as wild rodents and fish meal, into harvestable meat. They are also more durable to extreme weather than mammals. So try a slice of snake. Maybe add some hot sauce because, Aust warns us, python meat can be a bit bland.
-via Dave Barry | Photo: Florida Fish and Wildlife