Once the scientists have finished examining the huge Burmese python, the snake will be mounted for exhibition at the Florida Museum of Natural History for about five years, and then returned for exhibition at Everglades National Park.
Researchers prepare to examine the insides of a 17-foot-7-inch Burmese python found in Florida's Everglades. The lengthy python, weighing some 164 pounds, was carrying 87 eggs in its oviducts, they found. (Photo from Aug. 10, 2012)
(Image credit: University of Florida photo by Kristen Grace/Florida Museum of Natural History) University of Florida herpetologist Kenneth Krysko displays eggs found in the largest Burmese python from Florida to date. Photo taken Aug. 10, 2012.
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Although this piece is ten years old things have not gotten any better in the park. These huge snakes get big enough to eat juvenile deer and other critters. They are not natural to the park and a huge extermination effort is being done. But, as you see they carry a lot of eggs.
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Now if we fishermen could just get the park as interested in keeping the shark population down the ENP might get a little bit more credibility.