Posted on 12/17/2023 10:06:30 AM PST by CFW
A 40-pound boa constrictor was captured in the middle of a road in Florida last week after firefighters got a call about the invasive snake threatening a group of peafowl, officials said.
A distress call had alerted fire officials about a "sizable python" that was "menacing" the peafowl around noon Wednesday in Palmetto, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said.
Officials said when Lt. Christopher Pecori from the department’s Venom One Response team arrived at the scene, he identified the snake as a red tail boa constrictor, which is a species non-native to Florida.
"The Venom One Response officer promptly headed to the scene and recognized the formidable serpent as an invasive Red Tail Boa Constrictor, measuring about eight feet in length and weighing around 40 pounds," the department wrote on Instagram.
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Wondering how many small pets disappeared while this boa was in the ‘hood. The big snakes are not limited to the Everglades.
They’re the largest of the pheasants. As a fly tier and carnivore, I can see making use of them, should they become overly pesky.
40 lbs? So about 6 or 7 feet long?
Wondering why he did not kill the snake.
Weapon of choice in this situation is a .410 shotgun blast to serpents noggin
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Brings back fond memories of my 12th. summer on earth when my dad bought me a ,22 single shot bolt action and told me about bird shot ammo. I’d sit on wooden rural bridge for hours, popping snake’s heads off as they surfaced for air.
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