A guy in my neighborhood back in the 80s had a 13-foot reticulated python that would eat full-sized rabbits and baby goats. Once he brought it over to swim in my parents’ pool with a group of us. It never attacked or bit anybody, but did get a pretty solid squeeze on the leg of one of the guys to where he was concerned about potentially getting overpowered and dragged underwater. It all worked out okay.
I heard that when it eventually got to about 17 or 18 feet the neighbor got rid of it. Not sure of the specifics on that part.
Snakes are beautiful creatures, but the danger grows as their bodies grow.
He probably dumped it in the everglades . ..and voila!
>> I heard that when it eventually got to about 17 or 18 feet the neighbor got rid of it.
“got rid of it”. In South Flori-duh speak, that means take ol’ Cletus the pet snake out to the ‘Glades and dump him. No doubt the dumbasses were singing “born free” when they did it.
Freeper Glades Guru (R.I.P.) lived out by 40 mile bend, and saw a cobra crossing the road one day (probably an escapee from Bill Haast’s Serpentarium).
“...that would eat full-sized rabbits and baby goats.”
My first thought when looking at that photo?
“I bet that isn’t the woman’s lunch in that cooler.”