Posted on 06/22/2022 5:50:33 AM PDT by caww
The python was caught at the Picayune Strand State Forest just outside of Naples...... python so large that it took three men to carry it out of the Everglades.
Florida authorities are unsure about the number of pythons living in the state, but the going estimate is at least 30,000 to 300,000.....are found all over the place, neighborhoods and suburbs,' said Main.
Researchers at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida captured this massive female python that turned out to weigh 215 pounds and measure 17.7 feet long – deeming it the largest python ever recorded in Florida—or anywhere outside its native range. 'Researchers said people would be alarmed to know how widespread they are.'
The python had hoof cores and bits of fur in her digestive tract, which researchers say indicates her last meal was an adult white-tailed deer.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
That was 200 panthers, not deer.
Yes, some pythons were released directly by their owners into the swamps west and north of Miami. The biggest release was a “exotic animal pet store” that was destroyed by a hurricane crossing Homestead FL south of Miami. It destroyed the store, and several dozens of fertile pythons were released directly into the Everglades.
When stretched out near a county road, they resemble telephone poles.
I remember that - I have a brother in FLorida so we talked about that.
I am not in favor of exotic pets of any kind .
Another reason to be happy I live in Maine!
I’m in Pa so I’m with you on being out of that loop!
Wow...what a find! That snake would make meals for “Naked and Afraid,” for a couple of weeks. Make them strong for getting to their take out point.
HUH?
Do they fetch the paper in the morning? Do they cuddle up with you on the couch during your afternoon nap?
I don't know bro but I can't wrap my mind around any snake being any greatest pet......Not to say you're wrong, but that's just me.
That’s an unpleasant start to the day.
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