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Enormous python killed in Florida is a state record
Grind TV ^
| May 20, 2013
| Pete Thomas
Posted on 05/20/2013 6:59:40 PM PDT by Redcitizen
A Miami man briefly wrestled with and ultimately used a knife to kill a Burmese python measuring 18 feet, 8 inches.
That sets a state record for pythons captured or killed in the wild. The previous record measured 17 feet, 7 inches.
Jason Leon was not hunting pythons but, while driving late at night recently in southeast Miami-Dade County, he and a friend spotted about 3 feet of snake protruding from the brush.
Leon applied the brakes, climbed out of the car, grabbed the visible portion of the snake, and began hauling it onto the road.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: articletitlenoturl; environment; python; wildlife
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I'm sure I wouldn't go chasing after a snake at night.
To: Redcitizen
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:01:59 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do uwhen I have a fire.)
To: Salamander
To: Redcitizen
Hey, hold muh beer and watch this!
To: Redcitizen
What did he say before grabbing the snake? “Hold my beer” or “Watch this”
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:05:09 PM PDT
by
dmcnash
(Back off! I'm a Scientist.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Any comment from Ron Jeremy?
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:06:56 PM PDT
by
OSHA
(One despises and wants to destroy the United States, the other is a dead terrorist.)
To: Redcitizen
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:09:41 PM PDT
by
Theoria
To: Redcitizen
"Leon applied the brakes, climbed out of the car, grabbed the visible portion of the snake, and began hauling it onto the road."There are a lot of things I've done and might yet do. This is not one of them.
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:15:05 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: Redcitizen
Must have had a big knife.
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:15:38 PM PDT
by
True Grit
To: Redcitizen
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:15:39 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: Redcitizen
Could make a nice pair of boots...
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:15:46 PM PDT
by
RedMonqey
("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
To: dmcnash
Cowards need not apply. 👍
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:15:57 PM PDT
by
9422WMR
(: " Tolerance is the virtue of a man who has no convictions".)
To: fieldmarshaldj
In their native country, that one was just a pup.
:)
I’m a Boaphile muhself...I don’t keep any snakes that require somebody else to help me tote them around.
7-8 feet of docile, pleasant snek is plenty for me.
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:20:27 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(And join with us please ...Valkyrie maidens ride.. Empty-handed on the cold wind to Valhalla.)
To: Redcitizen
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:20:38 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: RedMonqey
These (snake )boots were made for walking...
To: Redcitizen; All
“...grabbed the VISIBLE portion of the snake...”
And the Darwin Award for the “most stoopid thing to do on a dark road in the middle of nowhere”
Goes toooooooo...hehehe, dumb envelope!!! (hard to open...Dang it!!!
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:24:07 PM PDT
by
stevie_d_64
(It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
To: Redcitizen
Is there a reward for these things?
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:24:19 PM PDT
by
US_MilitaryRules
(Tastes like Heaven, Burns like Hell! Mmmmmm. What is it?)
To: central_va
Nothing to see here.
Tastes like chicken.
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posted on
05/20/2013 7:25:23 PM PDT
by
353FMG
( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I’m still not going out there. ;)
To: central_va
That could use some snake-n-bake coating.
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