Enormous python killed in Florida is a state record

[Hum]

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.

The giant constrictor responded by trying to wrap its body around one of Leon?s legs, but he was able to dispatch the reptile with a knife.

Burmese pythons are native to grassy marshes of Southeast Asia and can grow to about 23 feet and weigh up to about 200 pounds.

In Florida, where they?ve been released as pets and escaped from wildlife facilities, there are thousands of them, mostly within the Everglades ecosystem.

As such a large and voracious invasive species, they?re a threat to native wildlife. The state would like to eradicate them, if that were possible.

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[shakey]

Damn... So the one my dad and I had as a kid, 16ft 8in , was pretty damn big then huh... Fed it a rabbit every month. After a few months, we had to find new stores to buy rabbits from, because they would become suspicious of the same people buying rabbits over and over :p

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Damn.

[Hum]

How many cats did that thing eat ??? :|

[Torolol]

whose the a****le that importing the Southeast Asia's snakes into the U.S soil ?

[Anibal P]

whose the a****le that importing the Southeast Asia's snakes into the U.S soil ?

Some are escapees of the pet trade, yes some people actually have a creature that big as a pet, the reset are dropped into the everglades by scumbags who buy them as pets and once they get "too big" they release them into the wild, even if importation is illegal there are enough in captivity here to maintain a decent sized population

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Some are escapees of the pet trade, yes some people actually have a creature that big as a pet, the reset are dropped into the everglades by scumbags who buy them as pets and once they get "too big" they release them into the wild, even if importation is illegal there are enough in captivity here to maintain a decent sized population

Yeah. Idiots who want exotic pets buy them then release 'em when they get too big and/or lose interest.

[Hum]

Some are escapees of the pet trade, yes some people actually have a creature that big as a pet, the reset are dropped into the everglades by scumbags who buy them as pets and once they get "too big" they release them into the wild ...

Should have released it deep into the ocean.