A huge python, spanning 18-feet-3 inches, was captured in Florida’s Everglades National Park, CBS Miami reported.
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She said there were no unusual findings. “He’s out there in his underwear with his gun”, Horstdaniel explained. Metzger said it was especially satisfying to have removed such a large snake from the Everglades ecosystem.
Snakes became established in Florida several decades ago as a result of the global pet trade.
From its markings the snake appeared to be a Burmese Python, which don’t grow or live in the wild of Missouri. The snake’s length would make her perfectly capable of taking down a slow-moving deer or alligator.
She saw the snake and woke up her husband.
The snake was first seen over the weekend after it went after a man’s poodle.
According to WPLG-TV, the 18-foot, 3-inch snake was captured along the Shark Valley tram road July 9 by a permitted python researcher and was later euthanized, park spokeswoman Katie Corrigan told the television station. Wildlife officials said sometimes pythons often get too big for their owners to handle, and the owners dump them in the wild.
The python was handed off to the US Geological Survey and National Park Service for some hands on training for interns at those agencies.
Based upon the rise of the giant python, Florida researchers say certain mammal species have begun to decline in their own population.
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