Posted on 10/28/2011 2:43:37 PM PDT by jazusamo
A huge Burmese python that had just consumed an adult deer was captured and killed in the Everglades Thursday, as South Florida continues to fight a snake infestation that arrived via the exotic pet industry.
Contractors for the South Florida Water Management District found the snake on a tree island in western Miami-Dade County, according to the district. It was killed with a shotgun blast.
The snake was 15.6 feet long, making it one of the largest ever found in the wild in South Florida, said Scott Hardin, exotic species coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The snake had a massive bulge from a recently consumed 76-pound female deer, among the largest prey items ever found in one of these snakes, he said.
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Python Ping!
I hope somebody gets a great set of boots.
76lb adult?
I pity Florida hunters. The snake on the other hand, might just be a trophy.
Wouldn’t an adult deer weigh more than 76 pounds?
BURP!
Not after the python field-dressed it.
I’ve never been to Florida but from what I’ve read the swamp deer are pretty small compared others, this kinda proves it.
Cool boots from those snakes.
And Jobs and Reality-tv shows.
In Florida they are little teeny tiny things.
The Doe that was in my side yard yesterday morning had a rear leg that weighed that much.
They aren’t that small in N Florida. About twice that size.
This was probably a “Key Deer,” a subspecies that lives on the keys and south Florida. They are very small. If so, this snake (an invasive former pet) ate an endangered species.
Thanks...That goes to show a python’s eyes are not bigger than it tummy. :)
Deerskin leather or snakeskin?
Depending on the sex and sub species adult weight can vary from as little as 80 to over 300 pounds and be considered normal size.
half digested deer hide is probably pretty soft but no thanks.
"Swallow it all down, man."
Reminds me of the 1960s vermin loosed by academics and promoted by the MSM as the most intelligent generation ever!
"Bring it all down, man."
Arguably the 60s campus spoiled brats and their ideological issue today are now the Establishment.
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