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17-foot-long Burmese python caught in Everglades
FOXNEWS ^
| 08/14/12
| AP via FOX
Posted on 08/14/2012 5:39:14 AM PDT by Doogle
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida — 17 feet, 7 inches long and 164½ pounds — was found in Everglades National Park, the University of Florida announced Monday.
The snake was pregnant with 87 eggs, also said to be a record. Scientists said the python's stats show just how pervasive the invasive snakes, which are native to Southeast Asia, have become in South Florida.
"It means these snakes are surviving a long time in the wild," said Kenneth Krysko, a snake expert at the Florida Museum of Natural History, where the euthanized snake was brought. "'There's nothing stopping them and the native wildlife are in trouble."
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: big; fl; florida; pythons
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Things that make ya go..eeeuuuwwwwwwaaaahhhhh!
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posted on
08/14/2012 5:39:23 AM PDT
by
Doogle
To: Chode
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posted on
08/14/2012 5:40:48 AM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
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posted on
08/14/2012 5:42:07 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Truth is hate to those who hate the truth.)
To: Doogle
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posted on
08/14/2012 5:44:26 AM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Salamander
guess searching snake didn’t work
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posted on
08/14/2012 5:45:28 AM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
87 eggs!!!!!! So, how big is the daddy who’s still out there somewhere?
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posted on
08/14/2012 5:47:18 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: bgill
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posted on
08/14/2012 5:48:09 AM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
They should stop messin around and have a full year open season on these things.
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posted on
08/14/2012 6:01:52 AM PDT
by
omega4179
( el 0bama comio un perro)
To: Doogle; mickie; flaglady47
"The snake was pregnant with 87 eggs."
Another Octomom !!!
Leni
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posted on
08/14/2012 6:04:38 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
To: Doogle
Reminds me of a snake owned by an Army buddy in the 70s. It was big and about a foot in diameter. It was also very friendly. When it was hungry some of us would be invited over, the snake was put in a tree, a small pig under the tree and the snake would drop, coil and eat. Great entertainment.
One day there was a fire in his quarters. The snake was laying on the stairs, across the hall with it’s head in the kitchen. Firefighters thought it was a rolled up carpet – until it moved. They rushed out. We had to go in and carry the snake outside.
AH! The Good Old Days!
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posted on
08/14/2012 6:04:56 AM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: Doogle
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posted on
08/14/2012 6:05:29 AM PDT
by
Lees Swrd
("Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well")
To: omega4179
Just tell Boudreaux and Thibodeaux that they're edible. They'll have Marie put on a pot o' rice, and they'll solve the snake problem in short order.
Oh... sorry. That'd be in the bayous, not the Everglades...
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posted on
08/14/2012 6:05:56 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: MinuteGal
Another Octomom !!! O-M-Gosh! LOL!!!!!!!
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posted on
08/14/2012 6:07:48 AM PDT
by
nfldgirl
To: Doogle
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posted on
08/14/2012 6:14:16 AM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: omega4179
Always open season on them.
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posted on
08/14/2012 6:24:39 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: R. Scott
...in “69” I was driving ammo about 3 AM from the dump to base and came across what I thought was a fire hose out in the middle of nowhere as I slowed down to get a better look...it slithered down off the road....king cobra
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posted on
08/14/2012 6:26:29 AM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: SJackson
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posted on
08/14/2012 6:39:54 AM PDT
by
randita
(Paul Ryan is "Mr. Smith goes to Washington.")
To: Lees Swrd
“... here’s a video when they found it”.
You are a BRAT! I almost fell out of my chair!!
To: JulieRNR21; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; summer; Goldwater Girl; windchime; ...
Shoot, shovel, shut up.
And save the hide for a great pair of boots with a belt to match.
Florida Freeper
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posted on
08/14/2012 7:06:43 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
To: Vaquero
Actually you have to purchase a license to hunt them and it ain't easy to get!!!
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posted on
08/14/2012 7:17:00 AM PDT
by
ontap
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