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Florida firefighter captures 40-pound boa constrictor ‘menacing’ peafowl in middle of road: video
Fox News ^
| 12/17/23
| Stephen Sorace
Posted on 12/17/2023 10:06:30 AM PST by CFW
A 40-pound boa constrictor was captured in the middle of a road in Florida last week after firefighters got a call about the invasive snake threatening a group of peafowl, officials said.
A distress call had alerted fire officials about a "sizable python" that was "menacing" the peafowl around noon Wednesday in Palmetto, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said.
Officials said when Lt. Christopher Pecori from the department’s Venom One Response team arrived at the scene, he identified the snake as a red tail boa constrictor, which is a species non-native to Florida.
"The Venom One Response officer promptly headed to the scene and recognized the formidable serpent as an invasive Red Tail Boa Constrictor, measuring about eight feet in length and weighing around 40 pounds," the department wrote on Instagram.
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KEYWORDS: boa; floridasnake; menacing; peafowl
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From the pictures at the link, it appears the peafowl may have been actually menacing the snake.
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:06:30 AM PST
by
CFW
To: CFW
Makes sense. Boas eat peacocks and peacocks eat snakes.
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:14:00 AM PST
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: CFW
Yep. Birds will hunt and kill snakes when they can. Our chickens will gang up on, kill, and eat even rattlesnakes.
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:16:14 AM PST
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
To: CFW
Yeah...without looking, I’d bet on the big chickens.
The interchangeable use of “boa constrictor” and “python” annoys me. Boas are New World snakes, and pythons Old World, and thete are differences.
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:17:00 AM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: CFW
This is why I live in Berlin.
To: CFW
"Venom One Response team"I'll never be that desperate for work.
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:22:06 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Ha. You just have wild BOAr’s in your forests.
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:22:21 AM PST
by
Texaspeptoman
(Even cannibals... get fed up with people sometimes.)
To: Texaspeptoman
They put up warning signs.
To: monkeyshine
Anybody who lives with a flock of peacocks nearby would probably prefer boa constrictors.
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:24:58 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: MeganC
Before the foxes and coyotes got all our chickens (except one that we named Ninja chicken), we would often see them with a small snake in their beak. They were good at keeping the copperhead population down.
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:26:10 AM PST
by
CFW
(I will not comply!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
“Anybody who lives with a flock of peacocks nearby would probably prefer boa constrictors.”
Noisy and aggravating birds, those peacocks. Our neighbor had some years ago and they would escape their pen and come roost in our trees. I hated them and was glad when the foxes and coyotes finally got them as well.
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:28:57 AM PST
by
CFW
(I will not comply!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:35:42 AM PST
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: CFW
"Well, basically a snake don’t have parts. But if I had to call it anything, uh, I would say it’s his knee."
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:37:10 AM PST
by
Dutch Boy
(The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
To: No name given
Weapon of choice in this situation is a .410 shotgun blast to serpents noggin.
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:39:37 AM PST
by
Colt1851Navy
(What was wrong with Nixon?)
To: CFW
Note the media’s anti-snake bias....” formidable serpent”...” invasive snake.” Like peafowl are native Floridians....
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:41:32 AM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I’ve popped a few honkers.
To: CFW
I am just waiting to hear that someone has introduced Nile crocodiles and hippos to Florida. The state is becoming a veritable ark of creation.
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posted on
12/17/2023 10:58:45 AM PST
by
wildcard_redneck
(He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
To: CFW
Looks more like those peafowl were harassing that poor snake.
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posted on
12/17/2023 11:02:58 AM PST
by
TangoLimaSierra
(⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
To: CFW
he identified the snake as a red tail boa constrictor, which is a species non-native to Florida.Still tastes like chicken.
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posted on
12/17/2023 11:12:39 AM PST
by
AF_Blue
(My decision-making skills closely resemble those of a squirrel when crossing a road)
To: CFW; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; Carriage Hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; Squantos; ...
I’ve been told that peacocks taste like chicken. I have never verified that personally. I prefer turkey if I have to eat bird.
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posted on
12/17/2023 11:19:42 AM PST
by
mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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