Geological Survey observe in a 300-page assessment. Or so Gordon Rodda and Robert Reed of the U.S. Based on comparisons of the temperatures, rainfall and land cover found in the snakes’ native range, it’s possible that these slithering behemoths could stake claims to territory as far north as coastal Delaware and Oregon. Indeed, the homelands of these snakes share climatic features with large portions of the United States - territory currently inhabited by some 120 million Americans. Skip Snow, NPS/USGS MAPPING SNAKE COMFORT ZONES The red states contain climate and land features that might make them hospitable to giant, invasive snakes. Roy Wood, NPS/USGS ANACONDA This yellow anaconda was picked up in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve. coasts as far north as Oregon and Delaware. USGS MOVING UP NORTH? This cold-tolerant Burmese python, captured in Florida, could theoretically survive along the U.S. Exotic snakes are making inroads in domestic climes, as described in the Science & the Public blog. THE BIG WRAP This matchup between a Florida gator and Burmese python shows the snake’s tenacity in hunting big game. Which is why a report that was released today contends they pose moderate to high ecological threats to states on three U.S. And there’s nothing holding them in the Sunshine State. Today, thousands of really big non-native snakes - we’re talking boa constrictors, anacondas and pythons - slither wild in southern Florida. Most are probably descendants of released pets. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.Some were pets whose bodies and appetites apparently got too big for their owners to support. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said on Facebook, “The removal of this female snake is a triumph for our native wildlife and habitats and a great example of the partnership between our two programs working toward our goal of removing nonnative pythons.” South Florida Water Management D Since 2017, they’ve paid hunters to help them remove over 5,000 Burmese pythons, an invasive species in the Everglades. The snake was officially measured for the record books on October 8, CBS Miami reported, and deemed the largest yet by the South Florida Water Management District, the agency overseeing the state’s python-trapping campaign. It may not look like it, but it was an absolute battle,” Ausburn wrote. “I then kept fighting to keep her from pulling her head loose while kept her from wrapping me up. “Usually one of us would go for the head, but her head was a good 3-4 feet out in the water.”Ĭareful not to “spook” the snake by splashing too much, Ausburn secured her tail end while Pavlidis began “working for the head.” She “immediately turned back and anchored herself around a tree.” “I knew she had some size but it wasn’t until we walked to the waters edge did I realize how big,” said Ausburn in a separate post. The snake was partially out of the water by the time Pavlidis and Ausburn got close to her. However, nothing has come close to the 104-pound “beast” they found last week. I could go out every single night for the rest of my life and never see one this big again,” said the snake expert, who claims he’s brought in more than 400 snakes in just two years. “But more importantly, this is a once in a lifetime snake. One mistake, and I am for sure going to the hospital.” “Every python we catch can be potentially dangerous, but one this size? Lethal. “I have never seen a snake anywhere near this size and my hands were shaking as I approached her,” Pavlidis wrote on Facebook. The effort to pull the creature out of “waist-deep water” in the dark took “every ounce of strength,” they said. Self-proclaimed “snakeaholics” Ryan Ausburn and Kevin Pavlidis have tracked-down an 18.9-foot Burmese python, setting a new record in the Sunshine State over the previous one set by a serpent that was just one-tenth of a foot shorter.īoth members of Florida Fish and Wildlife’s Python Action Team, the two found the female snake slinking through the swampy Everglades region - and filmed the capture on October 2, just before midnight. University of Alabama coach Nick Saban buys $17.5M Florida estateįlorida just can’t stop over-the-topping itself. Trump, valet Walt Nauta plead not guilty to fresh documents chargesĭisney Style partners with gender-fluid influencer for girls clothing campaign Florida lifeguards form human chain to rescue boogie boarder from deadly rip current: video
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