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Old 10-28-2011, 08:22 PM   #1
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Florida Python

This is not me, just thought it was interesting... These are nuisance exotic species.


Female Burmese python

Total length 15.65'

Girth with prey 44.1"

Snake mass with prey 215.4 pounds

Snake mass without prey 139.1 pounds

Prey (adult female deer) mass 76.3 pounds

Deer skull and lower jaw retained for aging.

Front legs saved to examine bone marrow as indicator of health.
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Old 10-28-2011, 10:08 PM   #2
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Re: Florida Python

Crazy!!! My buddy Mike as SFWMD sent me the pics.... I'm not going diving in the Everglades anytime soon!!! I'll take bull shark any day of the week!!!

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Old 10-28-2011, 10:17 PM   #3
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Re: Florida Python

I watched an hour long special about them invading. Only thing I really remember about it was one that had swallowed an alligator that clawed itself out of the python's stomach.
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Old 10-28-2011, 11:46 PM   #4
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Thats rad, that skin is an awesome trophy

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I thought you meant this:

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Old 10-29-2011, 03:15 PM   #6
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I would so love pair of boots made from python hide!
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Old 10-29-2011, 10:15 PM   #7
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Crazy!!! My buddy Mike as SFWMD sent me the pics.... I'm not going diving in the Everglades anytime soon!!! I'll take bull shark any day of the week!!!

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Old 11-01-2011, 02:00 PM   #8
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They estimate population to be 10,000 - 100,000. Serious problem!!!! Open hunting season for them at several WMAs down there.

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Old 11-01-2011, 02:36 PM   #9
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Re: Florida Python

CNN picked it up now..:


http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...-eats-deer.cnn
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Old 11-01-2011, 02:38 PM   #10
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They estimate population to be 10,000 - 100,000. Serious problem!!!! Open hunting season for them at several WMAs down there.

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So.... I got a canoe and a speargun with a reel....
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Old 11-01-2011, 04:08 PM   #11
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Open season with a bounty on breading size snakes????? problem solved.
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I'm not saying I want to, but I'd pay to watch someone corner a biggun like that and fight it with a sword, axe, or spear....once again my wife says I have issues...
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I'm not saying I want to, but I'd pay to watch someone corner a biggun like that and fight it with a sword, axe, or spear....once again my wife says I have issues...
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