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MichaelSoE

(1,576 posts)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 06:53 AM Aug 2012

New record set for largest python ever found in FL

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/14/huge-burmese-python-caught-florida

The biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida, over five metres (17ft) long and weighing 74kg (11st 9lb), has been found in Everglades national park, the University of Florida said on 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 south-east 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 euthanised snake was brought.

"There's nothing stopping them and the native wildlife are in trouble."
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New record set for largest python ever found in FL (Original Post) MichaelSoE Aug 2012 OP
I'm normally very opposed to killing wildlife, but these damned things need to be exterminated. hlthe2b Aug 2012 #1
I agree, why not let the hunters have at it? And let them eat snake wordpix Aug 2012 #5
Has it been named Monty ? dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #2
What is 11st 9lb? HelenWheels Aug 2012 #3
It's British ornotna Aug 2012 #4
multiply kg by 2.2 and you'll get pounds wordpix Aug 2012 #6

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
1. I'm normally very opposed to killing wildlife, but these damned things need to be exterminated.
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 07:03 AM
Aug 2012

They've already decimated the native mammal population--including raccoons, possums, and bobcats-- the native panther was already endangered before the introduction. Water birds will be next. Keep these damned things in THEIR native habitat.

ornotna

(10,763 posts)
4. It's British
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:09 AM
Aug 2012

11 Stone 9 pounds. 1 stone is equal to 14 pounds
2.2 pounds to a kilo
multiply 74 by 2.2
162.8 pounds

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