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After a fierce battle near the Everglades, a Florida man bagged a record 18-foot, 8-inch python, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Jason Leon, an amateur python collector, said he was driving in the northwestern part of Miami-Dade County – where the invasive species are known to seek the warm asphalt of the Everglades’ levies at night – when he came upon a three-foot section of snake. He began to tug, he told the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
But it wasn’t easy. As soon as Leon seized the animal near its head, it began coiling itself around him, he said. He then knew it was huge, according to the commission, longer than a Chevy Suburban SUV. Leon said that as the animal began constricting he had to use a knife to slice the python’s 7- inch-long head off.
The previous record python caught was more than 17 feet long but weighed 164 pounds and was found with eggs inside, according to the FFWC, which measured the snake.
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[url]http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/05/florida-man-bags-record-python/[/url]
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[QUOTE=adam1172;40722746]Jason Leon, an amateur python collector, [/QUOTE]
Beginners luck.
I wouldn't doubt it if there was something bigger lurking around in the Everglades, considering how many people throw out pet snakes there.
Image of the python
[img]http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/US/ap_florida_python_mi_130520_wblog.jpg[/img]
Damn. Poor python.
florida man strikes again
[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;40722790]Damn. Poor python.[/QUOTE]
invasive species should be eliminated, these guys eat deer
[QUOTE=Sir_takeslot;40722772]I wouldn't doubt it if there was something bigger lurking around in the Everglades, considering how many people throw out pet snakes there.[/QUOTE]
The pythons aren't due to people releasing them. They're due to hurricane Andrew hitting several facilities that imported them.
haha ha epic florida man meme I read all about it on the wikie
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;40723140]haha ha epic florida man meme I read all about it on the wikie[/QUOTE]
stop, you're hurting it already.
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;40722827]invasive species should be eliminated, these guys eat deer[/QUOTE]
I eat deer as well.
What are you trying to imply?
[QUOTE=millan;40723455]I eat deer as well.
What are you trying to imply?[/QUOTE]
That these things are murdering Florida's ecosystem.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;40723470]That these things are murdering Florida's ecosystem.[/QUOTE]
I could continue about how we are murdering the ecosystem around the globe but it was only meant to be a light hearted joke about deer eating.
[QUOTE=millan;40723455]I eat deer as well.
What are you trying to imply?[/QUOTE]
If these snakes and other species spread they will effectively wipe out Florida's already strained ecosystem. Killing these things is entirely necessary.
[QUOTE=Humer150;40722806]florida man strikes again[/QUOTE]
Can we get this labelled as a meme (thus bannable)?
I wish bear grills would show us how to catch a python. He spent all his time wondering around the everglades waist high in water. I suppose he caught an alligatior though..
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;40722827]invasive species should be eliminated, these guys eat deer[/QUOTE]
and probably [i]people.[/i]
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;40723641]Can we get this labelled as a meme (thus bannable)?[/QUOTE]
Great fucking job because that's what it is now.
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