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    Giant 17ft Python Pregnant With 87 Eggs Caught in Florida Everglades

    http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/...ida-everglades

    So just how big do you think Florida's pythons can get, and what kind of growth and reproductive potential does southern Florida offer? Apparently the answers to question one is "damn big" and the answer to question two is "plenty." Because if the recent discovery of a monstrous, record-breaking 17-foot long Burmese python laden with a whopping 87 eggs is any indication, "damn big" and "plenty" perfectly sums up Florida's burgeoning serpent problem.

    From this story in the Miami Herald:

    Researchers examining a record-length Burmese python captured in Everglades National Park have uncovered an equally unsettling record hidden in its carcass. The 17-foot, 7-inch snake, the largest ever caught in the wild in Florida, also was laden with 87 eggs. The discovery, announced Monday by the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, is the latest confirmation that the giant exotic constrictors have rebounded since a brutal freeze two years ago that experts estimated may have killed off more than half of the population at the time.

    According to the story, the giant female was first captured on March 6, when a GPS-tagged male python led researchers to her lair. Researchers re-captured the snake and euthanized it before it could lay any of the eggs. The snake was found to be in excellent health, which does not bode well for Florida's native wildlife.

    From the story: This thing is monstrous — it’s about a foot wide,” said Kenneth Krysko, manager of the museum’s herpetology collection, in a release. “It means these snakes are surviving a long time in the wild, there’s nothing stopping them and the native wildlife are in trouble.”

    After scientists have finished their necropsy, the snake will be mounted and displayed at the University of Florida's natural science museum. So, how long do you think it'll be before you find giant invasive snakes where you live?

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    Alot of boots to be made

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    Quote Originally Posted by Biggie1976 View Post
    Alot of boots to be made
    Boots won't save you from that their constrictors that don't bite till your dead and they get ready to eat you.

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    That story is 4yrs old.
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    Go tigers!

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    "Researchers re-captured the snake and euthanized it before it could lay any of the eggs."

    So they caught the snake and let it go, only to capture it again. Wonder why they released it when they first caught it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by banded_mallard View Post
    Boots won't save you from that their constrictors that don't bite till your dead and they get ready to eat you.
    Haha no boots to be made from her skin

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    Quote Originally Posted by turbo View Post
    That story is 4yrs old.
    Record is now 18' 7"

    They caught another one over 18' last year.

    http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/07/28...national-park/

    But 87 eggs is insane.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lynchmob View Post
    "Researchers re-captured the snake and euthanized it before it could lay any of the eggs."

    So they caught the snake and let it go, only to capture it again. Wonder why they released it when they first caught it.
    They found this one by tracking another male with gps.

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    Kinda like tagging and releasing coyotes! Geez.

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