Record-breaking
python found in Everglades with 87 eggs
A monster Burmese python captured in the Everglades has
broken the state size record, stretching 17 feet, 7 inches, its belly bursting
with 87 eggs, the University of Florida announced Monday.
The snake was brought to the Florida Museum of Natural
History last Friday for examination. After the scientists are done with it, the
snake will be mounted for exhibition at the museum for five years and then
returned for exhibition to Everglades National Park.“This thing is monstrous,
it’s about a foot wide,” said Kenneth Krysko, manager of the museum’s
herpetology collection. “It means these snakes are surviving a long time in the
wild, there’s nothing stopping them and the native wildlife are in trouble.”Feathers
were found in the snake’s stomach, and these will be examined by the museum’s
ornithologists. The number of eggs was also a state record.
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