Well, here's something you don't see every day.
Florida has been invaded by Burmese pythons as the result of an intense storm that accidently freedthese captive pets near the Everglades years ago.
Some estimate that there are now over 100,000 of these invasive snakes in the everglades,
where no natural predator has evolved to control them.
They can grow up to 26 feet in length and in that area have decimated the populations
of many mammals such as deer, raccoons, bobcats, rabbits, etc .
In response Florida has hired about 25 professional snake hunters to capture these invasive snakes.
In the following video we get to see one of these snake hunters capture such a Burmese python,
that was in the process of strangling an alligator. They have been known to kill much larger gators.
So, man rescues alligator is perhaps something you never thought you would hear, nor see;
Comments (8)
C - It's more the local wildlife that is bothered by the snakes. However, a 20 foot python can easily kill a man or woman, and much smaller ones can kill children & pets.
But I have mental picture of one of these around your neck.
I hope you have life insurance.
You are right, there's probably a lot of meat on one of those big pythons.
F - The Burmese python can lay up to about 100 eggs. That and the fact that they have no predators that evolved alongside of these huge constrictors in Florida leads to their population exploding in growth.
Perhaps some alligators, bears, puma and bobcats kill some of the young ones. But, I doubt any of those would know how to handle a big one.