Florida residents recently discovered a very large snake. The amazing reptile turned out to be about 17 feet long (5.18 meters). The weight of the python was as much as 140 pounds, which equals approximately 63 kilograms. They managed to find the reptile in the Big Cypress National Reserve. The snake was declared the largest in the entire region. It is interesting to note that along with the python, as many as 73 eggs were found.
Unusual find
Many, of course, have heard that reptiles sometimes end up in airplane cabins or hide in basements of houses. However, it is not possible to see a python the length of a pickup really every time. Representatives of the Big Cypress Nature Reserve proudly announced the capture of such a truly rare specimen.
Previously, employees had never seen a female snake live longer than 5 meters and weighing 63 kilograms. Employees said that for a photograph posted on the Facebook social network, they had four of them to lift this giant python into the air.
Media posts
In the same publication, it was noted that management came up with a new method for tracking reptiles of interest to them. The report says about the use of special radio transmitters that are implanted in males. Next, you just have to wait until the reptile begins to look for breeding females. At this moment, the team tracks its movements.
Thanks to this technique, that huge snake was found, laying as many as 73 eggs. This is stated in the news publication of USA Today. In one of the programs of National Geographic, there is a mention that Burmese pythons on average are able to grow in length from 16 to 23 feet, that is, from about 4.88 to 7 meters.
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The work of specialists
Representatives of the Big Cypress National Reserve in their post on the Facebook social network described in more detail the nature of their work. They told what they were doing with various reptiles like pythons on their territory. According to experts, the team not only moves invasive snakes, but also collects data for research, develops high-quality tools for interaction and learns how these species use the reserve.
It is noted that it was possible to detect such a massive female only thanks to the introduction of the above-described system of micro-transmitters implanted in the male. It was he who brought the representatives of the reserve directly to the giant snake. The main activity of researchers is to study and control the behavior of these species of reptiles, since they pose an increased danger to other inhabitants in the wild.
