10 pythons, including two 15-feet-long, captured in 10 days in Florida Everglades
10 pythons, including two 15-feet-long, captured in 10 days in Florida Everglades
Ten pythons were captured and killed in less than two weeks in the Florida Everglades.
The largest snake captured measured 15-feet, 10-inches and weighed 135 pounds, according to a news release. The second largest snake was 15-feet, 2-inches. Snake wrangler Nick Banos told CBS News it weighed 144-pounds and could "easily take out a 170-pound man."
The captures are part of South Florida Water Management District's Pilot Python Elimination Program. Selected hunters are paid hourly, as well as $50 for pythons measuring up to 4 feet and an extra $25 for each foot measured above 4 feet, according to a release.
The program's "most successful" hunter is Barry Offenburger, who killed three pythons ranging from 13 to 6-feet within a week, the release says.
Reticulated pythons can grow between 20 and 25-feet-long and are able to kill humans in minutes.
10 pythons, including two 15-feet-long, captured in 10 days in Florida Everglades
Reviewed by Unknown
on
7:08 AM
Rating:
Reviewed by Unknown
on
7:08 AM
Rating:
No comments