Burmese Python eats adult deer!

[Mike Cavanaugh]

http://jacksonville.com/news/florida...had-eaten-deer



Officials in the Florida Everglades have captured and killed a 16-foot-long Burmese python that had just eaten an adult deer.


Scott Hardin, exotic species coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, says workers found the snake on Thursday. The reptile was one of the largest ever found in South Florida.

Hardin says the python had recently consumed a 76-pound female deer that had died. He says it was an important capture to help stop the spread of pythons further north.

[mainbutter]

Glad to see one of the adults out of the ecosystem. I saw that pic yesterday, that food belly is huge.

[Ezekiel285]

Yea that's crazy. I think its funny how they say "it was an important capture to help stop the spread of pythons further north."
They caught it, its all over. there's no more out there!

[LotsaBalls]

I'm glad they haven't made it to Minnesota yet. Maybe this is what happens in 2012, all the dead deer are gone.

[Ezekiel285]

I'm glad they haven't made it to Minnesota yet. Maybe this is what happens in 2012, all the dead deer are gone.

A sad day indeed. What is the world coming to when you can't walk outside and find a dead deer?

[The Hedgehog]

Yea that's crazy. I think its funny how they say "it was an important capture to help stop the spread of pythons further north."
They caught it, its all over. there's no more out there!

While I disagree with the articles stating that they can survive further north, I sincerely hope you're joking. There's quite a bit of them out in the glades, and it's important to keep removing them from the ecosystem.

[Ezekiel285]

While I disagree with the articles stating that they can survive further north, I sincerely hope you're joking. There's quite a bit of them out in the glades, and it's important to keep removing them from the ecosystem.

No i understand they need to be removed, i just think its funny that they present it like taking this one snake out has solved the problem. You're right there are "quite a bit of them out in the glades" but they only removed one. That's all i thought was funny.

[AtlasStrike]

I think that particular snake is a champ. That is a serious meal, I wonder if it would have been able to digest it or if it would have regurgitated. I would have liked to have kept an eye on it.

[Dragoon]

I think that particular snake is a champ. That is a serious meal, I wonder if it would have been able to digest it or if it would have regurgitated. I would have liked to have kept an eye on it.

i'm sure that after the high speed chase the python put them through they couldn't risk taking it alive . catching that burm alive would have been as hard as taking a boulder captive .

[Atherosdragon]

Just a sad day when they kill any snake for any reason