![]() Rodda and Reed compared the climates of the snakes’ native habitats, where they occur naturally, to the climate of parts of the United States. We can attest to these snakes’ beauty, companionability and educational value.” “We can testify to these snakes’ attraction personally,” the scientists say, “as we both have kept pet giant constrictors. ![]() Rodda and Reed are both scientists and snake lovers. Geological Survey, a government agency that studies the studies natural resources-and natural hazards. The report came from Gordon Rodda and Robert Reed at the U.S. And as North America heats up because of climate change, the scientists say, in 100 years the snakes could become common species in states like Washington, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. If the snakes ever start to migrate northward, they could find happy homes as far north as the coasts of Delaware or Oregon. But there’s nothing stopping them from moving farther north.Īccording to a new study by government scientists, some species of large snakes could live comfortably in a large part of the United States-eventually sharing space with 120 million Americans. Most were people’s pets (or the offspring of pets) that got too big, leading the owners to release them into the wild. Although not originally native to the United States, some of them are now being born there. ![]() Big snakes like anacondas, boa constrictors and pythons now live in the wilds of southern Florida. There may be a strange, slithering invasion coming from the South. coasts as far north as Oregon and Delaware. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.This cold-tolerant Burmese python, captured in Florida, could possibly survive along the U.S. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said on Facebook, “The removal of this female snake is a triumph for our native wildlife and habitats and a great example of the partnership between our two programs working toward our goal of removing nonnative pythons.” South Florida Water Management D Since 2017, they’ve paid hunters to help them remove over 5,000 Burmese pythons, an invasive species in the Everglades. The snake was officially measured for the record books on October 8, CBS Miami reported, and deemed the largest yet by the South Florida Water Management District, the agency overseeing the state’s python-trapping campaign. It may not look like it, but it was an absolute battle,” Ausburn wrote. “I then kept fighting to keep her from pulling her head loose while kept her from wrapping me up. “Usually one of us would go for the head, but her head was a good 3-4 feet out in the water.”Ĭareful not to “spook” the snake by splashing too much, Ausburn secured her tail end while Pavlidis began “working for the head.” She “immediately turned back and anchored herself around a tree.” “I knew she had some size but it wasn’t until we walked to the waters edge did I realize how big,” said Ausburn in a separate post. The snake was partially out of the water by the time Pavlidis and Ausburn got close to her. However, nothing has come close to the 104-pound “beast” they found last week. I could go out every single night for the rest of my life and never see one this big again,” said the snake expert, who claims he’s brought in more than 400 snakes in just two years. “But more importantly, this is a once in a lifetime snake. One mistake, and I am for sure going to the hospital.” “Every python we catch can be potentially dangerous, but one this size? Lethal. “I have never seen a snake anywhere near this size and my hands were shaking as I approached her,” Pavlidis wrote on Facebook. The effort to pull the creature out of “waist-deep water” in the dark took “every ounce of strength,” they said. Self-proclaimed “snakeaholics” Ryan Ausburn and Kevin Pavlidis have tracked-down an 18.9-foot Burmese python, setting a new record in the Sunshine State over the previous one set by a serpent that was just one-tenth of a foot shorter.īoth members of Florida Fish and Wildlife’s Python Action Team, the two found the female snake slinking through the swampy Everglades region - and filmed the capture on October 2, just before midnight. University of Alabama coach Nick Saban buys $17.5M Florida estateįlorida just can’t stop over-the-topping itself. Trump, valet Walt Nauta plead not guilty to fresh documents chargesĭisney Style partners with gender-fluid influencer for girls clothing campaign Florida lifeguards form human chain to rescue boogie boarder from deadly rip current: video
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