That's not a snake , this is a snake

[rfuerst911sc]

Holy smokes this is one big snake !

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187497592/record-breaking-burmese-python-longest-florida

[masraum]

A 19-foot Burmese python — the longest ever recorded — was caught by local hunters in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week. To put the catch into perspective, the snake is as long as an adult giraffe is tall.

It was caught on Monday by 22-year-old Jake Waleri, who brought the python to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in his hometown of Naples, the conservancy said. Officials there measured the snake at 19 feet and 125 pounds, and said it set a new world record for length.

A video of Waleri's record-breaking catch on Instagram shows the python lunging at Waleri as he pulls the snake onto the road by its tail. Waleri and the snake wrestled on the ground until others joined in to help peel the snake off the hunter.

wrestling something that's essentially all muscle and the size of a woman doesn't seem like a good idea.

[A930Rocket]

Just think how many baby snakes it had. 😵

[The Synergizer]

It was just looking for a few snacks.

[GH85Carrera]

I have wrestled a few of these that live in our Koi pond garden area. Only to get them to safety from our snake hunting dachshund. They apparently eat earthworms.

It is about as big of a wild snake that I will pick up. I always imitate Steve Irwin when I wrangle one of them.

I never get a mention on the internet about it.

[URY914]

Crazy that trappers have trained dogs to sniff them out of the swamps.

[Bob Kontak]

Repost of link

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187497592/record-breaking-burmese-python-longest-florida

I think I saw where they caught the python (tik-tok). It lunged at one of the guys and when it reached that fully extended point the guy grabbed it behind the head and went down on the ground/road.

He had a good hold but the snake started wrapping him up. If not for his pals I don't think it would have thrned out like this.

This is what I saw:

https://www.tiktok.com/@jorgeheathen/video/7255431468938202411?q=burmese%20python&t=1689339783311

May have been staged for the drama?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I have wrestled a few of these that live in our Koi pond garden area. Only to get them to safety from our snake hunting dachshund. They apparently eat earthworms.

It is about as big of a wild snake that I will pick up. I always imitate Steve Irwin when I wrangle one of them.

I never get a mention on the internet about it.

Yep, I don't generally pick up snakes. I've run across a few tiny snakes like you've got there, tiny fellas the size of a pencil. Those are the snakes that I prefer to see. I'm sure picking snakes up stresses them out, and even if they aren't venomous, I'd rather not get bitten. Fortunately, the only venomous snakes that I've run into on our property are copperheads which are (relatively) small (15-24"). I've seen larger snakes, but they've been harmless water snakes, rat snakes, or ribbon snakes.

I have a couple of tools that I can/have used to move them without hurting them. I've moved 3 snakes. The first was a surprise for me and the snake. It was non-venomous and almost got into the house. His ejection was not exactly gentle, but I'm pretty confident that he wasn't injured in the process. The other two have been copperheads and those were picked up with tools and moved away from the house.

[Zeke]

If I found a copperhead I would move it too.

Into a 2 foot deep grave.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Florida - of course.

[expatriot98]

His name is Boots

[rfuerst911sc]

Originally Posted by Zeke

If I found a copperhead I would move it too.

Into a 2 foot deep grave.

Last Friday when my driveway was being poured I was near my mailbox watching the guys do their thing . I was in flip flops and shorts . Saw something move out of the corner of my eye . It was a copperhead about 10 - 12 " long about a foot away ! I grabbed one of their screet tools and chopped it's head off . Mother nature recycled the carcass 😁

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by masraum

Yep, I don't generally pick up snakes. I've run across a few tiny snakes like you've got there, tiny fellas the size of a pencil. Those are the snakes that I prefer to see. I'm sure picking snakes up stresses them out, and even if they aren't venomous, I'd rather not get bitten. Fortunately, the only venomous snakes that I've run into on our property are copperheads which are (relatively) small (15-24"). I've seen larger snakes, but they've been harmless water snakes, rat snakes, or ribbon snakes.

I have a couple of tools that I can/have used to move them without hurting them. I've moved 3 snakes. The first was a surprise for me and the snake. It was non-venomous and almost got into the house. His ejection was not exactly gentle, but I'm pretty confident that he wasn't injured in the process. The other two have been copperheads and those were picked up with tools and moved away from the house.

I picked it up to save it's life from our dachshund. He was out there sniffing around and would have killed the snake in a instant. I moved him to a garden in the front yard that also is out compost pile in the corner. Unlimited earthworms for the snake. We have a lot of skinks, and toads, and a frog. Dang frog has been croaking every night for months. He must be horny, and few female frogs are scarce. The toads have lots of tadpoles in the spring, but the Koi eat most of the eggs and tadpoles. We have just a few little tiny toads make it from tadpole to toad status, and they disperse into the neighborhood.

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by masraum

A 19-foot Burmese python...

As a kid in elementary school, I used to check out books on snakes from the school library and I had a few books of my own about snakes. One of those books told about the record python at the time was 36 feet long... an Indian Rock Python. It mentioned it was easy to track because its weight crushed vegetation (especially rotting tree limbs on the ground) as it moved through the forest.

We lived next to a small pine forest with a low area about 50 yards in that would collect a good bit of rain during spring. So it was a prime area for critters that snakes feed on and therefore snakes. My dad and I built several medium sized snake boxes... 1/4" hardware cloth screen on the front... where I kept rat snakes, hognose, black racers, king snakes, and green snakes from time to time. Had a 6 foot black rat snake for awhile.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

As a kid in elementary school, I used to check out books on snakes from the school library and I had a few books of my own about snakes. One of those books told about the record python at the time was 36 feet long... an Indian Rock Python. It mentioned it was easy to track because its weight crushed vegetation (especially rotting tree limbs on the ground) as it moved through the forest.

We lived next to a small pine forest with a low area about 50 yards in that would collect a good bit of rain during spring. So it was a prime area for critters that snakes feed on and therefore snakes. My dad and I built several medium sized snake boxes... 1/4" hardware cloth screen on the front... where I kept rat snakes, hognose, black racers, king snakes, and green snakes from time to time. Had a 6 foot black rat snake for awhile.

Snakes are cool. I prefer them to NOT be a surprise. I like to see them before I'm too close. Then I'm normally happy to observe.

[Baz]

[Scott Douglas]

I would not want that snake coiling up around me.

[CurtEgerer]

This is great. And they're on the move north out of the Everglades, already up to Lake Okeechobee They need to figure out a more effective way to eradicate them than the current hunting method.

[A930Rocket]

How many pairs of boots can you make with a 19 foot python?

I still have my Justin python boots from 40 years ago. Haven’t worn them for a while though.

[peppy]

How did they kill it? I didn't see any marks.