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Burmese python weighing 215lbs and measuring nearly 18ft long is found in Florida: Snake that ate an entire deer and had 122 EGGS inside its body is the largest ever to be found in the state
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- Florida researchers captured a female Burmese python that weighed 215lbs and measured 17.7ft long
- The python was caught at the Picayune Strand State Forest just outside of Naples. The discovery was documented in a newly released piece for National Geographic
- Researchers found 122 proto eggs inside, which is the largest amount to be discovered in a female
- The team also determined the python had an entire white-tailed deer as for its last meal
- The discoveries help scientists learn about the reproduction and feeding behaviors
- Florida authorities are estimate there are at least 30,000 to 300,000 pythons living in Florida
- This shows the success of using scout snakes, male pythons with GPS transmitters. The males are released and the snakes lead them to large reproductive females
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-06-22 |
