Python Devours Deer in Florida

Iskandar · Nov 10, 2011

Now this is one interesting story

A Burmese python slithering through the Everglades proved that her eyes weren't bigger than her stomach, swallowing intact a 76-pound deer.

At 15.65 feet, the python isn't the largest on record. But the size of her prey both impresses and concerns state and federal wildlife scientists and land managers trying to control the non-native species.

"They are large exotic animals that are not naturally from this area," said Randy Smith, spokesperson for the South Florida Water Management District. "The potential to wreak havoc on the natural Florida wildlife ... they don't have true enemies."

Contractors spraying exotic vegetation Thursday came across the female python on an island about 20 miles from Everglades National Park, Smith told CNN Tuesday. It was dispatched, by protocol, with a single shotgun blast to the head.
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KeybladeSpirit · Nov 10, 2011

Wow, how neat. Not much I can say about this, but it must have been one hungry python.

Also: www.kh-vids.net/forumdisplay.php?78-Current-Events

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