National Geographic featured the historic capture, which is part of the conservancy’s python removal program that began in 2013. The deer is a primary source of food for the endangered Florida panther, the organization said.
“Hoof cores” found inside the snake’s stomach indicated that a white tailed deer was the beast’s last meal before it was caught.
The News-Press-USA TODAY NETWORK The last meal the python ate was seen to be a white-tailed deer. A group of Florida wildlife biologists captured the state’s larges Burmese python. The snake was caught last December in the Everglades following a 20 minute wrestling match with biologists, but researchers left the python in a freezer until April.ĭuring a necropsy, the snake was found to have 122 eggs developing in its abdomen - breaking another record for the most eggs female python can produce in a breeding cycle, according to the conservancy. The gargantuan female serpent, considered an invasive species in Florida, measured nearly 18 feet long and weighed 215 pounds, according to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. Heart-stopping moment snake emerges from ceiling fan - and pouncesīoy falls off bike, lands on rattlesnake that bites him: ‘I couldn’t feel my face or hands’ĭeer seen savagely eating snake - it’s not as shocking as you thinkĪ team of Florida wildlife biologists captured the largest Burmese python ever discovered in the state, officials announced Thursday. Grandfather opens his fridge to find a ‘frightening’ snake in head of broccoli
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