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Florida 'snake man' praised after capturing and removing 12-foot python: 'There's just too many of them now'

A Florida man encountered a nearly 12-foot-long snake in the road while coming home from dinner one evening. It was a Burmese python, an invasive species that has been taking over communities in ...
AOL

12-Foot Burmese Python Captured Way More North Than They Need To Be

Florida, we’ve got a problem. A massive one. In Rotonda West, a Charlotte County resident came across a massive Burmese python measuring around 12 feet long Tuesday night. The enormous snake was ...
AOL

12-foot Burmese python caught in Brevard. Is Volusia County next?

Burmese and other python snake species have wreaked havoc in South Florida and the Florida Everglades for decades as an invasive species. These reptiles can reach up to 23 feet in size, but those ...
WPXI

‘Put it in the trash,’ agency tells man who finds nearly 12-foot Burmese python in road

A Florida man who found and killed a nearly 12-foot-long Burmese python was told by a state agency to “put it in the trash” because “there were too many” of them for officials to handle. Wayne Gardner ...
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Florida Python Challenge coming up. Look back at biggest snakes caught

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In just over a month, novice and professional python hunters will converge on the Everglades for the annual Florida Python ...