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Sun Nov 1, 2020, 02:37 PM Nov 2020

10-foot python removed from under car hood in Florida

Last edited Sun Nov 1, 2020, 06:31 PM - Edit history (1)

DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a 10-foot Burmese python was removed from under the hood of a car in Florida.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a tweet Thursday that the snake was coiled up inside the engine compartment of a Ford Mustang in Dania Beach, which is adjacent to Fort Lauderdale.

“Our officers responded and safely captured and removed the approximately 10-foot invasive snake,” the tweet said.

Pythons have become a serious environmental problem in the nearby Everglades because they eat almost anything and have no natural predators, save for the occasional alligator. The largest python captured so far in South Florida was more than 18 feet long...

https://apnews.com/article/environment-wildlife-florida-snakes-df8cf5fe774966e8f95aed8987cb97ad

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10-foot python removed from under car hood in Florida (Original Post) appalachiablue Nov 2020 OP
Yikes Delarage Nov 2020 #1
Sooner or later, a kid is gonna get pythoned. 3Hotdogs Nov 2020 #2
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