The huge 18-foot-long female weighed 215 kilograms and was discovered with 122 developing eggs inside, another record. It was spotted by wildlife biologists from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, which monitors and studies the Burmese Pythons – an invasive species. The team used radio transmitters transplanted into male “scout” snakes to study python movements, breeding behaviors and habitat use. “How do you find the needle in a haystack?” asked project director Ian Bartoszek, rhetorically. “You could use a magnet and in a similar way our male scout snakes are attracted to the older females around us.” The team was watching the male python Dionysus, named after the Greek god of fertility, in an area of the western Everglades. Read more: “Incredibly huge” python is fried for a party after a fight with villagers in Indonesia “We knew he was there for a reason and the team found him with the greatest woman we have ever seen,” said Mr Bartoszek. “The removal of female pythons plays a crucial role in disrupting the breeding cycle of these predatory tops in the Everglades ecosystem and taking food sources from other native species. “This is the wildlife issue of our time in South Florida.” Biologist Ian Easterling and practitioner Kyle Findley helped capture the female and transport her through the woods to the truck. Since the python program began in 2013, they have removed more than 1,000 pythons from about 100 square miles in southwest Florida. Prior to the recent discovery, the largest female removed through the maintenance program weighed 185 pounds and was the heaviest python ever captured in Florida, officials said.
title: “Almost 18 Foot Long Giant Python Breaks Record After Discovery In Florida Us News " ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-28” author: “Herbert Chancey”
The huge 18-foot-long female weighed 215 kilograms and was discovered with 122 developing eggs inside, another record. It was spotted by wildlife biologists from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, which monitors and studies the Burmese Pythons – an invasive species. The team used radio transmitters transplanted into male “scout” snakes to study python movements, breeding behaviors and habitat use. “How do you find the needle in a haystack?” asked project director Ian Bartoszek, rhetorically. “You could use a magnet and in a similar way our male scout snakes are attracted to the older females around us.” The team was watching the male python Dionysus, named after the Greek god of fertility, in an area of the western Everglades. Read more: “Incredibly huge” python is fried for a party after a fight with villagers in Indonesia “We knew he was there for a reason and the team found him with the greatest woman we have ever seen,” said Mr Bartoszek. “The removal of female pythons plays a crucial role in disrupting the breeding cycle of these predatory tops in the Everglades ecosystem and taking food sources from other native species. “This is the wildlife issue of our time in South Florida.” Biologist Ian Easterling and practitioner Kyle Findley helped capture the female and transport her through the woods to the truck. Since the python program began in 2013, they have removed more than 1,000 pythons from about 100 square miles in southwest Florida. Prior to the recent discovery, the largest female removed through the maintenance program weighed 185 pounds and was the heaviest python ever captured in Florida, officials said.
