18'3" Female Burm found at Shark Valley

[MM1]

Python over 18 feet long caught in Everglades National Park - Orlando Sentinel (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-ap-python-everglades-national-park-20150729-story.html)

While we all know these guys don't belong in the Everglades, I must admit (since I have biked this path a few times on my visits to the in laws)' my first thought was, "man that wouldv'e been so cool to have found one like on a ride/hike". Of course it probably wasn't in plain sight. Last August I took a ride there and realized that the gators, turtles, snakes, and everything else were smarter than me as I was the only dope exerting himself in the hot daylight hours.

[toddnbecka]

I saw another posting about the same snake on facebook, pic had a bunch of people holding the snake stretched straight out. Said that a necropsy showed that it was a female that hadn't bred this year, and the stomach was empty. Struck me a bit odd that they said the snake was captured, implying alive, when the snake in the pic was obviously dead from the way they were holding it.

[Albert Clark]

Another report in the news today about a albino monacled cobra found in the living quarters of a apartment establishment. Channel 7 ABC news reporting this morning. Animal control was called in bc the residents couldn't contain the reptile. The animal was contained by animal control and taken back to a facility and euthanized. I didn't hear what state it occurred in but another step backwards for reptile keepers who are responsible. I guess one day we will have everyone be more responsible for their charges. How can you let a venomous reptile escape??????????????? OH, SORRY FOR SWITCHING GEARS HERE. DIDNT MEAN TO HIJACK THE THREAD AT ALL.

[MM1]

Some folks are just incredibly stupid, that's all. There was another story about some family that found a 10 or 12 foot Burm in their yard in Missouri. They said they couldn't get an animal control person out there for a couple of days. So, the father, upon seeing the size of the snake and being afraid to catch it himself, borrowed a shotgun and killed it. This was obviously a recently released or escaped pet. Just as in the FL story, I understand the that they don't belong there and the guy was fearful for his small child and his dog, but I would have totally tried to get that thing into a tub or a big sack or something. It clearly wasn't wild like the larger one in FL. Anyway, I just hope I've finally educated my in laws down there not to freak out every time they see a snake. I hope their next sighting comes when I'm visiting.

[SSSSnakes]

Another report in the news today about a albino monacled cobra found in the living quarters of a apartment establishment. Channel 7 ABC news reporting this morning. Animal control was called in bc the residents couldn't contain the reptile. The animal was contained by animal control and taken back to a facility and euthanized. I didn't hear what state it occurred in but another step backwards for reptile keepers who are responsible. I guess one day we will have everyone be more responsible for their charges. How can you let a venomous reptile escape??????????????? OH, SORRY FOR SWITCHING GEARS HERE. DIDNT MEAN TO HIJACK THE THREAD AT ALL.

Someone told me the same story and said it was in NYC.