16ft-long python found in Florida with adult deer in its stomach

**Octo** · 10-29-2011, 08:35 PM

A 16-foot-long Burmese python was found to have a whole adult deer in its stomach after it was captured and killed in a U.S. national park.

The reptile - one of the biggest ever found in South Florida - had recently swallowed a doe the size of a small child.

Skip Snow, a python specialist who conducted the autopsy at Everglades National Park, said the animal had a girth of 44ins with the 5st 6lb deer inside its stomach.

Graphic pics at link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...-deer.html

Seriously...Skip Snow? I bet Yankees is grateful it's not him

**JayRodney** · 10-29-2011, 08:50 PM

Holy crap! That's a genuine monster!

**Ghostie** · 10-29-2011, 11:47 PM

so basically humans killed the python for no reason other than to see what it ate
for dinner

think the deer weighed 60 lbs and not 6lbs as stated

**ocker1** · 10-30-2011, 01:22 AM

that would be 5 stone 6 pounds = 76lbs

**Octo** · 10-30-2011, 02:00 AM

(10-29-2011, 11:47 PM)GhostHunter Wrote: so basically humans killed the python for no reason other than to see what it ate
for dinner think the deer weighed 60 lbs and not 6lbs as stated

I know I know it sucks, life is precious and all, but Burmese pythons aren't exactly native to Florida and sensitive ecosystems can go to hell pretty quickly if a foreign element is introduced. Sucks? Yes it does, but people should think more than twice before getting exotic pets they're not that interested in taking care of

**Ghostie** · 10-30-2011, 02:06 AM

(10-30-2011, 02:00 AM)Octo Wrote:
(10-29-2011, 11:47 PM)GhostHunter Wrote: so basically humans killed the python for no reason other than to see what it ate
for dinner think the deer weighed 60 lbs and not 6lbs as stated

I know I know it sucks, life is precious and all, but Burmese pythons aren't exactly native to Florida and sensitive ecosystems can go to hell pretty quickly if a foreign element is introduced. Sucks? Yes it does, but people should think more than twice before getting exotic pets they're not that interesting in taking care of

I agree look at what happened this pst week in Ohio.with the killing of 32 exotic lions etc allcause some jackass wanted.his own private zoo and then killed himself and let the animals loose only to be shot by local police

**Octo** · 10-30-2011, 02:11 AM

It's fuckin sad. There's just such a lack of personal responsibility going around these days

**Ghostie** · 10-30-2011, 04:16 AM

(10-30-2011, 02:11 AM)Octo Wrote: It's fuckin sad. There's just such a lack of personal responsibility going around these days

lack? there hasn't been people taking responsibility for their actions for years just look at govt or any criminal laws lately the laws work in favor of the criminals and punish the victims even tose who are sworn to uphold the law are corrupt

**Octo** · 10-30-2011, 04:21 AM

Yeah my bad, I didn't count govt as people

**DaJavoo** · 10-30-2011, 01:36 PM

The article said they also eat alligators ~ gotta be tail first.

Octo ~ yer right ~ ecosystems get fuk'd up in a hurry with cross-contamination.

**JayRodney** · 10-30-2011, 03:02 PM

Yup an invasive species can throw things out of whack in such a short period of time, it's quite frightening. On a side note, you got me thinking Daj... I miss gator tail! That's harder to get than Sunday mail round these parts.

**Kreeper** · 10-30-2011, 04:59 PM

For starters, 76 pounds is not an adult deer unless it is a Key deer. I don't think there are too many Key deer in the 'Glades.

Second, pythons are more than an invasive species in the Everglades. Their population has exploded down there and it will only get worse as the Everglades are the perfect breeding environment for them and they have no natural predators there.

Third pythons get much bigger than 16 feet. I remember a 23 footer being pulled from under a s Florida home. Scientists believe it is quite probable that there are already "super snakes" in the 'Glades.

These snakes are getting closer and closer to residential areas and even going into neighborhoods to eat pets.

Children play there...

I think they should kill every python they see. The iguana and tilapia infestations are just a hint of what the python problem will become.

**Kreeper** · 10-30-2011, 05:03 PM

(10-30-2011, 01:36 PM)DaJavoo Wrote: The article said they also eat alligators ~ gotta be tail first.

Octo ~ yer right ~ ecosystems get fuk'd up in a hurry with cross-contamination.

Yup.

Remember this?

İmage

Photo in the News: Python Bursts After Eating Gator

A 13 foot python tried to eat a 6 foot gator.

It got an upset tummy...

**JayRodney** · 10-30-2011, 05:04 PM

Key deer are dachshunds with antlers.

Beautiful animals actually it was a pleasure to drive through the keys and see them.

**JayRodney** · 10-30-2011, 05:06 PM

Dayummm Kreeper, I missed that! What a great photo.