10-foot python removed from under car hood in Florida

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Python hunters holding their record breaking 18-foot 9-inch python on October 2, 2020, along the L-28 Tieback Canal about 56kms west of Miami.
Python hunters holding their record breaking 18-foot 9-inch python on October 2, 2020, along the L-28 Tieback Canal about 56kms west of Miami.

Florida - The largest python captured so far in South Florida was more than 18 feet long

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Published: Sun 1 Nov 2020, 12:40 PM

Last updated: Sun 1 Nov 2020, 12:41 PM

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 on 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.


It wasn’t immediately clear what became of the python found inside the Mustang.


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