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1st snake this year happened to be a foreigner!
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by roadkruzer on March 27, 2007
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A few days ago I was taking a nap because my wife and I have a new baby. In the middle of snoozing my phone rang. The guy on the other end wanted to report a snake on a bridge about 20 miles from where I live. He said the snake was sitting on the guard rail and is now climbing off the bridge down toward the water. I told the guy to just leave the snake alone and let it go. He said, "You don't understand. This is a BIG snake!" Anyway, I ended up meeting the caller at the bridge and discovered an 11'2", 44 pound burmese python. It was quite a shocker. It wasn't at all what I thought my first snake of the year would be. Fortunately, who ever had it seemed to have taken excellent care of it. It looked to be well fed and turned out to be very docile - so far.
See photos of it at the link below.
http://snakesareus.com/giant_snake_in_the_road_
Jason Clark
SnakesAreUs.com
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by vanerka on March 27, 2007
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Definitly an awsome but unexpected catch... Nice save though...
Thanks Eric
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by GREGLONGHURST on March 27, 2007
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I can't count the Burmese & Ball pythons I have been called on the rescue in the last twenty years. There are parts of south Florida where P.m.bivittatus is established & breeding. I can certainly understand the thrill of being called on to catch one for the first few times, though. At that size, by the way, it may well only be a couple of years old. They get big, & they do it fast, which may be why so many are released. Most pet owners have no idea how big & fast they grow.
~~Greg~~
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by vanerka on March 28, 2007
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That is one unfortunate side effect of unexperienced keepers that purchase baby burms or retics and have no idea what they are in for... They buy them because they are awsome, which without a shadow of a doubt they are, but they dont have any idea of how to take care of such a large animal. I once also watched a show on, I believe it was the discovery channel about Florida international airport. There are many species of exotic and in some cases dangerous animals that are not native but just happen to be thriving in the airport. Amazing what evolution can do isnt it... Also this reminds me of a similar situation in Hawaii with tokay geckos. On one fo the main islands tokay geckos run rampid since they were an introduced species. But, I just found it interesting.
Thanks Eric
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by nightwolf on April 1, 2007
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Well the link took me to your site , which I had to check out of course . You seem to do some first class PR work for the snakes , hats off to you for that !
Kenny
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by roadkruzer on April 6, 2007
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Thanks for the compliment Kenny. It's a lot of work, but it's also a lot of fun.
Jason
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