A Miami man briefly wrestled with and ultimately used a knife to kill a Burmese python measuring 18 feet, 8 inches.

That sets a state record for pythons captured or killed in the wild. The previous record measured 17 feet, 7 inches.

Jason Leon was not hunting pythons but, while driving late at night recently in southeast Miami-Dade County, he and a friend spotted about 3 feet of snake protruding from the brush.
Leon applied the brakes, climbed out of the car, grabbed the visible portion of the snake, and began hauling it onto the road.

The giant constrictor responded by trying to wrap its body around one of Leon’s legs, but he was able to dispatch the reptile with a knife.

Burmese pythons are native to grassy marshes of Southeast Asia and can grow to about 23 feet and weigh up to about 200 pounds.
In Florida, where they’ve been released as pets and escaped from wildlife facilities, there are thousands of them, mostly within the Everglades ecosystem.

As such a large and voracious invasive species, they’re a threat to native wildlife. The state would like to eradicate them, if that were possible.

Leon, meanwhile, is being praised.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued a news release, in which exotic species specialist Kristen Sommers stated:

“The FWC is grateful to him for both safety removing such a large Burmese python and for reporting its capture…With the help of people like Mr. Leon and our ongoing partnerships with other agencies, the FWC is advancing what we know about Burmese pythons in Florida.”

Leon, who said he once owned Burmese pythons and has experience handling the nonpoisonous snakes, reported the capture via a hotline used for reporting exotic species.

The python was delivered to the University of Florida’s Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center where it was measured and a necropsy was performed.

Looks like rubber to ME. Any objective OVERVIEW?

Watch the video here

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Man-Says-He-Caught-Largest-Burmese-Python-on-Record-207973381.html

Enormous bush meat, nice kill ... Save the Ecosystem of the Everglades.

Nnnna wa oo.

What the??
Yeypa! Mogbe o, see me see gobe.
So something like this could be found in such a place in america? I am starting to doubt if america is even better than naija o. And i stil dey doubt why nigerians still want there fucking president badly in nigeria.

I soo much hate snakes. I soo much hate snakes.

This one can easily consume a puppy and still move about. One bite from this beast though non venomous could be extremely painful

Idemili tingz

1hunna: SO THIS ONE IS NEWS MSTCEWW

yes na or hv u ever seen something like this before

Enuf Meat....

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F u c k dis snake

yhemini: A Miami man briefly wrestled with and ultimately used a knife to kill a Burmese python measuring 18 feet, 8 inches.

That sets a state record for pythons captured or killed in the wild. The previous record measured 17 feet, 7 inches.

Jason Leon was not hunting pythons but, while driving late at night recently in southeast Miami-Dade County, he and a friend spotted about 3 feet of snake protruding from the brush.
Leon applied the brakes, climbed out of the car, grabbed the visible portion of the snake, and began hauling it onto the road.

The giant constrictor responded by trying to wrap its body around one of Leon’s legs, but he was able to dispatch the reptile with a knife.

Burmese pythons are native to grassy marshes of Southeast Asia and can grow to about 23 feet and weigh up to about 200 pounds.
In Florida, where they’ve been released as pets and escaped from wildlife facilities, there are thousands of them, mostly within the Everglades ecosystem.

As such a large and voracious invasive species, they’re a threat to native wildlife. The state would like to eradicate them, if that were possible.

Leon, meanwhile, is being praised.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued a news release, in which exotic species specialist Kristen Sommers stated:

“The FWC is grateful to him for both safety removing such a large Burmese python and for reporting its capture…With the help of people like Mr. Leon and our ongoing partnerships with other agencies, the FWC is advancing what we know about Burmese pythons in Florida.”

Leon, who said he once owned Burmese pythons and has experience handling the nonpoisonous snakes, reported the capture via a hotline used for reporting exotic species.

The python was delivered to the University of Florida’s Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center where it was measured and a necropsy was performed.

America.....
The other day one guy was sentenced to 7 years in jail for killing a monkey....
Today another person was labeled a Hero for killing a non poisonous snake...
Haba, una be oyinbo, but why una dey do us African Magic?

Pepper soup things!

Oh men, see meat.

Why dem no send the killer to jail ? Hence people That killed monkey have been jailed

dis snake na great grand fada of snakes nah!! Just imagine: make dem put seun and dis snake 4 d same room!!..........

I can only saw wow , seeing is believing

sexkillz: I HATE Snakes. . .

they is very sweet o

DafuQ

WIZGUY69: dis snake na great grand fada of snakes nah!! Just imagine: make dem put seun and dis snake 4 d same room!!..........

soup don come for am be dat

Very Small, my late grandpa killed 1 longer dan ds in 1991

Funnily enough, some peeps will see this and their first thought would be 'snake pepper soup'!

These people are ready to risk there life just to break a record.Splendid anyway

I like dix oyinbo pals o. They killed it and then started observing and studying its body,weight and length. Thats great. If na for naija they kill am, na soup follow be that. Lolz. I trust them.