Two hunters captured a 5.71-meter-long Burmese python in Florida, a record for this American state where reptiles of all kinds abound, local authorities said.
The animal, whose species is among the largest snakes in the world, weighed 47 kg on the scale, said Thursday evening the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the body responsible in Florida for the protection of wildlife and wildlife. flora.
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The specimen was captured 60 km west of Miami by two hunters, Ryan Ausburn and Kevin Pavlidis, who posed with their trophy for a photo. The Burmese python is considered in Florida as an invasive species, brought back from Southeast Asia at the end of the last century. These snakes have found a perfect ecosystem to breed in the Everglades, a large subtropical wetland in the southern peninsula, including a habitat-protected national park.