The Burmese python was first introduced in the Florida Everglades in the 1980s and has since gained a significant foothold, resulting in a major decline in raccoons, opossums and bobcats as well as the near total disappearance of some rabbit and fox species.
Wildlife officials have spent years attempting to remove the reptiles from the region but have been unable to due to their enormous size and seemingly endless numbers.
This latest example, which was caught next to a road, proved quite the struggle for the hunter who launched himself at the creature. He was eventually able to subdue the snake.
The animal measured 19ft and weighed 125lbs.
Daren c
🤣 at the first image hahaha
Jeremiah S
That’s insane and scary! That thing would sho-nuff eat a kid if could given the opportunity.
Joyce E
SO GLAD he had help. It could have suffocated him if it had wrapped around his chest.