The snake, a relatively ancient reptile, has developed and evolved on Earth for more than 100 million years, except for the north and south poles, which are distributed in most parts of the earth. In terms of body size, the difference between snakes is also relatively large, there are small blind snakes living in the dirt of about 10cm, and there are also pythons with a huge body size of about 10 meters.
But no matter what kind of snake, is the most feared existence of humans, according to media reports, the Southwest Florida Conservancy announced that their staff captured a Burmese python, by measuring the length of this python at 5.48 meters, weighing 195 pounds, becoming the largest Burmese python found in Florida so far, calling it the snake king is not too much.
As can be seen from the picture, the python is carried by three people together, it still looks more frightening, such a size python can already pose a threat to humans, in 2018 also captured the same length of Burmese python, but it is lighter (68 kg).
Of course, the length of 5.48 meters can not be regarded as a limitation of snakes, it can only be said to be relatively large, but it is the largest Burmese python recorded in Florida, and the longest snake is currently recognized as a reticulated python, such as the more famous "Medusa", and the reticulated python "Osmanthus" captured in the primeval forest at the junction of Indonesia and Malaysia. The heaviest snake is the forest hopper that lives in the Amazon rainforest, also known as the green water python.
When it comes to size, Burmese pythons are not less than reticulated pythons, and they are more survivable than reticulated pythons, of course, the results are also very controversial.
01, Burmese python is highly hidden, conservation organizations through scientific methods to find, there is also a distribution of Burmese pythons in the mainland, generally speaking, large pythons are not very active, especially after filling the stomach may be hidden in a position for a long time to rest, so it is not so easy to find Burmese pythons.
The Florida environmental protection organization in the United States is working to remove wild pythons, so they will do everything they can to find Burmese pythons in the wild. After all, the role of human search is limited, zoologists consider the reproductive strategy of pythons, generally male pythons look for female pythons to mate, so they will choose to implant electronic transmitters after capturing male Burmese pythons, which can always show their position.
During their breeding season, male Burmese pythons implanted with positioning devices will be attracted by the largest females near the active area, and the staff of environmental protection organizations can go directly to the capture, using this method to reduce the number of Burmese pythons in the wild, it can be said that the number of female Burmese pythons is reduced, and no matter how many male Burmese pythons also mean the decline of the population.
02, carrying 122 snake eggs, but it is difficult to escape the doom of euthanasia, this python was arrested because of the "undercover" male Burmese python, the final outcome is to be euthanized, the so-called "euthanasia" here may feel slightly more acceptable, but this can not cover up the fate of the Burmese python in the United States. After euthanasia, zoologists found 122 eggs in its body, which means that if it is not caught, it will lay a large number of eggs during the breeding season, eventually hatching a herd of small Burmese pythons.
In addition, scientists have also found the incompletely digested white-tailed deer in its body, which is a mammal that lives in the forests of the eastern United States, Florida, Mexico, eastern Canada and some countries in Central America, and is a wide and large distribution, which is a food source for many predators.
03. The Burmese python is a first-class protected animal in the mainland and an invasive species in the United States. On June 22, a large snake appeared on a hiking trail in Fuzhou on the mainland, and a couple who were about to go down the mountain were blocked on the mountain. After receiving the news, the rescue team rushed to the dangerous point, found a large snake on the trail, and made a "squeaking" obvious threatening sound, reminding humans not to approach, the rescue team took nearly 50 minutes to drive the road snake into the grass next to it.
Mainly because the Burmese python is a first-class protected animal in China, rescuers should try not to hurt it as much as possible, and even do not touch its skin excessively during the drive, and need to be carefully driven. Later, after the judgment of experts, this is a Burmese python with a length of 3-4 meters and a weight of tens of kilograms.
In contrast, the Burmese python "Snake King" found in Florida, USA, with a length of 5.48 meters and a weight of 195 kilograms, was euthanized after being captured by scientific and technological means, mainly because the Burmese python is an invasive alien species in the United States, and the large number of local native organisms has a fatal threat, so it has adopted a clearance plan, and even held a public competition to encourage the removal of the Burmese python with money.
Burmese python origin is Southeast Asia, is a subspecies of The Asian rock python, they can continue to grow in their lifetime, from the capture of the female Burmese python belly found 122 eggs, you can know how strong their reproductive ability, in the mainland also has this snake distribution mainly in the southern region.
Released into the wild as a pet and eventually flooded in the United States, this giant python has come to the new environment as a top predator, and you can imagine how much they suppress the native species of the invading land.
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