A group of friends are stunned after seeing a giant Burmese python cross the road in Everglades National Park in Florida, United States. The snake was caught on camera when Kimberly Clarke and her friends stopped to get a better look at the viper that blocked their path.
This video shows a Burmese python, estimated to be over 15 feet long, crawling across a road in the national park and making its way through. Ms Clarke, who made this video, informed local authorities of the snake’s location.
She also posted a video of the snake on Instagram with the caption, “My friends and I started the new year with a bang! So many incredible wildlife sightings! I’ll be posting them this week, but here’s my favorite: 15+ foot Burmese python crossing the road in Everglades National Park. We have pinned the location and reported it, as they are a huge threat to our ecosystem. Turn up the volume to hear me and ask a friend to pick it up! It’s probably a good thing he didn’t, because it didn’t go well last week when a non-venomous yellow rat snake bit him.”
Watch the video here:
Reacting to the video, a user said, “Oh my god!! Horror!! My heart stopped”. Another wrote, “Holy snakes! I think these are speed bumps you should be crushing.” A third wrote, “Wow!!! Incredible footage.” However, many people also said that these snakes cause great harm to the ecology of the state.
One nbc miami The report states that Burmese pythons are an invasive species in the Florida Everglades. The threat from them is so great that Florida holds a competition every year to eliminate Burmese pythons from the South Florida Wetland Preserve. In 2022, over 230 pythons were removed from the Florida Everglades as part of the competition.
According to National GeographicBurmese pythons are among the largest snakes on Earth and are native to the forests and grasslands of Southeast Asia. They are capable of reaching 23 feet or more in length and up to 200 pounds in weight. Burmese pythons are carnivorous, surviving mainly on small mammals and birds.
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