Florida has a python problem.
On Wednesday, theConservancy announcedthat its wildlife biologists had captured the most massive Burmese python yet found in Florida.
The researchers tracked down the snake through a program that uses radio transmitters implanted in male snakes.
“How do you find the needle in the haystack?
Captured snakes are euthanized.
An examination found 122 developing eggs inside the female.
The snake had also recently dined on an adult white-tailed deer.
National Geographic publishedan in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the research program and the capture of the jumbo snake.
The Conservancy has so far netted more than 1,000 pythons.
“This is the wildlife issue of our time for southern Florida.”
