Sebastian, Florida
Ahhh, the fauna of Florida...
The headline read:
16-foot python bushwhacked by roadside mower in Vero Beach
The above article appeared on the website TCPalm on December 11th. The incident occurred on a road I drive almost daily - along a two-lane highly traveled north-south route between Sebastian and Vero Beach, Florida. Seems they ran over yet another large boa as they were maintaining the grass between the canal and highway.
As mentioned above - this was the second 16-footer found along this road in two years. Between that and the wild boars I think indoor pets are a good idea.
I just can't imagine walking along and seeing something that big snake slithering through the underbrush. Now I understand why there are so few speeders in that stretch of roadway - no one wants to end up off the road in that canal! I measured it off in my dining room through my kitchen - that was a lot of snake!
Just thought I'd share this bit of what I hope is unusual news. While you're shoveling snow up north we're fighting for our place near the top of the food chain down here.
Florida. This is an interesting place - ya gotta love it!.
Art Blanchet
Image provided by Christopher Montero and David Norman (Copyright 2005-2006) from their website Tropical Trivia
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