‘Monster’ Moment 15ft Burmese Python Slithers Across Florida Road
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A woman captures the moment a 15-foot ‘monstrous’ Burmese python slithered down the road in front of her car in Everglades National Park, as some say it should have run over it.
- Photographer Kym Clark captured an up-close view of a Burmese python in Floridaa
- Clark posted the 15-foot monster snake on his social media wildlife profile
- Pythons are found in China but appeared due to the ‘release of captive animals’
- They are a threat to the ecosystem and have been known to eat mammals and humans.
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A wildlife photographer has captured a massive 15-foot Burmese python slithering down the road and into Everglades National Park in Florida.
Most people would have feared getting close to the deadly snake, but Kym Clark saw it as an opportunity to add the reptile to her Instagram portfolio.
Clark posted the chilling video of the python on January 2 while out on a New Year’s adventure with his friends.
“No Siri, we don’t want to continue on the route,” Clark joked in the caption of the video that showed her outside her car and several feet away from the snake.
Burmese pythons are troublesome new park dwellers that have appeared in recent years “due to the accidental or intentional release of captive companion animals,” according to the National Park Service.
A huge 15 food Burmese python slithering down the road and into Everglades National Park in Florida
Pythons are usually found in China or India, but have been a recent threat to Florida as officials continually look for ways to remove them from Everglades Park.
The most common way to kill pythons is by capturing and euthanizing them.
Some 300,000 pythons reside in Florida and another 17,000 have been taken since 2000, according to a US Geological Survey obtained by Sun Sentinel.
It’s unclear how many pythons are in the state, as they tend to breed quickly.
Snakes can weigh over 100 pounds and prey on mammals, alligators, birds, and even humans.
Clark claimed that he had dropped a pin to alert park officials to the python’s location.
Commentators were stunned by the sighting and asked why Clark didn’t run him over.
“That thing was screaming to be run over,” one person wrote. You could have stuck it under your tire and waited for backup!!! Think of all the wildlife you could have saved!
Photographer Kym Clark captured an up-close view of a Burmese python in Florida during a New Years trip.
Commentators were stunned by the sighting and asked why Clark didn’t run him over. But hunting in the park is illegal.
While others seemed to agree, Clark called herself unqualified for the mission.
“Even if she was the most experienced snake hunter, she couldn’t have pulled out a gun, shot her in the head and killed her humanely, in a populated part of a national park,” she told the news outlet.
“For them to think I could have stopped on a dime and stuck it under my tire and not hurt anyone in my car or any other car is crazy. I feel like we did what we could.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, pythons can be killed without a permit. But officials claimed that hunting the reptile is illegal in Everglades Park, the news outlet reported.
Last November, a five-foot alligator was extracted from an 18-foot Burmese python.
The reptile had been euthanized after being captured by field workers, which is required on view in the state of Florida due to predation.
Geoscientist Rosie Moore, 26, and a team of scientists shared the shocking images on social media.
When the alligator was found during a python necropsy, Moore said: “It’s definitely shocking, it was the first time I’ve ever seen an event like that, I’ve never seen a python with anything like it.”
Pythons reproduce quickly and can blend into their environment, which means, according to Moore: “It’s impossible for anyone to really know where they are or how many there are.”
The reptile had been euthanized after being captured by field workers, which is required on view in the state of Florida due to predation.