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A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 feet.
It was like riding a slow horse,” said Carl Jackson, a full-time Burmese python hunter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “It was insane.”
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Experts alarmed as large reptiles take over US region: 'Potential to enhance cold tolerance'
"There is the potential for behavioral plasticity." Experts alarmed as large reptiles take over US region: 'Potential … to enhance cold tolerance' first appeared on The Cool Down.
When the weather gets cold in Florida, gators stop eating and iguanas start dropping. How do low temps affect the invasive Burmese python?
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Burmese pythons have reportedly found a way to adapt to cold snaps in Florida
Carl Jackson had a Burmese python encounter like few others on Jan. 13. When he finally contained the invasive snake, he had a near-record catch.
Quick Take Securing the state’s second-largest python required enduring a violent 15-foot drag across an anthill. Finding 200 eggs inside the specimen highlights a massive ecological threat to the Everglades ecosystem.
The freezing temperatures threatening South Florida this weekend could be fatal to the invasive Burmese python.